Model Creation

This is a model from back in my 3rd month at Full Sail University. 


This was our classes' second time doing anything with Maya. We were given a series of pictures to model from. Each were a living room type scene and we had to chose one from which to model our final. 


Some problems I ran into a long the way were:
- not getting the camera perspective right
- knowing a small amount about modeling, so having to teach myself a lot of techniques
- learning to have multiple saves in order to go back if problems occurred


Helpful shortcuts learned:
Shift + D - helps a lot when creating things like stairs. Duplicate one step and adjust the translation/rotation/scale, then shift + d the next step and all the settings you already made will transfer over and you can quickly have all of your steps made without having to hand adjust each one! **Be careful using scale. If you adjust scale, each duplication will continuously get smaller or bigger depending on how you scale the object.


Simple Shading and Lighting:
I wanted to add some simple color and mood to the room without spending too much time going through and shading every piece.


A very simple method to use is the Mia_physicalsky. Located under Render Settings - Indirect Lighting - Physical Sky - Create
Once you hit create, a directional light will show up in the center of the world. Depending on how you rotate the light, you will get different lighting effects for different times of day. For instance if you have the directional light pointing straight up and down, it will simulate high noon. If you rotate the light to be horizontal it will simulate sunset or sunrise. 


I have tossed up shading and lighting the mode more over the past couple months... maybe soon!