SOURCE Research Grant
Summer 2020
This project was funded through Syracuse University's SOURCE (Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Engagement) through a research grant.
My original proposal was to make a documentary highlighting the detrimental effects of "study culture" in Southeast Asia. However, due to the global pandemic, travel was barred, so I pivoted my project to improve my production skills on all fronts to help enable me to create professional works.
Through this project, I was able to become more proficient as a digital media producer, both improving my existing skills and learning new ones to help round out my skillset, providing me with an end-to-end perspective of digital media production.
I created a commercial, a 3D model of a donut, multiple animated/motion graphics pieces, and learned how to use the various softwares to help me accomplish these works. Here is the work done below!
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Commercial: Milkis Melon
3D Modeling: Donut (Done in Blender)
1. Simple torus added

2. Imperfections added to dough

3. Smoothed with Subdivision Surface
4. Icing added by copying dough top


5. Icing extruded, middle indent sculpted
6. Lighting placed and edited


7. Initial render

8. Materials added and colored

9. Materials adjusted

11. Hair adjusted

13. Weight paint for sprinkle distribution

15. Texture painted for realism

10. Hair added to emulate sprinkles

12. Sprinkles modeled and linked

14. Trial render

16. Final render with donut texture

3D Modeling and Integration Into Spark AR


