Project 1

1. Story

Rat was trapped in an awful cage for a week ever since he came wondering around a strangers house. His rat instincts told him that lots of food was stored in the house. Till a boy caught Rat and caged him.

The boy shoved Rat in the corner of his room and began building some sort of contraption. After a week Rat knew what it was. It was a Mousetrap Car. One of the cheapest thrills children find in abusing Rat. Rat was mortified.

In the racetrack Rat was spinning round and round. Rat saw the boy recording a video with his Nokia phone. Rat was caught in the midst of nauseousness and fury. He waiting patiently till the boy got bored. When the mousetrap car finally stopped and Rat was released, Rat sunk his sharp teeth, deep into the boys flesh and flee as fast as his little legs could carry him.

2. Shape

The Nokia phone which I am about to create using maya has many cubes and rectangular shapes. The buttons, screen and shape of the the phone is rectangular. Layering has to be done for the screen and camera. Smoothing will be applied to the cover of the phone since its edges are rounded.

I chose the Nokia phone because of the simplicity of the model. I was afraid of choosing a complex model because my skills in 3d modelling is not very good. Therefore I decided to create something safe and which I could finish in time.

3. Design

Wireframe:

Plan Diagrams:

4. Research

An example of a mobile phone model.

A wireframe of the backend of a mobile phone.

5. Self-Critique

Original Nokia Phone:

My model on the Nokia phone:

My model was unfortunately not the exact replica of my phone. I have done layers for the screen and camera however, I was having difficulties creating exact layers for its camera. It was a challenge to create a depth for the camera without interference with the layers for the screen. I did not want to lengthen the width of the phone since it'll be too thick.