So, self-reflection time. How did this project go?
I think overall it went really well – I managed to get a very nice architectural visualisation which I feel meets all the criteria I set in my brief, but as with any project, certain aspects could certainly have been done better. My main annoyance, as stated in the Final Image post, is that I didn’t leave myself enough time to truly take my time and really nail the materials – I was perhaps, too rigid in my scheduling. As in, I scheduled strictly, based on how long I thought it would take + some wiggle room – the problem being, when you’re on a strict schedule, it’s much harder to just relax and really just spend the time getting things right.
When the pressure was off, mainly around the beginning and middle of term, I was able to relax and take my time modelling, but after Week 7 it really did hit me what a huge task I had given myself. The sheer amount of things I needed to model and UV map was large enough as it is, without even factoring in the materials, rendering, designing, post-production, further deliverables and whatnot. I’m happy though that I did set myself a challenge in this, as it allowed me the opportunity to truly test not just my abilities to actually make the content, but to do so to a strict timeframe.
If I had the time again, I’d also spend more time defining the actual religion of the building. In all honesty, this really wasn’t the purpose of the project – it was far more about modelling and rendering skills, but I guess it would’ve been nice to have extra context to the design.
As this was a big undertaking, inevitably, certain elements had to be cut – the most notable of which was the stained glass windows. I was really looking forward to getting to design these and I really think it could’ve pushed the design to the next level, but c’est la vie. It simply wasn’t possible to do within the timeframe – perhaps in future I could revisit the project and…
NO STUART THAT’S A BAD STUART DO OTHER WORK
Ok, extremely loud inner voice of reason, you speak truth. I do need to do different personal projects. Good thing is, this module has allowed me to finally close the page on this particular chapter of my work.
So yeah, we’re all done here I guess.
I’m useless at ending these kind of posts, so forgive me if I just leave it at…
Fare thee well.
Stuart McInnes 