Final Foundation Projects 2023 - James Flanagan

Fish Tank – Final Foundation Project

My final project for the foundation term at Think Tank training Centre. All modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering and post-production was done by me with feedback from my supervisor Gunsik Kim. Completed the project in 4 weeks but spent 2 extra weeks re-tweaking and adding fixes to the project. Modelling was done in Maya and Mudbox, texturing with Mari, Photoshop and Mudbox. I rendered my image using Arnold. I had originally used Vray for my rendering but unfortunately due to a licensing/technical issue I had to switch to Arnold at the last minute. It actually worked out for the better because I got an improved result with Arnold. 

Concept Artist Credit and Work

Ally Albon was responsible for the concept art I based my project on. While Ally went for a Borderlands style texture process I went for a more stylized realism direction. I would also like to note that Ally based her project off an original concept by Cory Loftis. I will link the Pinterest and Polycount sites so you can check out the Artist’s original work.

https://polycount.com/discussion/180331/the-travelling-fish-borderlands-style 

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/456833955964124810/

Reference Board

I visited a variety of sites such as Pinterest to gather reference in order to help me figure out the style and mood of the project as well as modelling and texture guidance. 

Military War Drone

The model was provided by Think Tank Training Centre. I was responsible for Texturing, Lighting and Rendering. I rendered this drone using Arnold and textured with Mari.  

TextureMaps

Ganesh Statue Texture Project

The model was made by Vijay Singh. I was responsible for texturing, Lighting and rendering. I used Vray for the final render and Mari to create the textures.

Wide Shot

Close Up

Texture Maps