Week 2 Task

IN CLASS


1. Five reference image


1. Tahiti (French Polynesia) - aerial.

- An island with wide range of terrains that creates a cloud-touched mountaintops scene, surrounded by water. 

credits: http://www.willgoto.com/1/145368/liens.aspx

2. Chisos Mountains

Credits: http://fromthefamilytable.com/2011/11/08/competition-chili-or-what-is-terlingua-really-like/

3. Channel Islands, United States

- The feeling of late afternoon where the sun is about to set, giving the scene a darker colour tone. The terrains varied from tall and flat, to low and uneven.

Credits: http://www.redefiningthefaceofbeauty.com/2012/12/national-geographic-worlds-most.html

4. Lord Howe Island, Australia

- The island is surrounded by water, the terrains settled in the middle, being the centre of attention. 

Credits: http://www.redefiningthefaceofbeauty.com/2012/12/national-geographic-worlds-most.html

5. Kauai Island, Hawaii

- Lush greenery, tall terrains and sparking blue waters.

Credits: http://www.hawaii-pictures.org/kauai_island.html

2. The basis for your island- Channel Islands, US.

3. Five images from different vantage points within your custom island

Based on Channel Islands, United States, I have managed to build my island that has similarity to the Channel Islands, United States. The connection between the sky, mountain and water seems to be really close to each other and therefore I have captured the images below based on my observation on channel islands.


Five images: 

Large Scale- with jungle trees scattered all over the terrain

Being in the forest in the evening, closer to nature. A scale where you are able to imagine yourself at such a position instead of looking at it from a distance.

Night scene in the forest, an old cabin built in the forest, overlooking the ocean.

Overlooking the cliff (the cliff is one of the large scaled elements in the island)

Similar to channel islands, I would like to different spots in the island and this spot is called the private picnic spot)

The feeling of being really misty and cold up on the mountain

Positioned on the ground, you can see the texture of terrain clearly.

Standing on top of the mountain, you can see the sky clearly and it feels like you are close to the clouds.

INDEPENDENT STUDY

My second island, based on Chisos Mountains 

1. Three images of my new island: 

Landscape

Daytime

Night Scene

2. Watch "Creating And Adding Custom Terrain Layers". (Completed)

3. New texture terrain:

4. Image showing custom terrain texture applied to my island:

BEFORE:

Entire Island

Night sky

Scene with tractor

AFTER (new texture) :

New texture applied

Close-up of terrain with new texture

More texture applied to island:

5. Reflection

This week's lecture was about Real vs Unreal, Hyperrealism, CGI and Demo. The content that interests me the most was on materialism, and Jana Sterbak demonstrated materialism really well by going back to the origin where an item was made out off and I thought this would be helpful for me as I select texture that looks real in my island so that the scene and environment looks real.