Improvement and Advice thread
polycounter lvl 11
Hey guys I have been on polycount for the past few years since I have joined I have improved a lot since joining. And for the past few years I have been trying to get a job in the industry with not a lot of luck but a few art test. So this is not a one of those Im not motivated threads quite the opposite but a thread of I want to push my quality to meet todays standards. I dont think my work is terrible, I just doesnt get that wow factor a lot of companies are looking for or it doesnt meet what they are looking for. So I wanted to start a thread where I post some work that I have worked on and stuff that I am working on and you guys tell me what you think, and how I can improve it and I would love to improve myself in all areas Modeling, Texturing, baking and so on and so forth.
To start off this is from last months noob challenge when there was two challenges.
To start off this is from last months noob challenge when there was two challenges.
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Maybe make them a bit rougher and add in some variation to the material
I think your work is not really working because your 3d model and texture work is not blod enough. By Bold I mean that the felling you give here is not a cartoon handpaint stuff or a realistic one but an in between which is weird. Tell us what you try to achieve and we will be able to give you specific feedbacks.
For exemple realistic or not your pile of coin need more love to give a feeling of a pile of something. The silhouette is going against your pattern. You can create a 3d first draft like that but after you have to add a lot of lonely coins to break your silhouette and give the feeling you want to achieve.
Keep on the good work.
And I will work on the coins some more, and work on making it feel more natural.
The damaging looks too sloppy compared to the concept's stylized slashes and such. Overall, it doesn't look like you put enough love into the modeling, texturing and lighting, that's why its not loving you back.
For the coins, maybe use 3ds Max MassFX to fill an invisible container with nicely sculpted coins, then remove the container and bake the coins. Right now they look like a pile of golden turd.
You're going to have to redo the whole concept from scratch if you want to get better. Try to get a solid basemesh in your modeling application before trying to sculpt anything.
I' m just not sure about the balance of the main shapes, but it's coming for the design you chose, maybe you can reduce the skulls the sides to accentuate the impressive feeling of the main front skull. You can also add rings on the sides skull to bring back the idea that finally it's a safe-box and can be handle by the sides. If you move the sides skull on the bottom part of the safe-box tat can help to break a little bit your shapes as well.
It's not as sexy as the Disney concept but here is what I'm talking about :
Anyways, I have started working on the damage on the top metal of the chest and would like to think what you guys think!
I think you can enlarge the thickness of the ring handles to fit with with the other pattern size.