With this week we didn’t have a team meeting over discord as we are having our break from the unit over the Easter holidays. Even though we are having a break I wanted to carry on with working on this unit. As I wanted to carry on with the asset list to get ahead so we can have extra time to solve any future issues with the game or add in any extras. But I decided to take a break which has been positive and negative as its good to take a step back and come back to it with a fresh mind. However it has been a bit of a negative as with this time off it has made me think how the lock down has affected this unit and the future of this course. This has been worrying me as I feel like I might fail this unit due to Covid 19. As at the moment I have lost my interest with carrying on with this unit at the moment as everything is up in the air. Because I feel like I am in the dark as to what is going to happen with the unit and how it will affect this unit. However every one is in the same boat with this situation on this course. Another part of this unit that I am worrying about is the revised submission especially the personal planning folder. As it has a lot of tasks about looking into the job I want to get. Making me worry about my future and where I want to go with my life especially after Covid 19. As I have had this worry before half way though the last unit where I question myself if I wanted to carry on with university or take a break. But this time I want to complete this unit even with these handicaps of being on lock down.
However I did do some work but not really related to this unit as its my own personal project in my spare time. This Project is creating a Jagd Panther tank destroyer as this links into my hobby of making model kits in my spare time. The reason why I am doing this is that I have done these projects of vehicles such as the Sherman and Tiger tank which are still in the works. So my main outcome for this is to complete this project but also allows me to put my learning to the test and try new skills/experiment with my work. So that I can improve upon my skills and work more confidently with the software. Improving my efficiency with creating 3D assets (Screen shots above sorry for the poor quality). The reason for doing my personal project is to give me a break from the unit and try making a high detailed 3D model for a change as most of my work is based around low poly. So its a nice change to go into high poly as it will change up my selection of work. Especially playing around with hard surface method as I want to play around and practice this method. As it will improve my skills using Maya and other software which will improve my work for the game and unit.
Overall this week was alright even though this work isn’t relevant to the unit but hopefully this work will be in my portfolio. As once I have sorted the Static mesh and UV map then I can import it into Substance painter. Where I can play around practice and improve upon my skills in Substance. As I am still haven’t got to grip with it as I feel like I could be more efficient with it. In the means of tools and methods to create realistic materials/textures. I would like to make a low poly model to play around with the baking method as I want to practice getting use to this method. However this has been some what of a productive week but I feel like taking a step back will allow me to come back with a fresh start.
Thomas Morphew Games art 