Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ICAGAM302A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Design and apply simple textures to digital art

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Issue Date: April 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency ICAGAM302A - Design and apply simple textures to digital art
Description This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to design and apply simple textures to digital art, including 3-D models.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit applies to concept artists, game designers, games programmers, modellers, animators and other personnel working in the film, television and game development industries.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites Not applicable.
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Clarify design requirements and plan approach
  • Interpret the brief to clarify design, texture generation and delivery requirements in consultation with client
  • Identify design and technical constraints
  • Identify software, media and file formats for digital imagery and texture production and manipulation
  • Identify sequence of digital texturing activities in production pipeline
  • Identify production workflow requirements and develop production pipeline to meet client requirements
       
Element: Assess existing textures and shaders for suitability
  • Establish underlying surface characteristics of 3-D model to be textured and shaded
  • Identify basic shaders and textures with surface characteristics
  • Identify suitable textures from available texture libraries
  • Select shaders and textures for assignment to model
  • Confirm selections are consistent with brief and client requirements
       
Element: Determine shader attributes and assign to 3-D model
  • Identify and select attributes required to achieve desired effects on 3-D models
  • Determine and confirm requirements related to lighting and rendering
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques to achieve a desired shading outcome
       
Element: Acquire new textures
  • Identify desired resolution for texture prior to acquisition
  • Acquire textures from an online library
  • Capture real-world textures using digital means
  • Generate texture using art media or digital paint software and save
  • Ensure resolution of acquired texture meets resolution requirements
       
Element: Generate procedural textures and create texture map
  • Assess nature of surface topology
  • Identify suitable types of 3-D projection
  • Apply geometry where necessary
  • Use algorithms to simulate natural patterns where required
  • Determine texture-mapping method
  • Determine projection-mapping method
  • Adjust parameters to achieve desired effects
       
Element: Apply texture to model
  • Apply texture to model
  • Layer and enhance textures to achieve desired effects
  • Apply lighting to test reaction of textures
  • Apply textures to lights to achieve specified effects
  • Adjust textures to achieve final effects
  • Complete test renders and confirm outcome with client
       
Element: Finalise design
  • Present test renders to client for approval
  • Make technical or design adjustments consistent with feedback and budgetary constraints
  • Finalise shading and texturing
  • Save and archive files in agreed formats and repository
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

adhere to texturing and shading brief requirements

design and comprehend texturing tasks

use and optimise software components for best performance

adhere to system requirements related to file sizes and formats

store completed file components in an organised manner for further use.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

computer hardware and software

input device, such as stylist tablet, keyboard and mouse

output device, such as monitor, TV, printer and speakers

models and scenes to be shaded and textured

style shots

rendering briefs or specifications and schedules

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

discussion or written report of the nominated techniques applied to shading and texturing

discussion with learner and observation of the integration of texturing activities into the overall production pipeline

verbal questioning regarding reasons for use of particular hardware and software options

direct observation of the candidate applying shaders and textures

project or work activities that show research and reference sourcing to gain best texturing effect

written and verbal reports or documentation showing research and production plan

review of portfolios of evidence

review of completed textured, shaded and rendered models.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

analytical skills to evaluate technical requirements of shading and texturing against resources and timeframes

communication skills to liaise with project team and clients

initiative and enterprise skills to:

devise efficient and innovative approaches to texturing and shading

provide practical support and give feedback to colleagues and management

literacy skills to read technical documents and specifications

planning and organisational skills to manage time and resources

technical skills to use related computer graphics applications.

Required knowledge

camera textures and filters to achieve shading and texturing effects

features of software used for:

3-D modelling

appropriate file sizes and formats

digital image manipulation

lighting

rendering

scanning

scheduling of production activities

shading

texturing

how to interpret design, texturing and shading briefs

digital image capture using cameras and scanners

shader attributes and their optimisation

shader and texture mapping and projection

texturing and shading requirements for games.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

The brief may include:

illustrations

storyboards

technical specifications

verbal or written instructions.

Client may include:

3-D artists

animators

art directors

designers

external clients

modellers

technical directors.

Design and technical constraints may include:

budget

design specifications

file formats for output and end use

technical requirements.

Software may include:

3-D Studio Max

Animator Pro

AutoCAD

AutoCAD Revit 9

Blender

Bodypaint

Cinema 4D

Combustion

CorelDraw

Deep paint

Electric Image

Form Z

Houdini

Illustrator

Lightwave

Maya

Photoshop

Pixie

POV-Ray

Renderman

Rhino

Shake

Soft Image or XSI

Z Brush.

Shaders may include:

Blinn

cell shaders

Lambert

Phong

realistic shaders

toon shaders.

Textures may include:

brick

cloth

glass

latex

leather

metal

skin

sky

stone

textiles

wood.

Attributes may include:

ambient colour

colour

diffusion

incandescence

reflectivity

refraction

specularity

translucence

transparency.

Resolution may include:

1024 x 1024 pixels

128 x 128 pixels

720 x 720 pixels.

Capture real-world textures may include:

digital photography

film photography

scanning.

Art media may include:

acrylic paint

airbrush

charcoal

crayon

gouache

ink

ink wash

oil paint

pen

pencil

tusche

watercolour.

Texture-mapping method may include:

bump maps

colour mapping

displacement maps

reflection maps

specular mapping

transparency maps.

Projection-mapping method may include:

cubic

cylindrical

planar

spherical

tiling.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Interpret the brief to clarify design, texture generation and delivery requirements in consultation with client 
Identify design and technical constraints 
Identify software, media and file formats for digital imagery and texture production and manipulation 
Identify sequence of digital texturing activities in production pipeline 
Identify production workflow requirements and develop production pipeline to meet client requirements 
Establish underlying surface characteristics of 3-D model to be textured and shaded 
Identify basic shaders and textures with surface characteristics 
Identify suitable textures from available texture libraries 
Select shaders and textures for assignment to model 
Confirm selections are consistent with brief and client requirements 
Identify and select attributes required to achieve desired effects on 3-D models 
Determine and confirm requirements related to lighting and rendering 
Use appropriate methods and techniques to achieve a desired shading outcome 
Identify desired resolution for texture prior to acquisition 
Acquire textures from an online library 
Capture real-world textures using digital means 
Generate texture using art media or digital paint software and save 
Ensure resolution of acquired texture meets resolution requirements 
Assess nature of surface topology 
Identify suitable types of 3-D projection 
Apply geometry where necessary 
Use algorithms to simulate natural patterns where required 
Determine texture-mapping method 
Determine projection-mapping method 
Adjust parameters to achieve desired effects 
Apply texture to model 
Layer and enhance textures to achieve desired effects 
Apply lighting to test reaction of textures 
Apply textures to lights to achieve specified effects 
Adjust textures to achieve final effects 
Complete test renders and confirm outcome with client 
Present test renders to client for approval 
Make technical or design adjustments consistent with feedback and budgetary constraints 
Finalise shading and texturing 
Save and archive files in agreed formats and repository 

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