WIP: Hi-poly Canon A-1

Finishing up a hi-poly model of the camera.

I learned and accomplished lots this semester:
-use xNormals to bake normal maps and occlusion maps

-able to model faster and better

-learned how to use marmoset to render models

-finished a portfolio website

-have a good idea of how long a model takes to get done

-better understanding of hi-poly and low-poly models

Other things I've worked on this semester

Modeled by David Chiu and textured by me.

Modeled and textured by me.

Website

I have been working on a better portfolio website and have finished it.

Redid some textures, renders and models for the site.

Portfolio Link

Canon A-1 film camera

Photo by Scott Ungchusri

For my next project I will be modeling the Canon A-1 35mm film camera that were made between 1978-1985. It is the first SLR camera to offer an electronically controlled programmed auto exposure mode.

I am also working on a website with a better layout to view thumbnails more efficiently. I am also trying to figure out  a way to layout my models on a sheet to show the mesh and poly count. 

Blunderbuss and Radio textures

Finished the textures for both models. Please feel free to comment on improvements. I still need to figure out a layout for final renders and adding the tri counts and the texture sizes and contact information.

Tri count for the blunderbuss is at 1186 tris and for the radio it is at 5560 tris.

Blunderbuss and Radio Low poly with normals

Will be texturing both models and start on the next one.

Blunderbuss Hi-poly

For this last week I started working on the hi-poly model of a pirate's blunderbuss. I picked this gun over the modern day guns because of the mixture of organic and hard surface together and also for the interesting silhouette the gun has.

For this week I will be working on the low-poly, baking the normal map, and creating  the texture.

I am still unsure if I will end up working on the finer detail in zbrush but I will see where this goes.

Battery Charger Low Poly

Update:

I finished the hi-poly,low-poly models, fixed the normal map and also rendered out the occlusion map. Also finished the texture for the low-poly and rendered out the render of the model.

While working on this project I learned how to use xNormal to bake out the normal map and occlusion map and learned how to use Marmoset for rendering out my final images. Also started using bevel to cut down on the poly count for the hi-poly model.

The problem that I was having with the normal maps were artifacts from overlapping geometry, I fixed it by baking the model in pieces instead. I learned many things within the last 2 weeks working on this one model, all in all time well spent. I am sure that there are still somethings that need fixing but will have to move on to the next project.

Software used:
Maya
xNormal
Photoshop
Marmoset