Environmental Design - Project 2: Interior Sets & Props

19/06/2024 - 17/07/2024 | Week 9 - Week 13

Glen Owen | 0354952

Environmental Design | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Project 2 - Interior Sets & Props

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INSTRUCTION

Fig 1.1 Module Information

Project 2 - Interior Sets & Props

3D Block Out Model

In this project, we are to make the interior part of the structure we made in Project 1 while also making the props and assets. I made 3 rooms as an option so that I can show it to Mr. Kanaan and asked him which room I should better develop.

Fig 2.1 - 2.2 Sketches on each room of the pyramid (Week 9, 25/06/2024)

From the sketches I made, me and Mr. Kanaan decided that I should continue to develop the sketch 'Boss Arena Phase 2' as it has more interesting overview and level design. With that in mind, I go to Blender and do the blockout so that it could help me in further progress when I draw the illustration of the interior.

Fig 2.3 - 2.9 Early blockout (Week 10, 30/06/2024)

I showed this blockout to Mr. Kanaan. He told me that some of the composition shot can be usable for illustration purposes. Personally I felt this blockout is somewhat plain and so I continue to develop the blockout.

Fig 2.10 - 2.16 Refined shot of the 3D Blockout (Week 10, 02/07/2024)

Assets Exploration

Fig 3.1 Assets Exploration (Week 12, 09/07/2024)

I did some assets exploration on which assets that I should use for my illustration later. I asked Mr. Kanaan for his opinion and feedback and he told me that I can continue with:

• Pillar #3
• Banner #3
• Egg #2
• Vases #4
• Statue #3

Fig 3.2 Rendered Assets (Week 12, 16/07/2024)

For the dragon's egg I kind of combined design #2 and #3. I did that because the egg in #2 is plain and need more design to it.

Illustration

Fig 4.1 Sketch with value (Week 12, 09/07/2024)

This is the initial sketch that I made for my interior overview. While I am doing this, Mr. Kanaan did told me to remember to give some mini details like tiles while also give more assets into the illustration.

Fig 4.2 Line art (Week 12, 14/07/2024)

Fig 4.3 Colored and Rendered Illustration (Week 13, 16/07/2024)

Fig 4.4 - 4.7 Ambience applied (Week 12, 16/07/2024)

As I present this to Mr. Kanaan, he told me that I shouldn't play around with texture brush often because for now, the design is lacking. He told me that I should do that later in polishing the work in Final Project.

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FINAL SUBMISSION

Fig 5.1 Final Submission (Week 12, 16/07/2024)

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FEEDBACKS

Week 9 (19/06/2024)

• Sketch are fine, it's suggested to use the Boss Arena as the interior since it's more interesting and could ease your work for 2 modules (Game Art and Environment Design)

Week 10 (26/06/2024)

• Blockout is fine, but you can add more things

Week 12 (10/07/2024)

• Assets are all fine, use pillar #3 while also add other elements from another pillar
• Banner #3 gives more dragon-like vibe so use that
• For the egg, combine the hand of #2 and the egg of #3
• Vase can use whichever you want, it won't matter
• For the statue, number 3 is better

Week 13 (17/06/2024)

• For illustration, try your best not to overdo the texture
• There is a lack of design in tiles and some of the assets like platform.
• If you want to give mirror effect, use blur 

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REFLECTION

My struggle in this project is that I can't stay consistent and the unfortunate timing of me getting sick. Even though I am sick, I still did my best to present my work. Aside of that, I have no other problems except for needing to improve my skills more. 

I realized that I shouldn't overdo something with texture brush, sure they are a good shortcut, but it's nice to have some design that is made by myself. Photobashing helped me abit in some scenario of the illustration like applying textures. In short, I believe I can do better in the next time.