Jesus Vela: Week 1 Castle

Ghosted Shot

Concept

     This castle was based off of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. As a concert hall adorned with vibrant windows and a clear stone, the palace is significant as a cultural torch for many Mexicans. I innovated the palace by adding additional towers to the structure while also reducing some details. The materials I used in the rendering of the images gives my castle an equally vibrant personality, making my castle an adequate residence for the Muses.

Layered

No Naked Edges

Techniques

     Throughout modeling, the gridsnap aid made it easy to arrange solids into the castle. When constructing the castle I first laid out a polyline around the castle's perimeter. Next I used the box tool to construct the main frame layer. The rest of the layers include more boxes (Entrance and Roof), paraboloids (Pillars, BigTowers, and SmallTowers), and extruded triangle and arc/half-circle surfaces (Roof and Windows). When running the naked edges diagnostic, all of the pillars and tall/small towers had naked edges. Since paraboloids are not originally closed solids, I employed to solutions to get rid of naked edges. First, the pillars which are composed of mirrored paraboloids were joined into a single solid. Second, The tall/small towers to closed using the cap command. All in all, layers simplified troubleshooting by allowing me to address issues in chunks.

Opening Shot

Materials

     The Palacio de Bellas Artes was built in an art Art Nouveau and Art Deco (Wikipedia). To reflect a similar importance in decoration through linework, materials and lighting were important to convey the aesthetic theme of the castle. Materials used in Keyshot for rendering the castle include: Anodized Aluminum, Ginger Bronze, Glass Red, Gold Polished, Soap Bubble, and Tiles Hexagon Dark Grey. The latter material worked perfectly as the ground layer because it accents the symmetrical character of the castle. While the metal pillars help define the glossy main frame, the metallic towers and entrances add volume to the structure. Soup Bubble material is very glossy and without edges, so brightness and contrast were increased to help distinguish the curves around the castle. Soup Bubble material was very exciting to work with, as color was manipulated when capturing shots inside as well as outside the castle.

Exterior Pedestrian View

Interior Pedestrian View