3D Modeling: Project 2

23.10.2023 - 6.11.2023 / Week 9 - Week 11
Sylvia Lau / 0356130
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
3D Modeling: Project 2

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INSTRUCTION

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Project 2: Theme-Based Scene Modeling

In this task, we were required to model a scene-based environment on the provided themed concept using various techniques we had learned. The final output would be in a diorama or isometric composition.

References:

Figure 1.1

I planned on doing a celebration-themed isometric room, such as Halloween or Christmas. Since Halloween had passed, I decided to do a Christmas-themed room. Above were the references that I found for my design.

Progress:

I then combined the ideas and sketched it out on a paper, which allowed me to understand how I was going to model and also arrange the position of the furnitures.

Figure 1.2 Side View Sketch

Figure 1.3 Second Idea Sketch

As I was not very good at drawing 3D shapes, I sketched out the side view of where I wanted to put the sofa, cabinet, fireplace, and Christmas tree. The next figure was another idea of putting the furnitures and decorations.

Modeling the window:

Figure 2.1 Reference from Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSNX20jeTJY&list=LL&index=1&t=2910s

I found a tutorial video on YouTube and followed it to model the room and window.

Figure 2.2

Figure 2.3

It was quite complicated to model the window because I needed to extrude different faces and I was kinda confused about doing it. But lastly, the outcome was quite good to me.

Modeling Fire Place:

Figure 3.1

Extruded the wall where I wanted to put the fireplace.

Figure 3.2

Figure 3.3

Added a cube and modeled the shape of the fireplace according to the reference in Figure 2.5.

Figure 3.4

By making a hole between the fireplace, I first added a cylindrical, deleted the other half, and adjusted the points of the shape, so it would be more curved. Then, I applied boolean tool which could make a hole in the middle.

Figure 3.5

Figure 3.6

Since the outcome of the curve was not smooth, so I thought of adding cubes as a brick.

Figure 3.7

I also added some details to it by extruding some parts.

Modeling cabinet:

Figure 4.1 Reference

Figure 4.2

I added a cube and followed the reference shape in Figure 2.11, modeling the bottom part first.

Figure 4.3

Then in edit mode, I added loop cuts so that I could extrude to model the upper part.

Figure 4.4

After completing the shape, I continued to make the details of the cabinet.

Rounded the edges:

Figure 4.5

Figure 4.6

Figure 4.7

I decided to round the edges of the fireplace, cabinet, and walls of the room because I wanted to create a cute style of isometric room. 

Modeling decorations:

Figure 5.1

The wall of the fireplace was quite empty, so I added a few photo frames to it.

Figure 5.2

Figure 5.3

Figure 5.4

By modeling the present, I first applied loop cuts to the cube and extruded the faces where a present should be tied. For the ribbon above, I extruded it like a ribbon shape and added loop cuts to adjust the position, which I could make the shape out. Lastly, I rounded the edges by using bevel.

Figure 5.5

Figure 5.6

Figure 5.7

Figure 5.8

Figure 5.9

Next was modeling a book, I created a book cover, curved the side, and added another cube as the pages in the middle. Lastly, I duplicated it, scaled them to different sizes, and placed them in the cabinet or anywhere else.

Figure 5.10

Continuing with the decorations in the cabinet, the top would be placing some cylindrical shape boxes, the second row was the plates, and the last row would be some books, a teapot, and cups. 

Figure 5.11

I was not very sure how to model the Christmas sock, so I used a cube and extruded the face on the right, then beveled the edges to make the part curved. I continued adding another cube and placed it on top of it.

Figure 5.12

I duplicated two more socks and placed them on the fireplace.

Figure 5.13

Additionally, I decided to put some fairy lights to fill up the spaces.

Figure 5.14

On top of the fireplace, I also modeled a few candles and placed them there.

Figure 5.15

Figure 5.16

Besides, I also wanted to model some cookies and a glass of milk put on a table, which was a cultural thing for children at Christmas by putting cookies and milk for Santa.

Modeling Sofa:

Figure 6.1

I created an outer surface of the sofa first, by using a cube and extruding it to the shape of a sofa.

Figure 6.2

Then, I rounded the edges of it.

Figure 6.3

Lastly, added another cube as a cushion for the sofa.

Modeling Christmas Tree:

Figure 7.1

I set the vertices of the cylindrical shape to 8 and opened the triangle fan, which I could select the middle point and make it higher. Then, I selected some points to curve them inside. The outcome showed only 4 angles, so I duplicated the same shape and combined them together.

Figure 7.2

I continued to duplicate the shapes and scaled them down to make a Christmas tree shape.

Figure 7.3

Since the shapes were too square, I applied the level 1 subdivision to the shape.

Figure 7.4

I also decorated the tree with spheres as the lights and below the tree was surrounded by presents.

Final Outcome:

Figure 8.1

This was the final outcome of my isometric room design. I also added a mat under the sofa, some decoration lights at the window, and books on the floor as there were still some empty spaces.

Figure 8.2

I thought that the floor was very plain, so I tried to create a wooden floor.

Figure 8.3

Figure 8.4

I extruded in the fireplace so that I had space to place the wood and fire inside.

Figure 8.5

This was the final outcome using Eevee.

Figure 8.6

I added a plain background and changed it to Cycle. I also increased the metallic of the background.

Figure 8.7

Figure 8.8

The feedback that I got was the background was too dark, so I decreased the metallic and kept the roughness, then added another light behind the room. I tried different lighting and the most suitable color was orange and yellow, which was to create a warm environment.

Adjustment:

Figure 8.9

The whole image looked dark, so sir told me to increase the emission of the fire. I increased it to 10 and also increased the lighting of Christmas tree and fairy lights to 5.

Final Submission:

Figure 9.1 

Figure 9.2