Antique Shop Desk

After working very hard for 4 weeks, I finally have the last version of my final project for term 1 at Think Tank Training Centre. It's based on the original concept of Martin Teichman called Antique Shop. 

When I was choosing the concept for my final project, I knew I prioritize quality over quantity, I wanted to be able to fully complete a project from beginning to end and make it look professional. My goal is to be able to create assets that look like real life. It has always blown my mind how something created in a computer can mimic what we see with our eyes so well. I had lots of fun creating this piece!

The texturing part of the project was very important because at the end that’s what really sells it, it’s also my favorite. I wanted it to look photorealistic and to add some level of wear and tear that would tell a story and bring it to life. In order to achieve this I did an extensive search for reference pictures of the different props in real life with different levels of use, stains, rust, etc. Then in Mari I combined the most interesting elements and painted them over the assets. 

Once I was happy with my textures I baked them and brought them over to maya where I started the look dev process, going back and forth with the different maps and materials to achieve the look I wanted. I also created lots of materials directly on maya. 

For the final week I was missing the little details in the scene that would essentially bond everything together and make it look complete, and these were the different decals/labels etc. I did this by painting the UV’s of these items in Photoshop. 

Finally, I adjusted the lights a bit better to match the concept, and added some fog to create the haze coming out from the desk lamp. I also did some color correction and final composition in Photoshop, giving me the final product. 

Here is a little run-through the different displacement maps of the final product. 

I want to thank my mentor Pablo Hurtado for being so patient and for giving me amazing feedback. It really helped me connect all the dots; and my classmates, because they made this term very fun and enjoyable and my family for always being supportive.

I look forward to continuing to grow as a CG Environment Artist and create more amazing scenes.  I hope you liked it.

Softwares used:

Maya, Mari, V-ray, Photoshop