3D Avitar Sketch

For this assignment, as part of our identities module, we were required to create a 3D avitar in a 3D environment. Both the avitar and the environment have to represent myself. Here is the sketch of what I planned for my avitar and environment:



For the environment, I wanted to do something to do with urban life. I love to play basketball and there are many courts scattered about most cities. I decided to have it closed off and walled in to give the effect of being in a city. When you walk between high buildings, all you can see are the walls unless you look straight up; this is the concrete jungle effect I was trying to achieve.

The trash can represents the waste and pollution of the city and symbolizes the focus on industry and goods in an urban environment.

The actual avitar is a sound system, complete with cd player, headphones that plug into his heart, and speakers for others to hear. The face is a sketch of a painting I have done called "Self Portrait." (see below) This painting signifies the dual sides of my personality. To emphasize the struggle between the two sides, I broke the glass on the frame it was in and took a picture of it instead of directly scanning the picture although it is hard to see this on the final 3D production. (see final avitar render) The overall message from my avitar is that it shows an artistic mind trapped in a mechanical body and surrounded by brick walls, which is all equally symbolic.