Basic Rigging

Homework #5 – Basic Rigging

For this assignment I decided to use the hulk rig. I based the skeleton on the Zangief rig. For the rig I used NURBS circles.

Lighting Homework

 

Reference

Outside Scene

Fantasy House Door

Fantasy House Bed

Room lighting

To start this project I searched for a reference image. I found a nice photograph of the sun setting above a city and decided to try and match the color and overall mood of the scene. To light the outside I used a directional light, and added a huge rectangular light to help brighten up the dark spots and give some highlights on the top of objects. I also used the post processing Volume to adjust the warmth and color of the scene, as well as the brightness of the shadows. I also went into the lantern master material and connected the emissive channel as it was disconnected, and then added light to all lanterns. I placed a candle inside the house and created a light function material to simulate a flickering candle light. For the custom master material I first created the ability to scale and offset the input texture among the U and V coordinates. I then created the ability to change the color of the Image texture and adjust the strength. I added the ability to add alpha maps to create color adjustable dirt. Using the world position I made it possible to adjust how much of the object the alpha map would cover, allowing to put more visible dirt towards the bottom of objects.

Shader Setup

Material Instance Menu

Fantasy House

 Fantasy House

For creating the house I decided to look up some reference as I wanted it to look realistic. I eventually found a picture which I based my project on (Reference). The construction wen relatively smooth, however I did run into some alignment issues, especially with the ceiling/second floor, where I had to move things around for tiny amounts to avoid texture fighting etc. After I constructed the building I added the interior props. As I was going for a tavern, I added multiple tables with bowls, as well as a kitchen area with a fireplace. Since the building was already pretty big, I decided to not furnish the second floor. Before starting with the lighting I made sure to disable the auto exposure by creating a post process volume set to infinite bounds.  I then added light sources to the candles, lanterns and the fireplace. I looked up the light temperature and landed on 1900 kelvin to get the right color. With the interior done, I moved to the outside where I used a sky atmosphere, skylight and directional light.