Week 3

This week I completed my 3d block out and began following my schedule.

I planned my schedule based on the most important things to model and how much time they would take.

So by filtering through my updated trello, I used my colour codes to determine how much time I should spend on each item.

I found that:

Green: Green meant I would spend 1 week modelling and unwrapping the model followed by texturing for a week. Meaning all green tasks should take 2 weeks individually.

Blue: Blue meant I should spend 2 weeks modelling and unwrapping along with 2 weeks texturing. So in total spend 4 weeks on Blue tasks.

Purple: One week for everything.

Pink: 3 weeks modelling ad unwrapping, 2 weeks texturing, meaning 5 weeks in total.

Red: 2 weeks for everything.

Orange: No modelling or unwrap to do, just designs so that meant I would spend 2 weeks on the texture, to get it looking as good as possible.

Yellow: Yellow has such a range that it is difficult to pinpoint how long each thing will take, so I have given just 1 week to all yellow tasks.

Now, for this to work I obviously have to overlap tasks and do multiple things alongside each other.

My initial tasks I set myself for next week were to:

Complete sofa model and unwrap. - Green

Begin modelling kettle. - Blue

Complete tip jar model and unwrap. - Purple

Café license texture. - Orange

Model, unwrap, texture plant pot/s - Yellow

These tasks are to get myself into the swing of things and to ensure I do have some assets before modelling the rest of the café.

I also split some of my assets into: needed, nice to have and stretch goals. To ensure I don't try to handle too much at the start.

I've tried to plan my schedule following this idea of the different colours meaning different amounts of time spent on them.

Yellow: 1 week

Purple: 1 week

Green: 2 weeks

Red: 2 weeks

Orange: 2 weeks

Blue: 4 weeks

Pink: 5 weeks

I've also tried to keep my tasks to a max of 7 so I don't overdo it and overload myself with work. Ideally, I would have had 5 tasks max, but due to the length of some tasks I will have to prioritise on the weeks when I have 5+ tasks. I want to work hard but not to a degree to which I won't physically or mentally be able to handle it. 

I'm currently putting together the final schedule alongside starting these tasks. For me scheduling has been a challenge because I like to get everything done when I can. However, I'm trying to schedule into depth so that I can be more efficient and become better at time management.

I'll post an update on my schedule tomorrow when I have fleshed it out more.