HA8 Task 7 - Review

Review

In the end, I am pleased with the result of my sidekick. I feel that I have successfully created a robotic sidekick in the way that I intended. My idea for a complex yet simple design was achieved to a relatively high standard. 

In the beginning I decided to design and create a retro styled robotic sidekick. This idea was soon changed as I struggled to think of a look which would be detailed yet old. I decided to make the design more futuristic to allow me to explore more complex designs and styles. My final sign was derived from styles of robotic characters like C-3PO from Starwars, as well as video game characters P-body and Atlas from the popular game Portal 2. I implemented a similar style and body shape to my sidekick, this is evident in the way which the limbs of my sidekick are placed together. 

There were multiple issues which I has to overcome when building the model for my sidekick. These issues include making specific shapes for certain areas of the body. there was also an issue with certain sections of the model when I pressed the tab key, pressing the tab key smooth ens the entire model to make it look much less cubic. The issue which occurred when I did this is that parts of the sidekick would not change, they would simply mangle. The only way I was able to resolve this was to simply avoid making my model smooth. Although my sidekick is not smooth in every section I still think that It shows the detail which I implemented to its design. 

Looking back at my work I am able to determine where my strengths and weaknesses are. I feel that I can safely say that one of my strengths is creating a model using Lightwave Modeler. I am aware that I am not creating models to a professional standard but I think that with more practice I would be able to create highly detailed models using a wide variety of modeling methods. I believe that another of my strengths is my research. I feel that the images I gathered help to show where the final design or my sidekick's model originate. One of my weaknesses is texturing. I feel that the texture and colours of my sidekick is of poor quality and that as a result of this, my model looks plain and flat.