Ted Stapletons University Blog

Completed Farm scene constructed in Maya. Textures were made in Photoshop.

Repulsion by ted stapleton on Scribd

Reflective Statement by ted stapleton on Scribd

Rick Heinrich by ted stapleton on Scribd

Art of by ted stapleton on Scribd

Crit Present by ted stapleton on Scribd

Reworked final scene with coloured lighting, fitting the pink sky of the matte painting.

I reworked my matte painting to better fit my the art style of my set and my chosen artist - Sheila Hicks.

As per my digital set pipeline I have experimented with different shaders and textures applied to my city and its models. Wireframe Set Untextured Set Ambient Occlusion Set UCA UV Grid 

Final Rendered with textures, bump maps and matte painting. One difference from my final concept painting and the final render is the exclusion of the wooden poles and tiki-torches as light sources. I decided to neglect them as i felt they may ruin the interesting lighting of the scene as well making the composition less visually appealing a overly cluttered.

Updated matte painting with buildings to make my city appear my clustered and crowded - more like  an actually city than a distant village.

GIF showing the development of my Matte Painting.

Painting showing a exotic pink sky with lush, vivid vegetation sprawling across tall hills.

Experimental shot. My plan is to make the lighting less intense and the a different colour to fit what will be my matte painting in the background. Also, any final tweaks to my models and/or composition.

My fully modeled hero building.

The glossy shader was used to experiment with lighting as well as a place holder when rendering. The actual texture will be less reflective since the buildings are made of rugged wood.

I decided to make the support beam appear to made out of an exotic wood rather than bamboo to make fit in better with where my city is described.  Texture and bump map made in Photoshop.

Reworked door with the larger model having a bump map. I made the frame much larger so it could fit onto the models of buildings better.

 Model for the statue that will be present in the center of my city. The textures and bump map were created in Photoshop. Bump maps worked via grey scale, so lighter colours increased the height of bumps and ridges while darker colours increased the depth of grooves and indents.  Detail on the statue. I imagined my city to be in a tropical environment, so I wanted to suggest erosion from years of being exposed to the elements. 

Texture used for the door bump map.  Window model. Texture used for the window/door cover bump map.

The Shining by ted stapleton on Scribd

Using the CV Curve tool I was able to create a line that I could modify the length. I then created a cylinder and placed it under the line. I selected both the cylinder and line I extruded the former, allowing me to modify the divisions and create a bent support beam, The cylinders radius was decreased to fit the depiction of the orthographs. Using the Duplicate Special tool I was able to neatly plant the beams around the main geometry.

Essay Plan 1.5 by ted stapleton on Scribd

Textured Model for the bamboo support beams I will use frequently in my scene. The UVs and custom textures. The latter was created in Photoshop.