SMU Guildhall Graduate Catalog Spring 2017 — Cohort 25 | Page 20

Mace Mulleady Art Creation « Exosuit Variants The goal of my thesis was to design The design process is an important one. an exosuit. All variants were to have an greater and greater levels of detail, the and create visually distinct variations of easily legible functionality and purpose to them. I chose to do this project in order to improve and master hard surface modeling for character and armor design. The largest challenge to overcome was the actual design process of the suits themselves. Concepting in 2D and successfully conveying that vision to a functional design in 3D was the greatest hurdle to overcome, but I believe that it improved my ability to create and think in both 2D and 3D space. 20 ART CREATION As game engines become able to render design of how something functions artistically in games becomes more illegible based upon cluttered details and an overload of information thrown at the player. The goal of creating my suits was to create a clean, visibly legible design that spoke both clear function and purpose to the viewer.