Toyota Hand-in and Presentation is given !

Week 25

This week was spent finishing up my Toyota truck project which I feel went both well and a little bad. In general I feel that this project went fairly smooth and well, of course there are still things that need improvements but I’m pretty pleased with my final outcome. I think that some of the things that went well with this project are firstly that I feel I modeled efficiently being that I feel my end model represents my references well, it is pretty well proportioned and my tris have been evenly distributed. I’m not too happy with my textures if I’m honest and even though I feel they are ok I’d still change them. As my first few models were lacking a lot in the sense of the proportions, realistic shape and slightly flat looking, I took the decision with a week left to restart my project to really get the best end product I could as previous ones I didn’t feel were right. With this in mind I’m really happy with my mesh and time scales I planned for myself and feel I used it efficiently. By restarting my project I feel I’ve learnt a lot in general about the software and modelling vehicles which is highly beneficial.

Here are some shots of my finished model with wire frame, a break down of objects used and a copy of my uv template with both unwraps maps shown.

A couple things I would change and feel would look better with more time spent on them firstly is my textures, I don’t feel that they are completely incompetent but I definitely feel that they could do with some more work and time spent on them, maybe creating extra maps for more definition and would add to the realism along with the alphas, I did struggle to apply them. Another thing I feel that I maybe wouldn’t change completely but would play around with is my unwrap uv packing lay out. I feel that I have done it ok and to an efficient tidy order but I feel I could have played around with the placement to maximize the layout and unwrap a few objects better. Even though I did plan my time well and managed to complete all aspects of my project, I still feel I could have done a bit better with it so that I did have time to work on my texture and polishing up everything even more than I did, as I did restart my model with a week left as my first I feel was completely lacking dimension, the right proportions and a realistic look and shape.

Also this week the dates and group times were given out on the final presentation which will count for a third of my grade. I originally felt that I would instantly want to a void doing it at all cost, that I'd make myself sick with nerves but I an honestly say i was no where near as nervous about doing a presentation as I thought. Of course I don't think I'm near the stage of willingly doing a presentation or wanting to go out of my way to do one but it's not something I'd avoid anymore.

I think that by doing the practice presentation during the first month of university was definitely a huge help, and i didn't realize how much it would help or how much it would help boost my confidence just a little. As the presentation is on a kind of exciting subject being " My zombie Apocalypse survival guide" it's definitely something to really get into which will help with being comfortable and interesting in what your presenting.