Organ

Ok well now its time to continue modelling. So far after creating the pods my knowledge and confidence in the use of Maya has greatly improved I feel more than capable to continue in whatever the group needs to have modelled. Looking at the project the thing I needed to bear in mind was the fact that we were modelling for both the 13th century and the futuristic church at the same time and it was important not to focus on one more than the other. The next task given to me by our group leader was to produce an organ for the old church which would be up to me to be modelled to the best of my abilities.

Pods Finalised

So as we can see I know have the final idea for what the pods should look like and now its time to see what they will look like when they will be used together in the church. The idea being that they float up and down during the ceremony.

Modelling Pod in Maya

Here is the beggining screen grabs of the modelling process for my pods. I created its basic outline shape and extruded it to add a thickness to it. Another part of my design that had to be included was the footrest which added to the comfort. I created it as a seperate object and now was time to combine them. I made sure that i detailed the outside shape as cllose to the design as possible. I had to cut out the faces on the original shape to create an open pod for room to allow feet to rest outwards as seen above

Final design for pod

This is my final design for my pod. Now it is time to create this as best I can using Maya in oreder too hand it over to Nathan to texture.

Concept art

Now it was time that I started to look at designing my own and brainstorming different ideas for them. Brief descriptions and labbles are included in the drawings to give you a better understanding of them.

Pod research continued

Here is some more research looking at pods and their shapes and concepts

The research stage

Here I have included some research that I did looking into pods and getting ideas for my concepts. At this stage it was vital that I specifically looked for patterns emerging in their designs and made sure that I did not copy any existing ones.