SMU Guildhall Graduate Catalog Spring 2019 — Cohort 27 | Page 32

Bo Yuan Art Creation « Asian Sci-fi Environment The goal of my thesis project was to build I gained more understanding about a sci-fi material set that allows the style more efficient ways to build mesh, a traditional Asian environment and create change between traditional and sci-fi. I researched traditional architecture, techniques of building modular systems, and texture creation. handling various packages and techniques to speed up the UV process, and developing more creative ways to create texture. The reason I chose this project was The project took about five months from combination of styles. The buildings built with the main building and material my passion for architecture and the in the scene and materials created were based on real-world references from history books, architecture articles, and old photos. 32 creating 3D environments by learning ART CREATION initial research to final presentation, development taking approximately three months.