This week was mostly just getting the UVs got sorted. If you couldn't tell, I do not enjoy doing UVs for models. Considering that this is the only thing that I did this week, this post isn't going to be as long as the others. I'll try and make up for it by sprinkling a little bit of lore and stuff for the character.
This is more of less how the UVs look. I still think that there are some improvements that I can do, but this is basically the main layout. For this, I used a new program called RizomUV. It is a vast improvement to Maya's UV editor. Being able to actually make straightened UVs instead of making a jumbled mess is very cathartic. This program is very strong. There is one peeve with this program that I have, however. Some parts of the UV that I tried to stack together would flip around, and I had no idea what was happening. I had to zoom in so far just to clarify that was happening with the UV islands and I wasn't going insane. Again, I REALLY don't like doing UVs. I did try to use the programs auto fit script, and that certainly helped, but that didn't really shift my opinion. Now that I'm done with UVing, I'm on my way to going the texturing for the model. I've tried using Substance Painter, but with a little bit of experimenting I think I might try 3DCoat for it. It seems pretty powerful for making hand-painted textures, which is what I want to try out for this one.
For this section, I would like to expand a little bit on the lore for the model I'm making. Please note that some of this might be made completely up on the spot and some of it won't make it through the character creation process.
After a really long time of meandering around the fact that couldn't think of a name for the character. I've finally thought of one!
His name will be Ssam.
Yes, it's just my name with an extra S, but hear me out. Ssam backwards is masS. And to me, it makes sense, because he's a living black hole. Which consist of a lot of mass. I am very smart.
A space faring protector of the stars, Ssam flies about in his Star Slipper ship to fight ne'er-do-wells amongst the cosmos. On account of the fact that his limbs are disconnected, it allows him to perform moves that others could not do.
(This is a VERY rough sketch of his abilities, please don't laugh.)
I really don't know how to explain these abilities in a decent way. But basically it can be summed up as: He can spin and he can portal his hand to make it big. Also, he can point his two fingers into a gun shape and fire some celestial energy as an projectile.
"To the stars above!"
Apologies for how short this post is, but there wasn't really much of interest to talk about here. Hopefully once I start properly texturing, I'll be able to talk more about it!
Thank you and good-bye for today!