Sunday, November 13, 2011

Project 8: Surface and Light

The goal of this project was to model a texture or space and then see how different styles of light played off of the surface of the objects. We were to collect two source pictures: one of a texture and one of a space. We were then to use views of only one of these models.

Source Image 1: Texture of Ceiling Pattern in Art/Soc Building


Source Image 2: Stair Well Space in Business School


I decided to take the views from my model depicting the stair case. I thought this space was interesting because of how the stair case elements seemingly spiraled upwards towards infinity. I abstracted the space in my model to only include the staircase. I placed a plane touching the bottom of the model and a plane touching the top of the model and then turned the material of these planes into a mirror. When you place yourself in the model, it gives off the same effect; however, it really emphasizes the idea of spiraling into infinity. The lighting schemes play around with both linear (natural) and radial (artificial) light; however, you couldn't tell without the labels. For some reason, there isn't that much distinction between the two. I also played around with transparencies which helped to created a deeper space because all of the forms began to overlap each other. The views below are part of the stair case model.

Model Axon:

Views 1 & 2 (Natural Light with Transparent Staircases) :

Views 3 & 4 (Artificial Light with Solid Staircases):

Views 3 & 4 (Artificial Light with Transparent Staircases):
Views 5 & 6 (Hybrid Light):

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