Blender Sculpting & Texturing!

Aim: Create a 3D Model and write supporting evidence.

Objectives for the day:
*Re-call criteria for A3.
*Use Blender.
*Complete U41 A3T1.
*Proof read your work and compress images.
*Submit U41 A3T1.
*Begin U41 A3T2 – creation evidence.
*Complete U35 and submit.

Today has been another super productive day at college. At the beginning, Adam briefly talked to us about the future along with some statistics - these were in regards to how we watch less television and use more device platforms nowadays compared to a decade ago. I thought about what this means and it is crucial evidence of the IT industry booming. We also did the student quiz made by Liam B. It was about Blender - at the end Euan J won again and Brandon B has to make the quiz. Through this quiz, I learnt that I can access the left tool bar by clicking 'T' as a keyboard shortcut.

Before I returned to U41_A3T2, I submitted U41_A3T1 for Adam to mark. However, I accidentally sent it to the wrong email, though I fixed this mistake. Returning to A3T2, I loaded up my model on Blender and began sculpting it. For this, I primarily played around with different brushes to test its effects before applying it directly to my moderl. Through this, I learnt how to sculpt using brushes and customised brushes to help enhance the facial features of my monster's head.

Afterwards, I moved onto texturing. Instead of brushing the texture, I decided to apply an entire UV wrap around the head and this turned out amazingly well. This is the most difficult part because it has brought me a lot of problems. I somehow cannot see my texture paint after rendering. I have searched for countless tutorials and I have found nothing as of far. In addition to this, I took time to reposition my camera into a good spot for render but I still yet need to fix the lighting.

Reflecting on today's work, I have made enough progress and learnt a lot of new skills. However, I also encountered issues that needs to be solved. My inspiration was this video here because it clearly explained about texturing cycles. My aims over the weekend is to finish the model and begin typing up the production log using screenshots.