Teenagers Bedroom - Final Photos

Here are some photos of the bedroom model with added lighting:

I am pleased with how it turned out due to arrange of aspects:

 - I believe by planning before hand I made sure everything was to scale making it look right and believable instead of looking like a made set.

- I think the simple designs of the main furniture made it less overpowering with details enabling me to add all the accessories etc to the room.

- I feel I used the best materials as all were lightweight, enabled me to make everything I needed and were durable enough to allow features such as the wardrobe doors opening and closing. 

- I love the radiator I created and feel it blends in well with the room as if it is meant to be there.

- I also like the little details I added e.g. the used skateboard, laptop that's plugged in to a socket, the pens and pencils, the extension lead for tv, xbox etc and the alarm clock.

- The finishing touch of adding posters and worn boxes upon the wardrobe completed the room and makes it look like a used bedroom instead of a just model I created.

From completing this model I have learnt a lot more about planning and making everything to scale, using certain materials and the techniques with working with them. I believe if I was to do this again I would make changes due to what I have learnt to make it even better with more subtle details that would make it a more realistic bedroom with no signs of being modelled by my hand.

Teenagers Bedroom - Photographing Finished Model

Here are some photos of the finished model (with no added lighting):

Teenagers Bedroom - Adding Details

I made the TV, Xbox and Laptop out of lightweight clay and painted them using acrylic paint. I really like how the laptop turned out as I tried to add as much details as I could, such as adding stickers for windows 7 and Intel processor, making I feel makes it more realistic.

 Laundry Bin - I made this from balsa wood by by scoring it down its length enabling me to bend it into the required shape. I then made a fabric inner section and placed pieces of rough materials to resemble clothing. Once arranged in room I added rough clothes hanging out and on the floor making the room messier.

 Bean Bag -As this teenager is into gaming I thought a bean bag, especially a lounger bean bag, would be ideal seating for a pro gamer. For this I created the bean bag shape leaving a hole where I poured in tiny balls from my cushtie as they were perfect proportion in relation to the size of the bag.

Dart Board - I used to enjoy playing darts with my dad so thought a dart board would fit in well on the back of the door. For this I cut out the shape from balsa wood, planned and drew it all first then painted each section at a time starting with the light colours to prevent then dragging the darker colours into them later. To make it more realistic I added pieces of solder for the border and to separate each section, which was very fiddly. To finish it off I wrote the numbers around the outside and made 3 little darts to stick on the board. I'm happy with the end result and feel it is quite effective.

 I also create a skateboard, which I really enjoyed making. This was constructed out of thick card, coarse sand paper, beads, ball pin heads and pins. I think the end result is really effective, especially how I scratched the print on the underside to show where the skateboard had been scraped along curbs etc. I also like how the sand paper turned out as it is perfect scale for the size of the item and with the added pin heads showing how the underneath wheel section is attached makes it more realistic.

To fill the room out and make it look like a typical messy teenagers bedroom I created DVDs, Cd's, magazines and GCSE revision booklets. For these I took pictures of my own films, books etc and constructed then out of thick card and paper. For the Xbox games I painted the thick card green first, stuck the design on and then added a thin piece of see through plastic to resemble the protective sleeve used on actual games. For the DVDs I decided to make them in stakes instead of individually as I would have stacked them messily anyway; so to save time I printed off just the end sections and stuck them to a stack of card I had made, upon each of these stacks I placed a single DVD to hide the cheating. I feel this worked really well and was effective upon the shelves and on the floor. 

Tennagers Bedroom - Furniture Construction

Once I was happy with the base room I started to model the furniture for which I check the scale with the empty room model first to make sure everything was going to look right once completed.

 Bed Construction - This was made from balsa wood and lolly pop sticks.

 I also decided to make a mattress, sheet and duvet as I wanted the bed to be really messy as it would be in a typical teenagers bedroom. I am really pleased with how the mattress turned out as it is a really good representation of a real one. For this I cut a piece of foam to size, covered in cross stitch material then sewed around the outside to give a rim and finally pulled in bits to give the dips in the surface of the mattress.

For the sheet I sowed a thin piece of elastic around the edge to make it into a fitted sheet. For the duvet I made the rectangle shape and placed cotton wool within. However when I came to making it messy I believe I filled it too much as was a bit stiff and podgy preventing me from making it as messy as I wanted it to be. To sort this I tacked the duvet into a messy position which worked quite well. 

Bedside Table Construction - this was made from balsa wood. I made it so the drawer could be moved in or out just to make it more realistic. To finish it off I added the end of a pin for the handle and a coffee stain on the surface.

Wardrobe Construction - This was also made from balsa wood. I made the frame quite strong to enable the drawers to function properly and enable me to make the doors pivot open and close by placing a pin down from the top and up from the bottom; this worked really well enabling me to open the doors slightly so the messy inside would be visible.

Desk Construction - Lastly I created a corner desk with bookshelf. As this teenager was into computers, TV and gaming I decided to have a section raised up for the TV enabling the Xbox to be placed underneath. I also cut a section out of back to enable the wires to go down to the sockets.

Teenagers Bedroom - Room Construction

Here are some Photos that show the construction of the bedroom:

Firstly I started with the window by creating the window frame out of balsa wood then adding a sheet of  thin plastic to resemble glass. This was glued in between two pieces of balsa wood to keep it tight and make it appear more realistic. I wanted a widow that could open and close which I made separately then attached in placed with small hinges. These aren't to scale and don't really fit right, however from within the room they look right and enable the window to open and close exactly as a window does. I also enabled the window handle to pivot.

 I constructed the door out of balsa wood and attached to door frame with the use of the hinges. I wasn't really happy with how the handle turned out. Since doing it I have learnt other techniques so would definitely do it differently now.

For the radiator I used lightweight clay. I am really happy with how it turned out and think it is really effective within the room.  

First Model - Teenagers Bedroom

For my first model I decided to create a teenage boys bedroom. I felt it would enable me to add lots a details that shows the personality and interests of the boy himself. Firstly I created a mood-board based on the interests I created for the teenager choosing quite simple furniture with all the gadgets and mod-cons that you would expect to be present within a typical teenagers room.

Moodboard

I then started to plan the overall room layout keeping in mind the fact that an animator and camera would have to be able to access the character/room model if it was a real set for an animation. Some rough sketches and an idea of the types of scales I was thinking of making the room can be seen:

Measurements Sheet

Bedroom Layout Ideas

Once I was happy with the layout and knew how I was going to construct the furniture etc I started by constructing the walls of the room and drawing upon them where the window, door etc were going to go to enable me to visualise it in 3D and make sure I was entirely happy with my idea.