I have collected a few reference images for the lighting in the attic. The only lighting in the attic comes from the windows, therefore I will set the walk through during the day so there is more light coming through. There are four windows at the front and four at the back, however they are only small so that will mean they will have more effect on the visual elements around the the windows.
I have selected the textures and main objects that I will be modelling for the scene/walk through. I have used images from google and textures from cgtextures.com for the walls, floors, doors and windows.
I started modelling the attic in 3Ds Max. However, I have changed some of the dimensions from my original top view plan. Here are a few ongoing screen shots below and I will blog later with more progress....
This is my first attempt animating a walk cycle, that I have done today. A few subtle movements could be added but this is just a test for now (I have used the free MAX rig for this)....
So, for the visualisation project I have put together a top view plan of the attic, so I have a clear idea of the attic space for when I begin modelling. I have also found some reference images which relate to what I would like the different areas of the attic to look like.
> (Main room) This image refers to the main room in the attic, although the attic I design will have loads of furniture and items in the way but I am going to use the similar style of the beams from this photo.
> (Classroom) This reference image relates to the old classroom in the book. However I am going to let less light into the room. I plan for the windows to be quite high up.
> (Stairway) I like the narrow, worn effect to this image for a reference of the stairway. Thinking mainly about the detail of textures within this part of the walk through, as the camera shots will be quite close up.
> (Windows) This is the style of the windows I am going to design for the attic. Although I will make some of the windows a bit larger. All the windows will have metal bars across them. (To stop the children escaping in the book).
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