Vehicle and Props Design - Post Production and Profiling

09/11/2023 - 30/11/2023 / Week 11 - Week 14

Glen Owen / 0354952

Vehicle and Props Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Taylor's University

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INSTRUCTION

Fig 0.1 Module Information

Final Project - Post Production and Profiling

     This project is divided into two parts. One is to 3D sculpt our vehicle (can be either the exterior or interior) while the other one is to showcase our designs. The profile should include:

• Color studies
• Textures
• Key art
• Props breakdown
• Orthographic

i) Post Production

    In our 3D Sculpting progress, Mr. Kanaan told us that it's best to 3D sculpt it in Blender since it's easier to sculpt some surfaces using Blender. Although ZBrush is viable, I chose to use Blender since I am curious how it feels like. 

    At first, I am overwhelmed because the shortcuts and everything are different from ZBrush. I had some struggles but I managed to make a rough blockout of the vehicle.

Fig 1.1 Rough Blockout (Week 11, 09/11/2023)

    I had some transition in working since I also need to finish my project 2 in this timeframe. In time, I managed to catch up again in doing the sculpting which is Week 15 unfortunately. Although this time it's different, I have learnt the shortcuts I need to know and with the help of  Youtube, I can finally finish sculpting it.

Fig 1.2 - 1.12 Sculpting Progress (Week 15, 05/12/2023)

    After finishing the sculpt, it's time for me to make the turntable of it which is the front, rear, side, and top view of the vehicle itself.

Fig 1.13 - 1.16 3D Vehicle Views (Week 15, 06/12/2023)

    I also did the orthographic version of the 3D vehicle which makes the vehicle longer since it's based on a perspective.

Fig 1.17 - 1.20 Orthographic View (Week 15, 06/12/2023)

Fig 1.21 3/4 Front View (Week 15, 06/12/2023)

Fig 1.22 3/4 Rear View (Week 15, 06/12/2023)

ii) Profiling

    In this final part of the project, we need to showcase our vehicle designs from Pre-Production to Post-Production. We also use this time to polish our Project 1 and Project 2 which I did.

Fig 2.1 Polished Project 1 (Week 15, 08/12/2023)

    I added some decals and part/color seperation on the vehicle to looks more detailed. There are also some overlapping compartments at the missile launcher (which is the two arms of the tank).

Fig 2.2 Final Project Final Submission (Week 15, 08/12/2023)

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FEEDBACKS

Week 11 (09/11/2023)

• The blockout is there, you can go for further developments on the blockouts

Week 15 (08/12/2023)

• The polished Project 1 looks nice, just need some square at the background to showcase it later
• The polished Project 2 ceiling looks flat
• The 3D sculpt can be better

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REFLECTION

    Lately, final project have treat me like shit. I guess I deserved it because of my poor time management. At least I learnt some basics on Blender which is a good thing when I did this project. Overall, I would recommend to not use Blender for beginner since it's not beginner friendly (trust me, if you want to use Blender, you need to learn some tutorials). I got lucky I managed  to do my project because I watch some tutorials in Youtube. Overall, my experience in this module is chaotic which has the same vibe as Anatomy module. As for the Youtube tutorial, I used the video below as it helps me a lot when I did this project.

Fig 3.1 Youtube Tutorial on making a Tank in Blender