Thu, October 20, 2005
A Model Ship—5:06 PM
The homework assignment for this week's Maya class was to render a sailboat. Originally, I had begun a big, beautiful sailboat based on some designs that I found online, but that became unwieldy when trying to shape the hull without losing its smoothness.
Just as I was wondering how it would ever come together, inspiration struck in the form of the final segment of Monday's Colbert Report. So I decided to model Stephen's model ship. Still quite a challenge, but at least it has a much simpler hull design!
I'm pleased with the results, although of course I'd have liked to add more detail if I had more time. I ended up spending a lot more time on the lighting than I expected to; I learned a lot and I got some impressive results, but this meant I didn't have as much time for creating detailed textures for the ropes or the sails.
Anonymous Coward — Mon, 10/24/05 7:10am
Time on the lighting was well spent. Bravo!