Shuttle Bus concept & texturing[WEEK 16]

 Shuttle Bus concept art and model -

Sketchfab Link to the Verdancy Shuttle bus.

For one of my concept pieces i wanted to draw what the shuttle bus might look like that takes the researchers from one research lab to another. It would functionally be a form of quick travel within the game, the player need only find a shuttle station, pick a location on the map and the shuttle driver will take them to their desired location. I imagined the shuttle to be reminiscent of a safari vehicle, yet more blocky and plastic like much like the research labs themselves, i also imagine it to be some sort of electric vehicle so overall quite sleek and modern looking. Below i compiled a bit of a mood board for cars that fit my idea for the shuttle, which i then combined to make a 3D sketch of in maya. I then used this to draw on top of to create my concept work. I have found this method of making vehicles and architecture much easier to do in maya than drawing them, i struggle with imagining the shapes that might make up a structure in a 2D plane and i found it much easier and quicker to make my idea in a 3D space first then draw atop it. On top of this i now have an extra 3D model that i may texture if i have time.

Mood board

Here are the screenshots of my model

Director work Texturing -

Below i was tasked by the director to take some of her 3D models and texture them to be in fitting with the overall style of the game, i have included both the final textured model as well as the textures themselves.

Waterplant

Sticky Cluster pad

Watershrub

Gantt Chart -

I have had a little bit of a rejig of my Gantt chart and removed my 3D models that were stuck at 50%, instead i have replaced it with the animal sprites i am helping Faye with, my final evaluation and i have upped my concept art percentage to 50%. With only a couple days until submission i feel i am in a good place to submit all my work, i would like to make two more concept pieces, one of the environments in game, and perhaps one with cedrick and some of the researchers. On top of this i would really like to get a font/title for the name of our game just so that i can fully put together the title screen, i have an idea of taking the free to use Brassia font that i downloaded and have been using for the verdancy logo and sort of adding onto it and making it more interesting just to tie everything together. Other than that i just need to make the sprite sheet for the cheetah, write my evaluation and help out my team but other than that i think i have everything ready to submit :).