Sofia's Week 7 Report

what were your concrete goals for the week?

This week I wanted to finish all the ship materials and push them to the main branch.

what goals were you able to accomplish?

I only finished the playership materials. There are four different color but similarly designed playerships.

if the week went differently than you had planned, what were the reasons? note that this happens regularly...I would prefer you to be aggressive in what you want to try accomplish rather than limit yourself to goals you know you'll easily achieve. so answering this question is more of a reflection on the development process and the surprises you encounter, it's not at all an evaluation.

This week went differently again, but I'm glad that I have less ships to paint now. Creating the UV maps and resolving any Z-fighting is the most time-consuming part. However, I had a pipeline down for texture painting and rendering it! I create the custom UV maps in Blender, making sure that there are no overlaps, then export an OBJ file. I open the OBJ file in Procreate and paint as much as I can. For the playership, I mostly painted base colors in Procreate, then I re-upload to Blender for finishing touches and to double check everything looks ok on the model(s). I left the straight edge details to Blender because my brushes in Procreate were too pixelated and uneven.

what are your specific goals for the next week?

Next week, I plan to finish the mothership material. I also already have free Blender assets for our alien enemies and other special-role equipment. This should create less models for me.

what did you learn this week, if anything (and did you expect to learn it)?

I can't believe Blender doesn't automatically save the image of the newly painted UV maps. I learned the hard way, as every beginner Blender artist does, and wondered why my painted detailed straight lines disappeared!

what is your individual morale (which might be different from the overall group morale)?