The Design of Creating 3D Environments from Adapted Thai Mural Painting

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to 1) design a 3D environment from adapted Thai murals to use as illustrations in the game. 2) evaluate the quality of the 3D environment design derived from applied Thai mural paintings, and 3) assess the satisfaction of the sample group towards the 3D environment design from applied Thai mural paintings. The research process began by defining the scope of the research, then studying the use of Unreal Engine software and examining the environment in applied Thai mural paintings to be designed in 3D. Next, a 3D environment was created from the applied Thai mural paintings and made into a Movie trailer video format. This was then evaluated for quality by three experts and assessed for satisfaction by the sample group of 60 people. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

            The research results showed that the overall quality of the 3D environment design from applied Thai mural paintings, as evaluated by experts, was at a good quality level (M = 3.63, SD = 0.86). The aspect with the highest quality was the model (M = 3.75, SD = 0.90), followed by lighting, color, texture, and sound techniques (M = 3.58, SD = 0.77), and the Movie trailer presentation (M =3.56, SD = 0.92), respectively. The overall satisfaction with the 3D environment design from applied Thai mural paintings was at a high level (M = 4.52, SD = 0.50). Most of the sample group was male (78.3%) and aged 18-25 years old (75%).The sample group's opinions on the 3D environment design from applied Thai mural paintings showed that the most satisfying aspect was the environment (M = 4.53, SD = 0.50) followed by music and sound effects (M = 4.52, SD = 0.50), and the overall Movie trailer (M = 4.51, SD = 0.50), respectively.