Griselle Oliva FIEA Art Blog: First 3D Art Project

3D Week 001 Assignment (UE4 Simple Box Level)

So, this week I'm tasked with creating a simple cube in Maya and then importing it into Unity to create a scene. Here's my breakdown:

First off, I grabbed my mannequin off of Unity to import into Maya for scale. This guy's pretty huge and since scale is an important factor between programs, I needed to make sure I scaled my assets properly at the start of the project. This Mannequin is about 6 feet tall, so I scaled my block to about a third of a foot.

Thanks to proper scaling, I was able to make a quick cube with beveled edges. It's a 10X10X10 unit cube with beveled edges at a subdivision of 3.

Once I had my cube, I was able to then open up Unreal and import the asset in. I created a new level and saved my project in case of any future crashes. I decided I wanted to make an Ice Cream Truck with my cubes. I figured to tackle this project the way I would modeling in Maya, so, I built one half of the truck first.

After completing one side of the model, I then grouped all the poly for the one side and so translated the group to create a new copy of the group. Then I went ahead and Transformed the group to mirror across the Y-axis so I would have the left side of the truck.

I built a quick and simple model of an ice cream cone to put on top of my truck. I built it to the side of my main model and then rotated and translated it into place.

I then went ahead and created a quick procedural material. I created instances from this material and varied them to achieve the colors I wanted to use. I then went about selecting my cubes and assigning materials to them.