Day 6 - Project Plan / Modifiers

Today we will be:

  • Learning about modifiers.

  • Look at some CG movie shorts and discuss them.

  • Work on a project plan for the final project.

Modifiers

Modifiers allow you to change an object in a non-destructive way. The original object is unchanged, and you can move the modifiers around and change them.

Just another brick in the wall

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  • Start with a brick

  • Add a bevel modifier

  • Use array modifier to make a row

    • Turn ‘real time’ on/off with bevel and array

    • Show how to make a gap (1.05 spacing)

  • Use array modifier to make another row

    • Off set half size to make staggared wall.

    • See how it is 0.5 of the whole row? Grab and re-order

    • Now the offset includes the stagger. So change it

  • Use array modifier to make pairs of rows

  • Show how to use the Build modifier to make or destroy

The long and winding road

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  • Start with a cube

  • Apply mirror modifier. Keep X axis. Talk about ‘merge’

    • So many things are mirrored, this is quite useful.

  • Flip to edit mode. Grab. X-Axis. Use ‘1’ to move exact position.

  • Extend, make a curb

  • Add array modifier, make a road. Make it long.

  • Add a curve

    • Top down view.

    • Add a path

  • Add curve modifier

    • Set modifier to use curve

    • Set modifier to use y axis

    • May need to rotate object 90 degrees

  • Talk about ‘applying’ a modifier

Screw modifier

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  • Start with a flat plane

  • Add the screw modifier

    • Add some distance

  • Start with a plane

    • Take out two verticies

    • Make a ribbon

Boolean modifier

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  • Use the Boolean modifier for a ‘difference’

  • Punch a hole through a cube

Displace modifier

Use the displace modifier to create ground.

Analyzing CG Movie Shorts

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Watch the following:

For each one, answer:

  • What was the message?

  • How did the artists convey that message?

Convey a Message

What are some ‘messages’ can be conveyed well through CG art? List several. These messages can sometimes be hard to describe in words, which is why art is a powerful medium.

Follow up, pick a few of these messages. Then reverse the process we’ve worked on before. How could you create CG art that conveys this message?

Assignment 6 - Project Plan

Work on Assignment 6 - Final Project Plan.