3D Dumpster Model.

Today we modeled a 3D dumpster. A simple task, that wouldn't have been too difficult for me before the summer. However I had become complacent over the summer and my 3D skills were rusty.

We had to model the dumpster from some reference photo's of a Pre-Modeled and textured 3D dumpster.
We also had to unwrap the model and hand paint the textures using Photoshop.

It wasn't a particularly challenging task however I still had some problems modelling it.
Often I would find the model becoming very untidy and found a lot of redundant geometry around the model that needed cleaning up.

This aspect of 3D is definitely something that I need to put more extra curricular work into. I had some issues remembering the correct procedure for unwrapping the dumpster. However I managed to finish it off in the end -

I painted the textures in under 30 minutes but found it quite enjoyable - I feel that it may be an aspect of 3D that i'll really start to enjoy. I think if i were to spend some more time on textures and look into them further that it could be one of my strengths in 3D.

At technique i've found useful whilst modelling the dumpster is when in doubt - Colour Ink!!!

Always seems to be a sure fire way of making your model look reasonable! In all seriousness it's not a great view to model in but it does have a unique and cool appearance to it!