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Jack Ferrari
GAR106- Enivronment


EVALUATIVE CONCLUSION
The final post of my blog! Apologies for the absurd amount of content accumulated over these past 15 weeks. Throughout this project I...
Jack Ferrari
May 5, 20243 min read


Week 14: Cinematics and Camera Work
The final stage of this project involves creating a cinematic and selection of Beauty Shots. An immensely important stage as you could...
Jack Ferrari
May 5, 20242 min read


Week 13: Final Additions
THE ADDITIONS STEP My scene was at a point where set dressing elements were needed to help bring it all together and give it life. So as...
Jack Ferrari
May 5, 20242 min read


Week 12: Interior Parallax Mapping
For the final workshop of this module I wanted to sort out my glass. This material had been presenting the most issues thus far, mostly...
Jack Ferrari
May 1, 20242 min read


Week 11: Set Dressing & House Keeping
The SOMETHINGTH STEP: This week began with me FINALLY sitting down and committing to applying my Trim sheet textures to the entirety of...
Jack Ferrari
Apr 17, 20244 min read


Week 10: Hero Assets Signs & Pillars
The design for my shop sign was started a couple weeks ago now but I wanted to lay out the inspirations here: The moon is an obvious...
Jack Ferrari
Apr 17, 20244 min read


Week 9.5: Lighting Pass & Vertex Painting
Continuing on from last week's feedback relating to breaking up the repetitiveness of my brick walls I began exploring the applications...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 19, 20242 min read


Week 9: Progress & Revelations
For this week I was determined to figure out trim sheets & their applications to get some more refined textures onto my models, moving...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 19, 20243 min read


Week 8: Peer Review & Critique
PEER REVIEWS & FEEDBACK This week it was time for my first Peer Review. This session was run by Louise Crouch and Tom Copp and their...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Week 7: Further Texture Creation
THE ELEVENTH STEP For this week I needed a break from the cluttered interfaces of MAYA and started some work in Substance Painter. My...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 7, 20242 min read


Week 6.5: FINALLY a Decision is Made
THE TENTH STEP (My Most Troublesome Yet) The time had finally come for me to make a decision on the shop design I will continue putting...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 7, 20243 min read


Week 6: Trim Sheets and More Modularity
THE NINTH STEP This week started with me organising the definitive modular elements of my project. This was because the modularity of my...
Jack Ferrari
Mar 1, 20242 min read


Week 5: Further Refinements
THE EIGHTH STEP Moving on from my previous brick texture creation, I wanted to take it into Unreal and apply them to my models. Exporting...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 23, 20242 min read


Week 4.5: Tiling Texture Creation
THE SEVENTH STEP (NEEDS REFERENCING) For this week we were tackling tiling textures in a variety of programs. Tiling textures are...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 20, 20245 min read


Week 4: Modularity & Reading Week
THE SIXTH STEP To start my reading week I wanted to further develop and refine my base models, adding much needed detail. And after much...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 16, 20242 min read


Week 3.5: Branding
THE FITH STEP One aspect I wanted to get sorted relatively early in my process was the creation of a memorable and fitting brand for my...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 6, 20243 min read


Week 3: Version Control & Into Unreal
THE FOURTH STEP The first workshop of this study block covered the basics of setting up Version Control (using GitHub and Fork) What...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 6, 20243 min read


Week 2.5 Blockouts
THE THIRD STEP Starting this week off I wanted to create a selection of bockouts prior to my taught workshop. This is often how level...
Jack Ferrari
Feb 1, 20243 min read


Week 2: The Concept
THE SECOND STEP After much deliberation I landed on a final concept: “Equinox’s Astrology Centaur” This was to be the go-to place for all...
Jack Ferrari
Jan 31, 20242 min read


Week 1: Initial Research
THE FIRST STEP The creation process of my Diagon Alley Shop project began with collecting a variety of reference images of Victorian...
Jack Ferrari
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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