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Creating the asset

To begin with I made the main body of the vending machine, to do this I made a cube in which I extruded and added some loop cuts to it, after this I manipulated the new vertices from the loop cuts to make a small opening in the front of the machine so that it is imitates a vending machines opening where items come out from. After this I moved onto the numpad, for this I created a main body for it using a cube, and then smaller cubes for the letters and numbers that people would press to get their items out. I then moved onto the shelving inside the machine, these were just cubes which I elongated and shrunk length wise to make them into standard looking shelves. Finally I made a plane which I would use as the glass on the front of the machine.

Texturing

For texturing, i create simple materials using the aistandardsurface materials inside of Maya. Firstly I created a grey/black colour with high roughness for the main body, this is to make it look matte. Next I added a grey colour to the body of the numpad with a lighter grey colour for the numbers and letters, in addition to letters and numbers that I screenshotted from a Word document i made with the same letters and numbers. After this I made the shelves black with high roughness to make a matte colour like the main machine body. Finally for the glass plane I added a blue tint to it and also gave it some transmission so it is see through.

UV’s

Below are screenshots to my UVs in the asset:

Creating the model

To begin with I created a bowl which would be the main piece of this 3D asset, I did this by starting off with a cylinder which i extruded upwards and to it’s sides, I then went in face view and removed all of the faces on the top of the cylinder, this is to make the top of the bowl open. After this i moved onto the plate, for this I created a simple circle plane which I then manipulated slightly inside the vertices tab, this was to create a realistic curve to the plate where the bowl would be situated inside of, I then beveled the plate to give it a smoother and more realistic view. After this I moved onto the cutlery, for these 2 items i made simple cubes which I elongated and then extruded specific faces into the shapes of a spoon and a fork, this was quite challenging as I needed to get them spot on to look in place. Finally I decided to make another circle plane which I made into soup which would sit inside the bowl itself and imitate what the soup would look like.

Texturing

For this asset, I added some simple textures from substance painter onto my model, for the bowl itself I have a ceramic type texture to it, for the plate i did the same, for the spoon and fork i added a metallic texture to them both, and finally for the soup I cultured it brown and gave it a bit of transmission so that it is not a solid looking object, but slightly transparent.

UV’s

Below are the UV maps for my objects:

Pan Holder Render

Vending Machine

Cash Register Render

Sink Render

Drinks Holder Render

Bin Render

Fridge Render

Glass Render

Spoon Set

Deep Fryer Render

First up is my Drinks Glass

Pan Holder

The first model here is my sink. Below are multiple angles of my sink within the wireframe mode of Maya.

Next up is my bin that I created. This is also displayed in wireframe mode.

Deep Fryer Main Box

Onion Ring

Deep Fryer Tub

Vending Machine