FMP BLOG FEEDBACK

This is my blog feedback where I have been given good feedback on my work and my blog so far and how I can improve I still have a lot to do to make this blog the best it can be but I am very confident it can be done. A lot of my work now is very digital based and there is still little bits of physical work I still need to do.      

FMP 3D EXPERIMENT #1

This is my first Maya experiment I have done I used very simple block and shapes to make this sword but I have realised how easy it is to create something of this manner. It is a very messy model and I could do a lot more to improve on it but for a first try on making a sword its okay this has also informed me that making the sword will be a easy process but long and the main time will be texturing.

FMP FINAL SKETCHES

These are my final sketches this is where I have have finally decided on my design which I will colour and model in 3d and Photoshop it. I've decided to go with the sheath powered blade giving some context to having a sheath I also have come up with all the patterns and décor I will now sketch out my final piece that I will use when modelling. I have taken the entire blade apart and gone in detail so it will allow me to model it properly.    

FMP TEXTURE MAPS

 I have looked at how to create texture maps this has been very useful and will really help when making textures for my model the process its really simple. you start off drawing the pattern or engraving into the layer make sure its only in black and white and then merge all the layers to one then you go to the filter and then 3d and then you will generate a normal map creating map you want This process is a lot simpler than modelling the décor or engraving and is less time consuming.    

FMP BLADE DÉCOR RESEARCH

While designing the blade I was given some ideas on how I can design and craft with a theme such as he suggested either vines or stalks of a plant being on the handle and around the sheath as a decoration and could be used practically so while sketching a couple concepts I have decided to look at some reference images to help give me ideas.      

FMP DEVELOPED SKETCHES

These are my developed sketches I took the designs I really liked from my initial sketches I went with the katana design with this project I felt like a claymore could be more simpler in the modelling phase of this process but with the katana they are mostly used in fantasy as having special abilities or supernatural traits and that is what the theme of my blade is. I have selected one design that I will now take and finalise and sketch out.    

FMP FEEDBACK SHEET

This is my feedback sheet where we would walk around the classroom and mark a good point and a constructive point and we would do this to ten people so we would all get 10 opinions on the work from that I have wrote up what I need to improve on. It also allows me to see what people like about my work.