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Meet Peanut
- RB
- Feb 26
- 2 min read
Meet Peanut - She may be small but her expectations for accuracy are not.
This two week sprint was all about research and reconstruction. The goal was to advance the pipeline from experimentation into a structured production. We presented our concept ideas to the museum curators and completed a high-quality mesh reconstruction of the artifact we have chosen and named, Peanut, a Meiji-era ceramic dog.
Client Presentation
Because there is limited documentation on Peanut, we grounded our narrative within the historical context of Meiji-era Japan. According to our research, Meiji-era sparked the industrial revolution in Japan. Trades opened resulting in more common people having access to decorative art pieces like ceramic animals, this is known as Mingei with the English translation, Folk Art.
During our client presentation, the curators feedback led us to realize that we needed to make our storyboard more focused. We needed to justify every creative decision while being aware of the cultural and political symbolisms of the Meiji-era Japan. We needed accuracy
This resulted in a backlog shift prioritizing the following:
Refining the narrative focus
Validating historical details with curators
Re-estimating the scope before further production
Photogrammetry
On the more technical side of things… The team captured both cross-polarized and parallel-polarized image sets that helped us construct a master resolution mesh of our beloved Peanut. The reconstruction in RealityScan was a success! After creating a master mesh, I then exported diffused textures, LODs, and two turntables
360 degree rotating artifact
Static artifact with 360 degree rotating light
There is however a technical blocker… We needed to create texture sets, not just the albedo. This is now a backlog item for the next sprint in which I personally tasked myself with.
The Lesson
Team collaboration is getting stronger. Clear division of labor is quickly being established. We all know each other’s strengths and this allows us to divide the workload easily based on skills and interests. Overall, while this sprint resulted in a few backlogs for the next sprint, I can personally feel that there is definitely a growing enthusiasm in the group to make sure this project becomes a success and yields positive results for our clients.
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