VFX Senior Thesis: Modeling the Spear

Concept:

An episode opening sequence for a television series based off of an unpublished novel series by Scarlette Masons, "The Elemental Kingdom Chronicles"

***Updated as worked on***

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UPDATE 1

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09/08 - 09/09/25:

• Have original concept design from book descriptions.

• Clean up elemental symbols for better concept moving forward

• Start base shape of CG model for spear 

Moving Forward:

• Fix shape of spear, possibly make drawings for in-program referencing

• Getting symbols and carvings into the spear

OG Concept:

Cleaned Symbols:

Base CG Model for Spear Blade (WIP):

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UPDATE 2

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09/10 - 09/11:

• Update clean base of Spear

Moving Forward:

• Get engravings modeled into the spear

Base CG Model for Spear Blade (Update):

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UPDATE 3

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09/12 - 09/14:

• Modeled the engravings

Moving Forward:

• Finish the symbols and shrink them into model

Beginning Engravings:

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UPDATE 4

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09/15 - 09/16:

• Moving from MAYA to HOUDINI

• Embedding engravings into blade (final progress before texture)

Moving Forward:

• Retop

Testing out and cleaning up Booleans in Houdini:

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UPDATE 5

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09/17 - 09/19:

• Retopologizing and cleaning in Maya

• Prepping UVs for texturing in Substance Painter

Moving Forward:

• Texturing

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UPDATE 6

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09/20:

• Texturing in Substance Painter

Moving Forward:

• Adding rope and handle for preliminary animatic blocking

• Animatic blocking

Substance Painter Texturing:

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UPDATE 7

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09/21:

• Added rope and handle with texturing

Moving Forward:

• Animatic blocking for next check-in

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UPDATE 8

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09/22:

• Animatic Blocking for check-in

Spear Shot/Scene:

Animatic Improvement Check-In

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