Once I had met up with my personal tutor we began to talk through my proposal in detail and started to refine it down to a more specific and achievable goal. We discussed various aspects of my current proposal and how i could tweak aspects to make my proposal more specific and clear.
The First Area was that I should focus on either asset creation for film or asset creation for video games. This is because there are different methods for working with 3D modelling depending one which option. I looked into what the actual difference between these two are. I found that film requires a a highly detailer model which is often only viewed from one side. In addition to this when it comes to the texturing side assets for film normally require a photorealistic texture that matches the filmed footage.
However, assets for video games allow for the creator to have a lot more freedom down to the constraints that popular movie narratives still have to this day. Whereas video game stories can take on many different genres and sub genres as well as making new ones. e.g. The Final Fantasy video game series. It is these genres that give way to the many design style’s featured in these games. Which as well give the creator once again that greater freedom to express in his/her own work.
I came to a conclusion that I was going to focus on the video game aspect as I feel that I can show my creativity and develop my own style that my models will follow.
Another Key change that was discussed in my tutor meeting was how I was going to Submit my work. In my proposal I didn’t really cover how I was going to submit my work. My tutor suggested two sites for me to check out and these were Sketchfab and Art Station. These sites specialise in the presentation of finished 3D assets.
Sketchfab focuses on individuals being able to look around the model in 3D in a physic based render (PBR) with light reacting in real time on the model. It also has an option to display the wire frame as well. Where as Art Station is more aimed at presenting work as a series of images using HD renders. Art Station also features a tab that regularly post job offers.
I feel that for my final submission I will upload work to both these sites as I feel the combination of them both will give a good starting point to begin with. Sketchfab will be good to show the technical side of my models where as Art station would be good to uploads stills of my model to show off particular aspects in HD. Both websites features a comment section so that people using the site can leave feedback which can be used to reflect on my work.
Finally the last thing that was discussed in the meeting was that I need to have a genre in mind when it comes to creating my assets. The reasoning behind this is that I need a focus and a consistent link between my models. After considering a few genres I settled with sci-fi as once again there is greater flexibility when creating models as im not limited by realistic boundaries.
I will use these bit’s of feedback in my updated proposal.
more specific, sci – fi genre