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(OLD) CG Nomad Final Session Log



Session Review

During the events of this final academic session of the nomad, my current concentration was focused on applying more detail to the nomad's helmet and creating a new skin texture.

Moreover, the reason for me creating a new skin texture from the previous face skin was because of the previous skin had a harsher completion on the character and a fellow classmate found it unnerving.

Moreover, browsing through my photography CDME module folder, I used a portion of my skin an
d re shaded indigo in order to create a smoother and more tillable face skin for the nomad. I must say I was very impressed with the quality of detail with the final skin render (figure a).

Furthermore, returning to the class I continued to face difficulty successfully, uv mapping the characters head.  However, thanks to constructive criticism from both the lecturer and fellow classmates I proceeded to follow a tutorial from Vimeo, which I personally felt was much simpler to follow and the techniques used suited my needs perfectly.

In addition, contemplating on the lecturer's words of making sure the majority of my textures are as original as possible I proceeded to create a texture for my character's hair using the paintbrush tools in Photoshop CC.
figure a

Overall, I am pleased with the development process of the nomad (figure a,b);however, I will most definitely take the time to create and apply further detail to key features of the nomad. Aesthetic detail such as the feathers along with his armour and spirit mask, as well as perhaps creating a new head that is not box modelled from a cube and instead create each feature of the human face as separate meshes similar to the methods of James Taylor and Ryan Kittleson.
figure b

References

 https://pixlr.com/editor/

 https://vimeo.com/25628989

 http://ommorphiabeautybar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_0092.jpg

 http://www.videogamesartwork.com/sites/default/files/images/image/1390237878/ageofconan_prop_item_stygian_ancestor_masks_by_torstein_nordstrand.jpg

 http://www.dreamlengthshair.com/media//colorselectorplus/swatches/15.jpg

By Sebastian Jones

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