Your month by month guide to pixels.cool: Autumn & Winter

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We’ve been creating since February – Check the previous post for details of our themes for February through June.

The content listed below is indicative only – There will be plenty more added along the way!

September: Getting started with 3d

Whether you want to design a game, a new supercar or a new home, you’ll be using software that requires navigating a virtual 3d space. This can be a difficult jump to make, but the good news is that most 3d software offer similar navigation and tools.

Our explainer workflows for this month will include:

Navigate virtual 3d space in Tinkercad and Maya
Create simple 3d shapes and scenes using Tinkercad and Maya
Create simple 3d models using Assetforge
Import 3d models into Maya and render them using V-Ray

This month’s workflows are best suited to INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED users. Getting used to working in 3d can take time – You should not expect to ‘get it’ straight away. MAYA is paid, industry-standard, professional software with a complex learning curve.

October: Game On with Unity!

This month we’ll build on our new-found 3d skills and start building interactive environments in Unity. Unity is a realtime 3d engine, meaning it can be used for creating 2d games, 3d games, VR experiences, architectural visualisations and video renders. We’ll work with a cross section of these applications to get you rolling…

Create a Unity project and get used to the interface
Import free 3d assets from the asset store and navigate through a 3d scene
Record video sequences within Unity and export them as mp4 files (using paid assets)
Create a VR pipeline and export a scene to interact with in a VR headset (Quest 2)

This month’s workflows are best suited to INTERMEDIATE users. Unity is easy to get to grips with while setting up a VR pipeline is more complex. The plug-ins required to enable VR are paid solutions.

We’ll confirm our content for November nearer the time 🙂