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The Three Sisters and mounds

The three sisters! I loved learning about the three sisters – squash, corn and beans, the core of First nation farming. I was aware of the practice of rotating certain crops to replenish soil nutrition (nitrogen fixing bacteria in legume plants) but this was the first time I learnt of companion planting and how theyContinue reading “The Three Sisters and mounds”

Bow Cover and Quiver

The bow and quiver was also fun to do but maybe a bit trickier than the others. This is because the reference image provided below has the bow cover and the quiver attached. They were blocked out in Maya and transferred to Zbrush for detailing. Since all extrusion of surfaces and hollowing out were doneContinue reading “Bow Cover and Quiver”

Spear me the details

I was going to make a joke about a dull spear, but I didn’t see the point… Next, I was assigned to do spears. These were my favourite to model! There was a bit of conversation with what type of spear to model at first with the research team. It was decided to go withContinue reading “Spear me the details”

Bow

The bow was a fun piece to model. Included below is my reference image for the bow and my model beside it. For the string though, it was a bit difficult to see the details of how the bow string was tied, so I used an image from this website – https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/plains-sinew-backed-bow-plus-arrows-3963843 Hovering over theContinue reading “Bow”

Arrows

My first assignment for the longhouse project were the arrows. These were the reference images I had at first. They were a good reference on how an atlatl worked so I got started. I soon realized that although they were a good reference on how an atlatl worked but they didn’t have much details onContinue reading “Arrows”