Merging Vertices at Center and Bedroom
K, so I'm not really impressed by this one. Not even going to add it to the Creations section of my site. I've been wanting to model furniture for a bedroom and this was my first feeble attempt. I had found the armoire design on Pinterest and although it's not quite what I had hoped for, I'm confident that I'll be able to get it right one day. I should've beveled the inner edges so that it'd look more like 2 doors. The inspiration photo that I used had the left door pivot open - I wasn't sure how to do that. But I'm definitely curious now to figure out how.
I used a few new shortcuts today! First up was M to merge the vertices at center. I used that when creating the curved arch shape for the armoire, bed, and the door. Next was S which was used after extruding along normals for an even thickness. I also used the Boolean tool for the door but I can't remember the shortcut from the top of my head for that one.
If anything, I was most excited that I found a proper way to create the foundation for a room (i.e. floor and walls). I need to go back and take notes for these steps so that I can reference it later. I had found a tutorial that did a different approach and whew, it was convoluted.
Can't wait to learn about simulating cloth so that the bed can have a proper pillow and sheets. Also, this room is entirely too small for this furniture haha.
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