CAGD 373 - Destiny 2 Tower

CAGD 373 - Destiny 2 Tower - Sprint 2

Destiny 2 Tower - Sprint 2

My name is Kyle Ramser, and I am currently working with my group to recreate the Tower, a social space from Destiny 2. This sprint, I mainly focused on a lot of our major set pieces, as well as a few modular pieces to fill up the tower’s space. I was able to complete 9 points during this sprint, and got a lot of important pieces of the scene done for my team.

The cards that I finished were the traveler, the side building, the door for the side building, the modular stairs, the back floor area, and some UVs for these objects. The most important card was definitely the side room, as the interior is going to be used a lot by my teams for props and interaction. This was by far the most difficult piece I have modeled so far, as the edges and vertices refused to match up on the inside and outside. This made for a ton of cleanup and changes before I was able to bevel and refine the model.

The piece that I am most proud of is definitely the traveler. I think that extracting the sides from it to make it look shattered was a nice touch and really made the world feel alive. I think that overall, this was a very productive sprint that was able to set my group up for our future sprints. The modular stairs as well as the side building will help all of my group members to make this scene full and interesting.

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