MSc ANIMATION & VFX 2022/2023
This is the blog for my MSc studies at the University of Dundee, between 2022 and 2023.
It has been stated, that 3D printing is seen more as a tool for preserving cultural heritage and making prototypes, rather than the medium to create art itself. (Sargentis et al., 2022)
My research aim is to try to prove this statement wrong, and to create a successful romantic sculpture through 3D modelling and 3D printing. By researching the key elements of what made the romantic era masterpieces so successful, I will implement these in my 3D visualisations and my 3D printed sculpture and try to convey the meaningful stories that traditionally crafted art is known to be capable to deliver. There is a potential for artistic value in 3D printing, as well as there is in a traditional way of making art.
The result of my research will be a set of 3D visualisation character portraits with moving elements and a 3D printed sculpture. The set aims to convey the feeling of a romantic story to the viewer and to be seen as a piece of meaningful art on its own, regardless of the tools that were used to create it. The set of 3D digital portraits and the 3D printed sculpture will be presented in the master’s Degree Show 2023.
SEMESTER THREE
3D visualisations
Layout for lonely Vetehinen The tale so far can be found here! Semester two ended with me finally deciding on the character design of Vetehinen. She
Painting reference
The Fallen Angel – Alexandre Cabanel, 1847 Emotional study I had already studied the life model and her emotions and poses, but I still wanted
Game assets and portfolio talk
Fish tray from the game asset collection Portfolio building Since we are nearing the end of this year, it was really time to start thinking
Paint Filters
Live Paint Filter v1.2 in Blender Eevee Decisions, decisions During last semester I was pretty set on trying to light and render my scenes in
Change of plans
Goodbye, my poor children. Big changes On one beautiful summer day, I joined others for another group critique session with happy thoughts about the 2D
One, two, 3d print!
Decimation process in ZBrush The final stretch The previous steps on this journey can be found here and here! As semester three dawned so did the endless worry
SEMESTER TWO
More Character Modelling
Character design by Meg Park 30 days sculpt challenge? Oh boy. When I made my last post about the self-portrait and how I bragged about
Unreal 5
Forest scene render from Unreal 5 Real-time rendering with unreal 5 I had heard about real-time rendering before and also had heard of Unreal and
Degree Show Planning
Degree Show layout planning in Blender Degree Show Since the actual layout of my exhibition is very important and a big part of the whole
Protools
Photo from Finland PROTOOLS This semester we had a lecture about sound editing with ProTools. I’ve already had some small baby steps into sound editing
Character Design and Thoughts
The Attack – Edward Isto, 1899 Semester one The design process of Vetehinen started during semester one, with some initial sketches and ideas as to
3D Printing in Practice
3D print tests 3D Printing For the full research into 3D printing history and its uses see my previous post over here! To continue the
Epoxy Resin
Selection of epoxy resin items I bought for pouring Epoxy Resin From the very start when I was designing “Vetehinen”, the 3D printed sculpture, I
Self portrait
Blender Cycles render of a self-portrait I made Self-portrait time For this semester my biggest goal was to sculpt and model more. I didn’t get
Gallery Visits
Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki Tympeät Tytöt During the Christmas holiday, I asked my friends in Finland if they would be interested in visiting a
SEMESTER ONE
SEM 1 Life Drawing
20 minutes pose from a life drawing session Semester one life drawing Collection of short and long poses from semester one life drawing sessions. Overall
3D Printing
ZBrush model of Moomin Groke 3D printed and painted 3D Printing In spite of the fact that 3D printers have been around for nearly 30
Research Poster
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog – Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 / 3D recreation in Blender First Draft The research poster was something very important
Character Design
Mixed media sketch, Blender and digital drawing. Examples of Historical Finnish Clothing After deciding on the theme of my set, and looking into the characters
Finnish Mythology
Nøkken (näkki) – Theodor Kittelsen, 1904 Finnish Mythology Historically, Finnish mythology is composed of layers from multiple eras, even dating back to Stone Age shamanism.
3D Character Modelling
Moomin Snorkmaiden character model made in ZBrush 3D character modelling 3D character modelling is something I want to specialise in and get better every day.
Masterpiece in Blender
The Fighting Temeraire – J. M. W. Turner, 1839 Characteristic Elements of Romantic Painting Idealisation; the action of regarding or representing something as perfect or
Romanticism
Images Of Romanticism by Kroeber & Walling, 1978 and Romantic Art by Vaughan, 1978 Romanticism Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that
Inspiration
WLOP – Throne2 (Yulia), 2022 Inspiration I take inspiration for my art from everywhere. People, nature, emotions, feelings. I don’t have a distinct style for
Program of Study
In the art industry, new technological advances have been introduced with time. The advancement of technology has had a significant impact on the way artists