Final Project - Alternative Video

Final Project - Soccer PSA... sort of.

Due to the unexpected lack of time, I was forced to think carefully about the final product of this project. I became aware (a bit too late) that I would not be able to do all the things I had in mind for this project; thus I had to make some very unpleasant decisions.

In any case, I hope you enjoy it:

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #10)

Playblast:

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #9)

End of texturing. At last.

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #8)

Progress in texturing:

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #7)

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #6)

Texturing begins!

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #5)

The modeling is nearly finished, as cables, lamps, antennae, AC units and other assets are introduced to bring appeal and completion to the scene!

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #4)

More assets!

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #3)

Adding more environment objects such as a dumpster. Still thinking about the lighting positioning...

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #2)

Delving into more complex objects. Finished the billboard modeling, added windows to the residential buildings, and introduced a few simple extras to the scene.

Final Project - Soccer PSA (WIP #1)

For my final project in this class, I've decided to model a small urban environment and create an animation of a typical street soccer game among kids. The purpose of this is to bring awareness to the true spirit of soccer - that carefree passion with which kids play!

I've began the modeling of the urban environment: a concrete yard surrounded by residential buildings, an auto repair shop and a staircase. Still very incomplete, but already got many of the basic structures in place:

Intro to Lighting in Maya - Summary

Over these few days I completed a tutorial on the lighting features of Maya. It was very enlightening to understand the huge difference that lighting can make, and the vast array of tools and attributes Maya gives us control to enhance our renders! Here are a few screenshots of my tutorial experience:



Common attributes of Maya lights (diffuse and specular manipulation):

Essential attributes of Maya spot lights (cone angle, penumbra, dropoff)

Barn Doors feature:

Simulating illuminated light sources:

Intro to Rendering in Maya - Mental Ray Sampling Modes

Unified Sampling (0.25 Quality):

Unified Sampling (0.8 Quality):

Intro to Rendering in Maya - Anti-aliasing in Maya Software Renders

No anti-aliasing:

Production Quality (Highest level anti-aliasing):

Intro to Rendering in Maya - Render Engines

For some reason I couldn't render it using Mental Ray...

Render Passes in Maya - Using SSS Shaders

Render Passes in Maya - Using Older Mental Ray Materials w/ Render Passes

Render Passes in Maya - Creating Custom Frame Buffers