Order & Chaos definition
This task is to obtain the information essential to further expand our knowledge about the theme. In my opinion I find the best way to tackle this task is to define both terms and find ways to link them together using alternative ways of interpreting the words, for example I could use word associations and or synonyms to help influence the generation of my ideas as I progress.
Chaos definition
The term order can be interpreted in various ways, the image below displays a page from Reader’s Digest’s Universal Dictionary identifying the various definitions of the word, for example one of the definitions displayed below literally state that Chaos is the ‘Disordered’ state of unformed matter’ which is actually referring to religious cosmological views, however I can interpret this information in various ways, for a basic example I could make two versions of the same assets/scene, one which would be Chaotic and the other would be in a state of Order. This will be extremely useful for expanding the various definitions into ideas through the use of word associations and mind mapping which will give me far more options as I progress through the project.
order definition
As stated in the definition for Chaos, these two terms almost directly link to each other, For example in one of the definitions for the term ‘Order’ which states “The condition in which these structures and relations are maintained and preserved by the rule of law and the police power of the state” Followed by an example ‘Order was restored after the riot’ which links toward the term Chaos as in the example, the riot was the Chaos which was in turn restored by Order. This term has far more various definitions which will be extremely useful when attempting to link both terms together and adapt to develop on ideas which could possibly work together.
In conclusion, from these definitions found in the dictionary, I could theoretically form a huge variety of ideas as the various definitions have given me further avenues to pursue for the generation of my final product through more thorough research such as mind mapping which will allow me to further develop on this by linking the word to the various potential ideas.
Word Association
For this task we begin by using the theme as the first word then link it to 10 different words which associate with each other to expand on our ideas thus allowing a better understanding of the theme which is extremely effective as I can then use this list to turn into a mind map displaying a huge variation of ideas based of off one simple word.
Some of the words chosen for me to associate with the terms are not necessarily helpful for me in my opinion such as my first “Order” Association list, although this could help in a scene in terms of style and layout, it doesn’t really help me develop this into an idea. However in combination with my “Chaos” word association, I can easily link some of the words to each other in order create something rather unusual in my opinion.
Chaos
- Chaos
- Anarchy
- Revolution
- Change
- Evolution
- Development
- Transformation
- Adaption
- Reworking
- Modification
Order
- Order
- Organise
- Arrange
- Neat
- Tidy
- Clean
- Sort
- Group
- Category
- Style
Below is my second word association for the word “Order” as the one above wasn’t entirely helpful for initial points on my mind map during creation, however the one above is still relatively helpful as I can link many of the words together to paint an image of how Order & Chaos relate which I will explain further below.
- Order
- Rules
- Obedience
- Law
- Discipline
- Politics
- Economy
- Financial Status
- Inequality
- Instable
Tao Definition/Meaning
One of the first results I found when I typed in Order & Chaos into my browser was an article written by Zaic K. Dahhaj. He begins the article by explaining the well known symbol ‘Tao’ Below is the first paragraph of his article essentially explains the translation of the symbol then further explains how the symbol represents “The totality of the world’
I think this may just be an interpretation on his beliefs about this symbol as the Author is a Philosopher however, He does make some valid points explaining essentially that without Order or Chaos, there would be no meaning to life. I interpret his words to mean the world revolves around change and the development of oneself, objects, or the world in general.
This is more of an idea than a definition however, I think there are many ways I can link this to the theme using various 3D assets/scenes with alterations in both textures and modelling to create a side by side visual representation of Chaos and Order.
Mind Map
Below is a link and various images displaying the mind map I have created using the word association task above. The word association task was extremely helpful when creating this mind map as it allowed me further words to adapt on and link into various ideas, one idea in particular stood out to me which displays various differences between types of a chaotic and ordered style of Architecture, Possessions and Environment based on the type of person living in the Architecture in question; An Image of this particular map will be shown below. This provides information for if I decided to produce an environmental piece of work based around the theme using various ideas linked from each word and even some environmental factors.
Another set of ideas I thought of based around people which could potentially affect the type of possessions, housing and general state of their lives is their Financial Status. I could turn this into either an environmental piece of work displaying side by side differences between the way two people live based on their general living state such as their organisation skills, general traits such as if they’re messy, or violent which could affect the environment in various ways. This particular section of my mindmap could be useful for a huge variety of ideas as the financial status would affect the way various assets and environments would be affected by the type of person who is living or owning the current property/land/objects.
The mind map section below displays my favored idea which can be combined with the various ideas above to create a unique twist to my project such as using portals/dimensions to display the difference between the asset/environment on each side of Order/Chaos. I personally think this could be a really visually appealing project as the final render would be from a rather unusual angle maybe even with an animation on the camera transitioning between the two dimensions.
Link to my mind-map – https://atlas.mindmup.com/omfgzilla/james_order_chaos/index.html
Vehicles
Through the use of mind mapping the terms order and chaos I managed to link the terms toward Restoration/Development because as stated in the article at the start of my research, Chaos can be turned into Order and vice versa. Meaning I could theoretically produce two scenes/large assets with different styles displaying this change. Possible ideas for this can be seen below.
Luxury
This research in particular is for my idea of ‘Restoration’ where I could potentially produce a model of a vehicle and create a clone of the vehicle which has been damaged/abandoned and display them side by side or in another creative way such as a reflection or a portal to another dimension. As explained above, this links to the theme as Chaos can be ‘Restored’ back to Order which I have interpreted in a unique way displaying a damaged vehicle brought back to it’s original state. I think this idea could work quite well as it wouldn’t necessarily mean modelling two vehicles, just altering the first model in such a way that it looks like it’s been damaged meaning more time to focus on the finer details increasing productivity. This research would be particularly useful if I decided to produce a Luxurious type of vehicle for this idea as there is such a large variety of images displaying different types of vehicles ranging from SUV’s/Saloons/4X4 Vehicles giving me a wider choice of vehicle.
Generations/mk
As explained above, I have linked the theme to ‘Development’ which is essentially the process of producing a new and advanced product or idea, in this example I have chosen car generations throughout the years. If I decided to produce this idea I would use the very first model of a vehicle I find visually appealing and model it as well as the latest model then display them in the same manner explained above. I’m quite interested in cars so I think this could increase my motivation for the project as well as detail to my asset in particular as there are certain vehicles I find incredibly appealing meaning I will take into factor even the smallest of detail, however I’m not entirely sure if making two vehicles would be a smart idea for the time frame at hand.
japanese tuner cars (Magazine source)
To further increase the choices of vehicle for if i decided to go down the route of producing a vehicle, I decided to look through a Japanese tuner car magazine displaying some of the cleanest and most visually appealing vehicles created by japan. I personally really like their style of vehicle as they have a particularly nostalgic feel to them as when I was a child I was extremely interested in these types of cars, mainly due to racing games and movies based around vehicles. I like this particular moodboard as the Japanese style vehicle is widely popular within the car community due to their unique body shape and potential modifications added by owners which would be incredibly fun to produce and design my own components for one of these particular vehicles.
Architecture
Below are moodboards displaying various houses based around the owners financial status, I managed to link the theme to this as one of the definitions for the word ‘Order’ is ‘A particular social, political, or economic system’ For this idea I could produce the exact same style as explained above but instead it would be based on the owners financial status and how that would affect their home, possessions and generic state of their living arrangement.
Upper Class
The images below display housing which has been built for the financially stable portion of people around the world. I could potentially use this displayed in a similar fashion as explained about my car idea above, but with the higher class housing with a reflection showing middle/lower class accommodation. I personally like this idea in particular as I’ve been working with 3d modelling buildings throughout the years and think I could really improve on this for this project, however I also would like to attempt a different type of final product than I usually produce.
Upper class people tend to be extremely wealthy which would mean the entirety of the premises would be extremely clean/tidy as they would most likely be able to afford for someone else to work around the house for them. Due to their wealth I would have to include a variety of assets to display their wealth as well as foliage (Which is something i’m not particularly talented with)
Middle/Lower Class – photos
Below are some photos taken of some working class housing which I could use as reference for if I decided to go down the architecture route again like last year, I would use the same idea as in the mood board above which would be a lot simpler but in my opinion would look far better in a grungy style which the majority of working class houses have as they are relatively old and have a rather boring architecture style. I don’t think this research will be particularly useful due to not being overly happy with environmental work currently and I definitely could have collected a larger variety of images for this particular moodboard however I was not completely comfortable taking pictures of other peoples houses.
environments
Overgrowth/apocalyptic (Book)
This sub theme fits toward the main theme as overgrowth is something that occurs when order is no longer in control, without people to maintain the environment it would leave a very untidy, messy overgrown feel to various environments such as buildings and cars etc.
I’m not overly fond of the idea of creating an overgrowth style project due to my extreme lack of knowledge in creating foliage in Maya which would make this an extremely difficult task for me to do, I want to push myself but I personally think this would be far too much for me to handle.
Another idea I thought of whilst reading through the book ‘The Last of us’ I came to the realisation that an Apocalyptic type of environment would also fit quite well toward the theme as an Apocalypse is essentially where the entire world or certain area has lost complete order due to a virus or other causes. This could be combined rather well with overgrowth as you can see in the images below, an Apocalypse would cause overgrowth as there would be a very small amount of population left over and the least of their worries would be to tend to the plantation.
I definitely think that an Apocalyptic type of environment could potentially be quite a unique idea however there would be some aspects to the scene that could prove to be rather difficult to produce to create the damaged style this scene would require. However I would like to have an attempt at an exterior type of environment including a building and other assets.
Weapons
For this idea I managed to link Order & Chaos towards war or conflict in general which is commonly associated to weaponry, therefor I have decided to add various types of weapons to my research to increase my choices for when it comes to deciding my final idea for my proposal. If I decide to use this idea I would definitely have to go over-board as I’d only be producing one singular asset, so I’d probably animate the whole models components.
Sci-fi guns
The mood board below displays various futuristic weapons as the concept of war can be interpreted in more ways than just modern realism, for example there are plenty of movies where there are wars or conflicts set in outer space such as ‘Star Wars’, or on earth with various other worldly beings such as the series ‘Avengers’ I’m not overly fond of this idea however I really enjoy modelling weaponry and have been recently experimenting with animation but for this particular idea, I don’t think I’d manage to pull of the complex animations of futuristic weaponry animations. I do however like the various styles of weapon concepts which I could potentially merge into my own variants using sketches and photobashes to develop my own Sci-Fi weapon, although I will most likely not be using this idea due to doing this for my previous project and not succeeding to a standard which I would like to obtain for this project.
modern guns
The mood board below displays various images of modern weaponry, quite clearly focusing on guns due to the fact that if I do decide to use this idea I would rather model a weapon with various complex animations other than just a simple melee weapon, I also just prefer the complex style of the various weaponry of the present.
I have gained a fair amount of knowledge from experimentation with animation as explained in the paragraph for science fiction weaponry, and I personally think I could pull of the animations of present weaponry using various sources of research such as the structure of weaponry through the use of books/internet sources. I also benefit from the knowledge of years of First person shooter game-play where I have subconsciously analysed the animations of various weapons.
digital products
Defining the theme, producing word associations and a mindmap I was able to link Order and Chaos toward the Development of digital products, therefor I could potentially create a concept piece of various types of digital products such as mobile phones, laptops or computers. I’m not overly fond of this idea however I do think I could come up with some interesting ideas so I thought I’d include this in my research just in case I decide to go down this route.
Mobile phones
Using the various images of incredibly unusual concepts and current mobile devices, I could use these to potentially create a new concept for a unique style of mobile device. I could also think of various ways to create my own unique concept based on certain components used in the references below such as the bending screen which was introduced in 2019 by Samsung.
I like this idea as I could really go into depth during the ideas generation stage of the project however I personally think that the overall outcome would not help me achieve the grade I’m aiming for, because of this I will most likely scrap this idea completely as well as the idea of producing other models.
Law
Quite possibly one of the most generic ideas linked from the theme in my opinion would be to base a project around Law, this can link to various environments and assets such as prison cells, courthouses, weapons and interrogation rooms. Although this idea may be very generic, I think some ideas linked from this could potentially be quite interesting when combined with various other ideas explored above.
Prison Cells
The mood board below displays various images of prisons possibly from different locations across the globe, I could use this as reference to create my own style of prison cell however I’m not particularly sure whether this would be a suitable final product as it would be extremely basic due to prisoners lacking the luxuries of large amounts of possessions. I could however make up for the lack of assets by including extremely detailed high poly assets with high resolution textures.
Interrogation room
Below displays various images of different styles of interrogation rooms, I believe this could be the most interesting idea revolving around Law as I can combine this idea with my idea further up the page using the one way mirror in the room to display an altered version of the room in a different style where the room which originally is in Order, the other version would display the same room which has been affected by an angry person being interrogated. The images would be extremely useful as I can clearly see the items/objects which would be inside of this particular room and produce further research based around the particular assets I could include in my project.
quarantine zone (book)
Quarantine is a state of isolation where people or animals have been placed to stop the spread of contagious diseases, the 4 images below were taken from a book called ‘The art of the last of us’ which display different types of quarantine zones. This links to the theme quite well because the whole point of a quarantine zone is to restore the patients back to health without risking the lives of others, in this example the person itself would be the chaos and the zone would be the order. I thought of this idea before all of my others however I really didn’t want to create this type of scene for my project so I just left it until I saw the book which displayed the images and thought they were quite appealing.
James' 2nd Year - Level 3 