500 WORD EVALUATION

Evaluation

As a whole I think that this project has gone very well. From the day that I found out that we were doing a 3D project I was very excited as that is what I would most like to be a part of within the industry. In our brief we were told that we would be using zBrush. As someone who had never used a digital sculpting package I was very intrigued and could wait to start playing around with it. The brief itself was to create a gargoyle of your choice. I found this very interesting as it meant that there were very extremely large boundaries for the imagination. My first few ideas were interesting but in my opinion not exciting enough as I really wanted to push the boundaries with this unit. I ended up with my idea being based upon influences from Cthulhu and the head from Predator. It started off slow but I think the final result came out really well. Aesthetically the final product exceeded what I thought I could accomplish which has made me more confident with my abilities with using this kind of software.

At the start it was hard to get the hang of zBrush but once I got my head around it, it was a lot of fun. I think if I had the opportunity to do this unit again I would have put more time into research and putting together a better and more organised plan. If I had managed my time better then maybe the final result would have surpassed what I had created this time.

Overall I think that I did quite well in general with the project but there are a few things that I know that I could improve upon. Firstly I think further research before jumping into the software would have been a good idea as it would have given me a better understanding of what I need to do. Another thing is more iterations, even though this was a 3D based unit I think doing more traditional art would have helped me in the long run. As well as this it would have made my 2D skills fresh, whereas now because I haven’t done very much sketching since the start of this project, my skills may be rusty. Furthermore it is quicker to make 2D iterations as opposed to 3D which means that I would have been able to get down more ideas in a shorter amount of time. Lastly, time management. This has always been a bit of a flaw with myself but I have noticed that in this unit it was far better than in the previous. I was definitely more organised in comparison to a few months ago in BA1.