Project 1: Lamp

Motion Capture

The goal of this assignment was to gain experience in polygon and NURBS modeling. I started with a picture of a lamp I found on furniture supply website (Bush Furniture Online). I started with a polygon cube and extracted faces up, until I had the basic shape of the base. I used the “Insert Edge Loop” tool to add detail and previewed how my model would look by using Maya’s smooth display mode. This method allowed me to get a smooth, detailed looking model without building extra geometry into the mesh. After finishing the base, I used the same technique to model the other piece of the lamp (the arms and the light-shade). I chose to model these separately so they would be easer to work with later if I decide to texture or animate the lamp.

My reference image and screen captures from Maya are below.

Reference Image

Maya Wireframe Screen Captures

Perspective	Front
Side	Top

Maya Smooth Shaded Screen Captures

Perspective	Front
Side	Top