Intended Outcome:
- Use the cloth simulation in a different context.
- Create the sense of presence.
Problems I encountered and how I overcame them:
- This model did not take up much time to create and allowed me to add a sense of presence to the scene. By creating this small detail, I believe it made the scene feel more realistic by insinuating someone has pitched camp and unpacked items they would otherwise keep hidden in order to use them.
- To create the two main components of this model, I used cylinder meshes and the Boolean modifier, altering the thickness of the cylinder to create the model I wanted.
- Again, I had not used the cloth simulator in a situation like this, so I did a lot of experimentation with the physics simulation available to ensure that, if animated, it looked realistic. When unused, kitchen roll tends to try and unravel itself, so adding a piece of mesh that can resemble this behaviour would help to create the realism. To ensure it hung naturally, I tested different presets and altered values to gain a reasonable response, and tested the effect with a wind forcefield.
- To complete this model, I bevelled any edges that were too harsh, added a subdivision surface modifier, and I ensured that the normals of the mesh had an auto smooth angle of 30 degrees. I also removed any unnecessary faces/vertices and grouped parts of the model that would be textured identically.
Where to go from here:
- Create more accessories appropriate for the scene.
Timelapse:
Final Model:
The errors present on this sketchfab are not present on the final model. Unfortunately, I cannot remove them, but feel this view still gives the overall effect of the model.