When trying to import my  character into UDk, the character mesh and skeletal mesh imported fine, but then when i try to attach the texture files the character stays black or silver.

The way I fixed my character was by exporting the character in pieces and apply the texture files individually,

After doing that process I pieced the character together before grouping the character

scene and talk through

explosion effect

I have recently found a 3d special effect company https://www.imbuefx.com
that specialises in effects for game engines UDK, Cryengine and maya.

Here i purchased a video tutorial on how to create realistic fire within UDK using maya and a flipbook animation.

slow motion effect

After alot of research i have been able to find a tutorial for udk that will help me create the slow motion effect i was looking for.

here is a  link to the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeyNCHaYNSY

moving texture

Her is a screen grab of the animated wall texture i have created:

This picture shows how i have created the animated texture with UDK's material editor and how the emissive lights look.

sparks

Here is a screen grab of the sparks special effects i have created.

Environment effects

To follow the concept art of the environment i will be trying to create some environment special effects such as:

• sparks 
• broken glass
• bullets
• fire
• Animated wall texture

Choice of game engine

The game engine i have chosen to use for my advance 3d graphics is; UDK.

As i have previously used UDK in the past, i am very familiar with the user interface and the layout of the application, although i have never created an animation or video in UDK this can take some time to get use to.

If i had chosen to use the cry engine, i would be running the great risk of not having my project finished as i would not only have to learn a completely new game engine  but the production processes this game engine follows to import all of the assets into it correctly.

change of plan

After having problems with my character i have decided to work on my environment first as it is a moulder piece environment i can re-use all of the piece i have created.

Doing this first will free up a lot of time and allow me to spend more time on my character.

I have reflected this within my Gantt chart update.

block out character

I am currently having some problems with my block out charcater, although this is not my first character i have created the block out does seem to be going right.

 I think i am going to start again and tackle it from a different angle

presentation

Preparing for the pitch presentation, i will like to potray my character to have strong characteristics.

For my presentation the parts i will talk about are:

• Character background
• Character biography
• Character clohes
• Character acfcessories
• Environment
• Planning
• Concept art
• Blockouts tha

character cloth mood boards

character clothes mood boards

planning revised

After reviewing my first Gantt chart  i can clearly see my Gantt chart was very disorganized and did not show an in-depth look into how i am going to break down my work.
I have created a revised version of my original Gantt character showing a more in-depth plan..

I have now put all of my tasks within three section:- 

• Pre-alpha
• Aplha
• Final product

planning

To help put my current project into perspective I have created a Gantt chart to help organize the projects

My gantt chart shows how i will break down character modelling, my environment modelling, character rigging, animation and special effects.

addition ideas for the environment

There was a number of different concepts art that I had taken an interest in, yet when breaking down that is required to produce them the standard of the concept art required

The environment concept art all have a main object that is the focus of the concept art, as well as creating the environment i would have to focus alot of time on the main object trying to make it look just as important as is does in the concept art. Doing that could take a lot of time.

breakdown of the concept art

To help me identify how big just how big this project will be, i broke down the concept art and planned how i will create my character and envrionment.

Firstly as the character is the most important part of my scene i broke down the character concept art.

 Character Breakdown
Clothes

• Combat trousers
• Vest
• Baggy Crop Top
• Denim (Style) Jacket 

Accessories

•  Dual Guns
• Dog Tag
• Belt with Buickle
• Gun Holsters
• Gloves
• Mask
• Shoulder buckle

 
Environment Breakdown

• Modular pieces7
• Floor Panel
• Side Panel
• Door
• Roof
• Lights
• Crates

slection of concept art

The first place i looked for inspiration was www.conceptroot.com

Introduction

Introduction to Advance 3D graphics

Advance graphics 3D is a project to give us the students the freedom by allowing us to choose a piece of concept art and recreate it in a digital scene.

Choosing between creating a environment or a character the rules are:

Applies to both

•  Finished object must be placed and rendered in a game engine e.g UDK, Cry engine.
• The scene must be playable.
• If any post rendering techniques have been applied, two separate renders must be shown side by side within the blog and final presentation stating and showing .
•  There should be a render pass of the scene.

Characters

• Character must be rigged.
•  Character must be animated, if the character isn’t animated they must at least be posed.