Timeless Craftsmanship: The Vintage Camera

I transitioned to Blender at my last workplace, embarking on a journey into the modern age of environment art, leaving Maya behind. I will miss Maya, especially the speed and accuracy I developed over the years, with its snapping, UV mapping, and other features. My initial move to Blender was a bit messy; I felt sluggish and slow. However, the program felt very fresh, and I was determined to master it. Over my past two employments, I have started to feel secure and confident modeling in Blender. From time to time, I do these modeling exercises to deep dive into certain techniques and methods. What I really like about Blender is that it is the whole package and does everything very well (except UV mapping).

This vintage camera is one of those exercises where I focused on simple yet complex shapes. I also wanted to learn my way around Cycles and Blender's Compositor for rendering and editing.

The main reference I used is the Revere Model 88, which I modified with some of my own tweaks.

The model is created in Blender, textured in Substance Designer and Painter, and rendered in Blender. Final color tweaks were done in Lightroom.

Tris: around 50k
Textures: 1 set of 4k textures

Update: I was asked to write a guest article with a break down of this prop. It can be found here: https://gamesartist.co.uk/vintage-camera/