A2.1: 3D Landscape For this assignment you are tasked with constructing a 3D model of a chosen landscape...
Above is an artists model for a landscpe.
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A2.1: 3D Landscape Task 1: Montage Preperations ● Before you commence your 3D landscape model, you should plan out your work by creating a 2D montage of your work, inside your sketchbook. ● Source/find and collect a range of landscape features/pictures. These could be: ○ Trees ○ Buildings ○ Hills ○ Sky ○ Rivers ○ People/animals ● Try to find many different types/examples for each feature. Also try to ensure that your pictures use a range of different sizes. For example, big tree’s, medium sized tree’s and small tree’s.
Above is an example of a landscape photo-montage. See how the artist has carefully selected and placed pictures to create a sense of ‘depth’ and ‘scale’.
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A2.1: 3D Landscape ● After you have collected enough pictures for the features to be used in your own landscape montage, you will need sketch out your work. ● Sketch/draw out your landscape plan in pencil using a full page in your sketchbook. Consider a suitable ‘orientation’, for example: Landscape format (wider than it is tall, or Portrait format (taller than it is wide). ● When you have an accurate drawing in place, you should then begin creating your montage. To do this, work in ‘layers’ from the background towards the foreground. For instance, in most landscapes the background layer is likely to be the sky. Therefore glue/stick your sky parts in place first. ● Consider ‘depth’ and ‘scale’ in your work, for example place small features/pictures in the distance, and larger features in the foreground. ● You should also be mindful of ‘composition’ too, this the ability to think carefully about where you place features in your work, and in relation to other features. A good composition usually creates a more balanced pictures.
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A2.1: 3D Landscape Task 3: 3D Model ● After you have finished your 2D montage, you are ready to begin work on your 3D model of your landscape. ● You can do this in pairs if you wish or even collaborate as a group on the same model. Group sizes should be no bigger than 6 students. ● If you decide to work in a group, the size/scale of your work should reflect the number of people working on the project. ● A typical ‘size’ for a 3D Model is an A4 (size) card box:
An ‘A4’ size paper box (above) is a typical size for an individual 3D model.
3 x ‘A4’ size paper boxes for a group size of 3 students.
Although most materials will be provided for you, you should make sure that you collect any resources needed for your 3D model, during the 2D Montage task. Typical materials that you should collect ‘prior’ to commencing work on your 3D model are:
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A4 Card Boxes Old Newspapers Sponge(s) Kitchen Roll/Toilet Roll tubes Egg cartons Cereal packaging
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A2.1: 3D Landscape The model that you will build should reflect your previous 2D montage work. As such you can use that to work from to guide your work. If you are working as an individual, you will need to ensure that you have everything required for your build. If you are working as a group, be sure that you understand what your role is, and ensure that you work with your team. The construction process involved will use a mixture of card construction, paper-mache and other constructed items such as sponge(s) for trees, hedges etc. After you have built your model, you should then paint it using poster-paints. Finally, adding a coat/layer of PVA glue/water mixture on top of your model will help keep it together, and give is a protective coat. When your model is completed, take a picture/photograph of your work/model and produce a short evaluation about your work: 1. What is your landscape about? - Describe it. 2. What materials did you use to construct your model? - List the materials for each feature/part. 3. Which part of the construction did you find difficult? - Explain why. 4. Which part of the construction did you enjoy the most? - Explain why. 5. Does your model reflect your 2D Montage? - Explain any changes that you made. Your evaluation should be presented inside your sketchbook, however you should also ‘Blog’ about your latest creation too, so why not write your blog-post about your work including pictures, and then print out your posts for your sketchbook!
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A2.1: 3D Landscape Do you have a smart phone? If so you can use the camera on your phone to access online resources to help you with this assignment. All you need is a QR code reader app, point your phone web browser to one of readers below:
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http://reader.kaywa.com http://get.beetagg.com http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp http://europe.nokia.com/support/productsupport/nokian80/phonesoftware/smartphone For iPhone users. Go to iTunes and search for: QR Code reader
Once you have a reader/ app on your smart phone. Simply take a quick snap of the code below, and you will be redirected to the required resource, directly on your phone.
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