I have been thinking about personal projects since I started this program. I’ve been particularly inspired by Steve Hansen’s presentation about 3-D. I think I want to take on some project that involves using 3-D modeling to create 2-D still images, aka single frames or shots from a 3-D scene. In this way, I would be using 3-D in a similar way to Steve, where it is a tool for a different graphic end.
I am not sure of the actual medium of the final artifact, but I think it may be a zine or a poster. Something in print. I’m wanting to explore the techniques of 3-D modeling software. So this project would be an excuse to learn that software, but with a context and a purpose that would orient my self-learning. This context and purpose would be something that I get to choose that is tailored to my personal interests. So it would be free of the normal constraints of a school project, or a client’s brief, hopefully inducing more creativity.
I think it would take about a year to execute this project. Because I’d need a good amount of time to plan out what I want to do at first, then have time to learn the tools, and then to execute, then time to modify my execution as I run into inevitable problems.
Other than time, I’d need to acquire the necessary software and tools, and also materials for print. I think it’s a great idea though and I want to try and do this for special projects next year. In the meantime, I’d need to figure out what the topic would be. There’s a lot to figure out.