In this brief we were given the scenario we had to work with. We got given some information at the top to give us some contextual knowledge so we knew everything we had to factor in and make sure it all checks out. Ultimately, we chose team flight as we thought it would give us more ideas we could play around with. The fact that it had a time limit made us work under pressure and due to this it would really test our skills more than anything else has as of yet. We ended up having of a team of 4 people with an additional 2 year twos to mentor us and help us get it to the best possible quality. Once we were finished we were required to do a hero shot which had all of our creations in a few photos (or an animation if you wanted to be fancy!)

To start off with, we had a few ideas that we were discussing, our first idea was Space Pirates which me and another member quite disliked. Once we talked about it we scrapped the idea and started talking about a ghost ship but quickly realised it wouldn't fit the criteria of a fleet! We finally decided on a futuristic ship with biodomes as we though it would be a good design and the easiest way to explain how we'd get food, water etc without using the excuse of sci-fi magic!

We googled our idea and had a look at some already existing pictures. This gave us some fresh ideas with also helping us with our pre-existing ideas and gave us a larger vision for the fleet. For the main ship (mothership) we took quite a bit of inspiration from the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier from the original Avengers movie and the biodome aspect was taken from the Eden Project in Cornwall, England and the iconic Call of Duty: Zombies map Moon!

This ship would hold one main biodome with two smaller secondary biodomes and will house a decent amount of people and wildlife. This is where we first came up with the concept that different biodomes will be home to different environments.

This is the concept for the main ship which has 4 small biodomes with one big, elongated biodome. This is the ship we loosely based off of the avengers helicarrier.

These ships were based off of Star Wars. The small cargo ship (left) is based off of the Republic Gunship combined with a Space Shuttle and the right was loosely based off of the Rebel Alliance CR90 Corvette.

To begin with, we made the very first biodome and on the image to the left you can read how Morgan created it using the 3d software, Blender. We also made an engine which we could use for multiple ships just by copy and pasting it then scaling it for size.

After reviewing the reference images and the concepts we finalised the design and Morgan started 3d modelling it. If you compare the model to the concepts you can see that we stuck to it and didn't try to change it up too much. We used 4 biodomes for the four corners but put one in the middle and made it taller and also stretched it!

I made a concept for an astronaut which we didn't end up making but either way it is good to throw some ideas around so you can have some options of what to do with your design! I also made a crate just to have a few props so the ships didn't feel empty!

Another member of our team made a logo for the team which was named 'Project Evo'. 

These ships were made for the people that were less wealthy and they just kind of tagged along with all the rich people. On the image you can read how David designed it!

I made these props using the basic modelling tools on Blender. Some of these props include a tree, turret, mounted turret and a control panel! I also made these so the ships didn't feel as empty! (Disclaimer: I only had 2 3d modelling lessons before this therefore they weren't the best in the world)

This ship was made so we could drill the water out of space rocks so we had something to drink and they would operate within a certain radius of the mothership so if something went wrong a rescue mission was feasible. 

For the mothership we made the glass clear so you could see inside the ship and this would be useful later when we would add props to it and with props inside it then we would have a better sense of scale!

This is our design for our Medium Sized ships which is used primarily for accommodation. it has one alrge biodome and two smaller biodomes at the back. It was based off of the original concepts but changed the shape slightly as the first ones kind of looked like Among Us  characters and we couldn't unsee it.

I made EVEN more props including, a cactus. a cherry bush and a pile of snowballs! For the throne, I took the button panel off of the control desk and rotated it to put it on the throne! For the ship and the large helicarrier I photo bashed the images to make the designs clearer!

For the large cargo ship Cayden followed my concept and it was quite cylindrical but Kennedy helped him finish it up and give him a little bit more of a boxed shape. 

This is before we added the props into the mothership. We took pictures from every angle so you can see every single part of the mothership and it gives you a better picture of the overall shape. 

I textured the tree I made earlier on in the week to make it look more realistic and to add more detail. I created skyscrapers that are apartment blocks for a lot of people to reside in. The middle ship is the small cargo ship that I based off of my original concept.

We put some of our models inside the main biodome and made it seem like there was an actual civilisation inside the biodome instead of a whole lot of nothing. We added a huge tree in the middle which was nicknamed 'The Tree of Life'.

We added the galaxy to create a background for the ships so it felt less empty and to make everyone know that we are long gone from Earth and far into their voyage to find a new planet to inhabit.