In my final week I finally put together my personal project showreel, detailing the project’s breakdown and final outcome
Personal Project Showreel – Mayan Environment
Critical Review
This project has been both enlightening and challenging. Thinking about my targets I set to myself before I started with this journey, I consider that I have fulfilled more than I expected. I was aware that I set a complex task to myself and that it would require to give up certain aspects in order to keep up with the deadline. I think that all that I was planning to achieve has been done with the exception of the final comp, where I was planning to show a change from day to night in the sky, playing with the lighting conditions. I also would have done many things differently such as UVs and texturing; this part could have been done better if I could have done the textures myself in Substance Painter how I was planning to do originally. However, due to obvious reasons (time constrains) I had to opt for downloaded textures that look overall good, but not at 100% how I would have wanted to. The river simulation is also another aspect that I would have wanted to expend more time with, as I consider I have not had the chance to practice simulations in depth in this course.
On the bright side, I also consider that I have improved my modelling and texturing skills by learning how to shape more organic models and how to use textures in my benefit to reduce the modelling time (e.g. using textured cards for the leaves instead of modelling them). I also learned a lot about water simulation and I had the chance to practice further my compositing skills with Nuke, programme that I have not had the time to use since end of term 2.