Apollo 11
3D Modeling and texturing
University 3D Modeling project
Description
After the 3D Modeling project of the Star Wars lightsabers (back in 2018), I had to choose something that had some more level of complexity and which could represent a heavier challenge for me to keep the practice and learn new things because this was the final project for the University subject I was learning on.
As I previously did, and always try to do, I've also searched for something that had some meaning or inspirational value, which would bring me joy from the very start of the process with the idea of doing that in my mind. I don't like randomness in the project selection steps, since I then feel the lack of a purpose to keep working on.
Why the mighty Apollo Eleven?
Because, at this point, I can tell I kind of liked space (the previous project was Star Wars), because of the curiosity, admiration, and amazement that it provoked in me not only to look at the sky and stars at night in the places I could (away from cities), but also the epic and titanic weight the many things that are related to that have, either directly (like in this case) or indirectly (like thinking of physics, theories and so on).
In this case, I've chosen the strong story of a large collaborative human group of people that together could accomplish the milestone of reaching space, the moon, then doing some work over there with all the stress, limited resources, and possibilities, and being hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, and then coming back successfully. It's amazing.
It gives me this message that with much effort, good events, innovation, and change for the better (and many other similar good things) get inherently developed alongside. And I like that. I feel related to that, and try to do the same.
