This week marks the official start of my final term and for full one production of my final major project that I proposed previously. Over the summer I mostly worked on my thesis, wrapping it up in anticipation for this final term. In my summer I blocked out the animation that I wanted to do for my FMP so that I would fully grasp what models I need and what I want.
The idea for my Final Major Project is to create a 360 degree diarama piece featuring a dead body in a post apocalypse setting. The idea behind it to make it very melancholy. The corpse would have a half face half skull set up with the face part being composed of a texture I will create from multiple different people’s faces creating an idea of a “universal” person in that sense. This person would be smiling, having passed on satisfied with their life.
After getting back to university I also realized that I needed to maintain a proper schedule so that I am on top of what it is that I need to do and how much time I will have to do it. I created an asset list and a calendar.
I also made a padlet for inspiration and references for my work and to maintain citation for everything that I use.
https://artslondon.padlet.org/tschweizer0620221/fmp-inspo-njtmji41eczb36e1
Lastly this week I worked on assets from my asset list. Im very pleased with myself on how quickly I was able to achieve what I thought would be very difficult assets like the leather chair, mostly in regards to the complex structure of the back with the divots that go inwards. It makes me realize how much I’ve progressed in the short year.
I would say the hardest thing I faced this week would be getting myself organized and re-learning some software elements in maya and adobe substance as I hadn’t used them in-depth in a while and needed to work off the rust that I’ve developed for them but I very quickly got through that. The other difficult thing is not letting the daunting idea of working now on my final project for university affect me.