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GAR106 | Environment Art
For part of my GAR106 Environment Art module I have been tasked with keeping a blog to record and document my process of the assignment, creating a victorian-era building to fit into 'Diagon Alley' from the world of Harry Potter.
(Genuinely) Short Afterword
I have thoroughly enjoyed this project, and I feel I have learned so much during this semester. I'm so happy with what I have created and...
Izzy Foo
May 8, 2024
11 | I Lied, This is the End
9 days left. I will probably now write this as day by day as time ticks down to keep myself on top of everything. To recap, the to-do:...
Izzy Foo
May 8, 2024
10 | The Ever-looming Threat of Deadlines Will Not Defeat Me
As I write this, I have 10 days to finish this project. That includes uploading this entry – which will probably be my last (yes, you...
Izzy Foo
May 2, 2024
9 | Signs and Cranes
My extensive list of tasks was finally looking like I was nearing the conclusion, I had since added a few more textures, a lattice...
Izzy Foo
Apr 25, 2024
8 | Resorting to memes for humour
I was in a texturing mood when I sat down to work on my restaurant this time, so I resolved myself that I was going to finish my trim...
Izzy Foo
Mar 25, 2024
7 | All My Homies Prefer Maya To Zbrush (they dont)
First order of business was the Railings. I had a choice to make. Should I just unwrap them as curves? Or should I bake them onto a trim...
Izzy Foo
Mar 23, 2024
6 | Substance Designer: Heaven or Hell?
While I was fumbling around with my little Lego pieces, we moved on in the lectures and workshops to think about tiling textures. The fun...
Izzy Foo
Mar 4, 2024
5 | Lego Sets
The Lego begins to take shape, now to the walls. Generate a plane, set the grid, snap the vertices, repeat. At this point I was still...
Izzy Foo
Mar 4, 2024
4 | Modularity and Mathematics
Modularity is the focus on this week’s work. Lesson 1: all hail the grid Lesson 2: “Modular sets require you to think ahead”...
Izzy Foo
Feb 17, 2024
3 | Design and Blockout
Now it was on to designing. In order to help visualise the 3 floors, I began with stacking 3 rectangles on the page and the plan was to...
Izzy Foo
Feb 7, 2024
2 | The Victorian Era and Art Nouveau
The Victorian Era has made a name for itself from its “unapologetic devotion to ornament and flourish” (Hohenadel, 2022), and is one of...
Izzy Foo
Feb 1, 2024
1 | The assignment, initial ideas, and a brief history of Limehouse Causeway
The brief for GAR106 was to 3D model and texture a three-story building to fit in with Diagon Alley, with architectural influence from...
Izzy Foo
Jan 30, 2024
0 | Foreword
The beloved world of Harry Potter has been an inspiration for people of all ages since its release in 2001. However, before I begin this...
Izzy Foo
Jan 29, 2024
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