Pumpkin Jack

Here you can see how I cheated the look for the lighting effect I was going for.

I duplicated the pumpkin, extruded the holes, then deleted the rest of the pumpkin faces. Split the shapes apart into their own meshes.

I never planned on lighting my pumpkin like this. I was in office hours and in between helping students I would work on this part for fun to keep myself entertained. I finished this in the six hour time slot I had for office hours the night it was due. October 30th at 11:59PM of course

Pumpkin Jack

(2020-2021)

Modeled to teach undergrad students how to solve complex topology

I used to make this project a lab, but decided to change it to a project because of the importance of UV unwrapping for organic models

You can read my instructions below.

For my students, I never expected them to make something to turn out like the one I made.

The purpose of this assignment was to make them go through the entire process and maybe come out with something they thought would be cool.

My focus was on topology, uv unwrapping, and if they followed instructions.

Pumpkin_Jack_0002_original_wireframe.png
Pumpkin_Jack_0003_original_shaded.png
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Pumpkin_Jack_0001_wireframe.png

Above: Wireframe on shaded, and shaded versions of the textured pumpkin and the carved pumpkin

Below: Final versions of the pumpkin. Notice the decrease in the green light around the eyes as I wanted to go for a more subtle look.

Pumpkin_01.jpg
PumpkinGreen.jpg
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Pumpkin Jack Project Write Up For My Students

Intro:

Model 2 Pumpkins and UV unwrap it. Texture it, light it, and render out a frame for each.

 The goal of this project is to learn how to unwrap an object, do simple lighting, and render out a frame. This project will demonstrate the difference between a texture and detail on the model.

 

Overview:

  • Model a carved pumpkin

  • 2 pumpkins

    • The carving should go through the pumpkin entirely

    • Draw a carving on the texture

  • UV unwrap the model

  • Texture it

  • Apply a shader

  • 2 lights

    • One inside the pumpkin

    • One outside the pumpkin

  • Render

    • Render out an image 1080pixels by 1080 pixels

Project Scope:

  • Should look exactly like the piece you are trying to model

    • Does your model look like a pumpkin?

    • Topology – does it have a good edge flow?

    • Is it modeled from 1 cube?

    • Is the model in all quads?

    • Hard edges vs soft edges – are they used wisely?

    • Does the model look like the model when I smooth preview?

  • Reference photos should be included

    • These are not just of the model, but maybe collect some texture images as well

  • Upload the Project folder to the google drive

  • Texture

    • Unwrap the pumpkin – does it make sense for the model?

    • Open the UV_OUT in photoshop and create a texture map for the prop

    • Save it as UV_IN – make sure to turn off the UV layer

  • Shader Network

    • Create a shader and apply it to your prop

    • Map the color attribute to a file

    • Link it to the UV_IN

  • Lighting

    • You will place one light inside the pumpkin

    • You also need to light some of the outside of the pumpkin too

  • Render 2 pictures

    • 1080x1080 pixels

    • One of each pumpkin

 

Requirements:

  1. Include reference photo(s) of the object

    1. This is placed into the Source Images folder

    2. Reference image should be the name of the object followed by which view it is

      1. pumpkinFront.jpg

      2. pumpkinInside.jpg

      3. pumpkinStem.jpg

  1. Project folder should be lastnameFirstname

    1. gillieDrew_pumpkin

  2. file name should be .ma

    1. ex: gillieDrew_pumpkin_027.ma

  3. Object name in the outliner should be the name of the object

    1. pumpkinCarved

    2. pumpkinTextured

  4. Exports

    1. Three screenshots of your carved pumpkin

      1. Shaded

      2. Wireframe on shaded

      3. textured

  1. Render

    1. Render out a square image of each pumpkin

  2. Where should these be?

    1. All 3 screenshots placed into the “images” folder

    2. Both renders should be placed in “images” folder as well

Note: The topology on this pumpkin is not the best as this was the model I used to show students how to fix certain issues in complex organic topology