#6 = Unagi Don

Sketches of eels?

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I was a big fan of UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal) when I was a kid and I always love the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. This article was released last month, although we have heard too many rumours about the true identity of the monster in the lake, this is the most shocking one to me...

GIANT EEL.
It must be delicious.

Talking about the method of cooking eels, the best way must be to turn it into an Unagi Don(a.k.a. eel with rice, a Japanese cuisine). This old loch eel living under Loch Ness's temperature must have thick, rich fat and firm muscle... Following this crazy idea, I decide to make a giant Unagi Don which flowing above the Lake as the first project.


First, create the box, one inner and one outer, both transfer to editable polygon and delete the top surface. Then apply "Shell" to them.

Then made the rice, create a rectangle again, this will be the bottom bit of the rice, apply "noise" on it to create a wavey shape, so the next step will be easier as the rice can lie on it unevenly and make it looks more realistic.

Create a small rectangle again as the little rice on top, apply "TurboSmooth" and "FFD(box) 4x4x4" to adjust its shape.

Then using "object paint" to paste them on the rice surface. I use Wacom to do this step, using the mouse to paste them made my computer instantly laggy.

Same method to the eel (Unagi) on the top, then rotate them and display them nicely.

(GrEEEEn Unagi!)

And finally, throw some spring onion on the top....

(Create two small tube, one green and one white...)

Then it's DONe!

Export it to Sketchup and put it on above the lake!

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(Unagi Don, August 2019, Kyoto.)

(Loch Ness, August 2017, freezing.)

(Here comes the MONSTER.)

These are the Youtube tutorial I watched:

3ds Max: Creating Waves/Moving Water Using Noise Modifier, TUKETORIALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ZBl4eiJ_A

3D Tutorial #165 - Cloth Simulation 2 - Fantasy Props 11, Arrimus 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wDZhoZ8UgE&t=1s

I have to do more research on how to modelling and applying texture but overall I am quite satisfied by the model I made this time, at least it looks like what it looks. (I believe unagi will look better with a proper texture.) Using 3d modelling software is far difficult than I thought as I have a weak sense of 3-dimension and it is totally different from what I used to do (paint on 2D). Still, it’s fun, it reminds me of the old days, playing clay in the art lesson in primary school, there is no limitation of imagination, moreover, my hands will not get dirty and messy this time! (But lots of sweat.)