notes from underground

For my final project for CS128, I am going to be modeling and rigging the typewriter character I’ve been working on for the past few months. Since my two-dimensional sketches are more artistic than technical they have not been as useful for the 3D design process, so the first step I took in Maya was to modify the “dudebot” character I made a few years ago and combine his parts with a few basic typewriter elements (specifically the keys on his back) to block in the rough form of the character as he appears in my drawings. With my first love being sculpture, not drawing, this 3d mockup helps me get a much more tactile impression of the character.

I rendered this turntable out just to check that the overall proportions of the character are working. I will go back in and create new geometry for the main body elements later on, but I am pretty pleased with the overall shape of the character.