For this assignment, we were tasked with making a shelf for holding a different selection of groceries. We were required to model at least three different jars and at least six different boxes (however we were allowed to use a pudding box that we modeled beforehand). This project was loosely based off of a few mini projects that we did leading up to this project, which included modeling a wine bottle, a glass jar with spaghetti sauce in it, and the pudding box that I mentioned before.
I started by modeling the boxes first as they were much easier to model over the glass jars. UVing and texturing a box is probably one of the easiest things to do, and it did end up going quite well. After getting one box done, I was able to pick it up like second nature and model a box every 10-15 minutes instead of every hour. All of my boxes came out pretty well for the most part, which I was glad about because of how easy it actually turned out to be. One problem I did run into on each UV though was the fact that it would not unfold correctly. I tried both Unfold3D and Legacy, but both of them were giving me trouble. I ended up having to not pin the UVs down, which did result in it unfolding correctly. It was a little weird trying to straighten them, but I was able to get it figured out.
After the boxes, I moved onto the jars, and the jars were a much longer process to complete, but when I finally finished them, I was very happy with the results. To model one of the jars is a much longer process than the boxes, dealing with multiple UVs and CV Curves. However, like the boxes, once I got one done, it became almost second nature to me, remembering the process and having it take much less time. Now I wasn't making jars in 10 minute intervals (if I could that would be amazing), but it was much faster than following the tutorials piece-by-piece. I did run into a few problems when it came to UVing the jars, particularly the labels on them. Most of them unfolded fine, but on my jelly jar, I had a bit of a problem. Because the label was large enough to take up more than one row of faces, the UV came out straight like the others, but had some weird curved lines towards the sides, making the checkers and texture look a bit warped towards the edges. However, this wasn't much of a problem since I was able to solve it by making the sides a solid purple color.
Finally, I modeled the shelf last, which was pretty straightforward. I followed the width, depth, and height of a shelf from Ikea, and it came out surprisingly well. I had to make some of my own measurements and just eyeball them since Ikea didn't give out measurements for each individual shelf and side. However, I do feel it came out quite well. I liked the slight shine that came off of it as well.
Overall, I felt this project was actually pretty average. Once I was able to get the hang of the modeling tools and what to do for the boxes and jars, it went quite smoothly other than the occasional hiccup in the UV toolkit or the occasional brain fart, requiring a quick glance back at the tutorials. I did like this project despite the long time it took, and it felt amazing to come out with a great looking final product.
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