3D Creation Pipeline for Film and Games

Week 5 In this week, we continued exploring sculpting in ZBrush and were assigned the task of sculpting lips. I started off with a Dynamesh Polysphere, then used the “Clay Brush” to create the primary shape of the lips. Then I subdivided the model to add details such as the parting of the lips, smile lines and creases near the corners of the mouth. This was overall a fairly difficult process for me, but I watched this tutorial below to help me improve. Week 6 In this week, we were introduced to the concept of retopology. It's a step after sculpting where a model's polygonal mesh is recreated to obtain a cleaner layout for the purpose of UV mapping and texturing.  In Maya, the model is set to 'Live object' first, then the 'QuadDraw' tool is used to click points as vertices and shift+click to create polygon face.  Holding down ctrl+click inserts an edge loop in between the polygon faces. Self-critique While trying to create a smooth topology for the whole face, I ...

Week 3   What is UV mapping? UV mapping is the 3D modeling process of projecting a 2D image onto the surface of a 3D model to create texture mapping. The 3D object is unwrapped and the 2D texture is applied to it. UVs are vital because they provide the link between a surface mesh and how an image texture gets applied onto that surface. This week we got to know about the importance of UV mapping and were asked to practice UV mapping a wooden pallet. In Maya, using the UV editor, edges can be selected and used to place seems using the cut UV seems tool. The checkboard projection is used to see if there's any stretching of the UVs on the model or not. The aim is to achieve even looking squares throughout the model's surface. I also watched some external tutorials to understand the concept better. Given below is a tutorial by 'InspirationTuts' which I found helpful.   Week 4 In this week, we were focusing on character creation in ZBrush. Our lecturer started off with explai...