Creating a Walkie-Talkie
This week was the start and end of my fifth project for my honours module at UCLan. For this project I was unsure of what to create. A few suggestions were made to me, one being to create a realistic asset like a walkie-talkie. I liked this idea and I decided to do it. I started this project like any other by gathering references for my asset. I looked at various types of walkie talkies and gathered images that I liked the style or shape of. I also looked at the parts of a walkie talkie and what each button does. Here is an image of the moodboard I created, to use as reference. I used these references and created some sketches of the design that I had in mind. Here is an image of the sketches: After sketching out the model I wanted to make, I began creating it inside of MAYA. I started by blocking out the general shape of the asset with block shapes. Once I was satisfied, I started by shaping the base of the model and slowly added more detail and parts. The design changed slightly...