Welcome to another exciting dose of 3ds max assignment fun! So far this week our assignment consisted of unwrapping a 3d model provided to us by our professor Joe Gardner. He was kind enough to provide a lovely 3d rendition of an Izmojuki concept drawing. The model consisted of tons and tons of tris, a shape that I have learned to fear! This project was designed (in my semi professional opinion) to alleviate your fear of tris and unwrap the nightmarish qualities right out of them. This was an excellent index finger workout as I clicked my way to victory in only 10 hours flat!
Issues that I've encountered: Keeping the integrity of the base shape was a little problematic, when you are projecting you map onto a 2 dimensional plane, the object was to keep that object as 2 dimensional as possible. Through experience and trial and error, I started to slowly pick out potential problem spots and more accurately predict what my UV map was going to look like.
Be a genie and tell the future! As I clicked my way to infinity I slowly started unwrapping objects in my brain and figured out the best route clickery to achieve the most desirable results. I do not feel in any way shape or form that I have mastered the art, I do feel that I am a step close.
Follow the dotted line! In some areas where the projection was off, I lined up my projection using the checker board grid as a guide and lined up as many verts as I could. I hope this is a legit practice.All in all this was absolutely a time vacuum, but, with that being said, I have become more comfortable with unwrapping after this exercise. I'm onto the next assignment, which is unwrapping my own abomination! There are less tris, but it's a slightly more complex model. I hope my projections are correct!
**Joe, it appears on the render that the top maps are overlapping, they are actually not overlapping, the resolution of the render bled some pixels causing the illusion of overlapping!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my blog!
--Danny
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