Robot Quest Environment - Feedback most appreciated!

Seeberg

Hey everyone! I have been slowly working out this concept art by James McDonald. I have done the BLO and am starting to slowly get texture and high poly sculpt work done on. During this process I would love to get feedback, comments, and critiques so I can continue to improve it! Hope you guys like it!
 
Reference by James McDonald 

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Got some more feedback on this piece and tweaked it some more





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These are renders of my low poly mesh. They are a little outdated as I have made some improvements to varying assets. One being that I added the camera mesh next to the fish tank. 


and this is my most recent sculpting work that I got done. I have been making small chips at this during my free time. This is the high-res sculpt baked down onto the low res mesh. The texture work is just a placeholder at the moment, to get a feel for the room. SaveSaveSaveSave

chrisevansart

The modeling is looking good man!!

Seeberg

@chrisevansart Thanks! 

mats effect

Nice work on the model so far, I really like the lighting in the reference image its really clear what the light sources are nail that too and it should be awesome!

Seeberg

@mats effect thanks, will do! 

Seeberg

More progress with the sculpting  

Seeberg

Made some more adjustments. Finished off some more UV's and the sculpt. Very slowly chipping away at this. 

Seeberg

Made some more progress and did a quick pass on the textures for the robot. Still using "place holder" lighting and textures for the other props. Once I am done with a first past on everything, will come back around and add some wear and tear to the robot. 

Ged

This is a lovely little scene and its progressing well, the only thing that looks odd to me is the pipe connecting to the robots groin area :P I would also suggest using larger bevels to give it more of that retro look eg on the computer monitor and the top of chair you can see pixelated highlights and to get a similar effect you would need large bevels.

mon246

Looking great. I have a suggestion about the posture of the robot. I'd suggest maybe letting his left leg lie flat on the ground and his "torso" tilted slightly back and left sort of lifelessly leaning towards the bookshelf. I just think it would give the scene more character and show the robot is clearly in sleep mode

Seeberg

@Ged thanks for the feedback! Yea for that large pipe in the reference there is a large cable coming out of the book case and then just disappearing so thought I would adjust it a little bit to make more sense. I will go pack and adjust those bevel though!

@mon246 will do, thanks for the feedback! I have it upright and stiff as I thought it might be still active since it's eyes appear to be glowing in the reference. 

Seeberg

Made a quick texture for the stone as well as a "quick and dirty" lighting block out. Looking to do more and apply some of the critiques to it over the weekend! 

Seeberg

some more late night additions 

Seeberg

Got some time to myself during the holidays to knock out a few textures 

Seeberg

Got another set done tonight! Also added another piece of art work by James McDonald in there. 

Seeberg

Newest image back at the top! 

Seeberg

got some more feedback and made the adjustments. Still looking to improve it further! 

Enalya

What a lovely scene, great job! Maybe too many brows still?

Mirbobo

I'd add some more geo to the stone pillars and possibly the floor as well. I really like how the concept has those small extrusions. I'd probably also try adding meshes for the walls that aren't visible just to see if it would help with the lighting/ao of the scene.

Seeberg

@Enalya Brows? 

@Mirbobo Thanks for the feedback, I will try that! 

Michael_Ingrassia

Looks great to me Austen. Very nice work!

Enalya

What a lovely scene, great job! Maybe too many brows still?

Aeseeberg04 said:

@Enalya Brows?

LOL browns I meant :'D

Gaurav Mathur

Really nice!  Your piece has a lot of charm to it that carries through from the original pixel art.  I would separate the color of the desk from the walls as much as you can while staying true to the concept.

Seeberg

@Enalya ohh lol okay I will probably mess with the palette on that one, while still trying to stay with the concept art 

@gauravcm thanks! I will mess with the colors some more

Ged

very nice work, it already looks like its pretty much finished but as a polishing idea I think you could make the lighting a bit less flat by lowering the intensity of the large main light source and place a few individual point lights around the scene to add interest to parts of the scene you want to highlight. Eg the fishtank and lamp by the computer seem less colourful and emissive than in the concept

Seeberg

@Ged gotcha, I will polish up the lights then. Thanks for the feedback! 

Skrzynska

Well done, magic atmospher !

JoBritt

This looks amazing! I love the art style!

Seeberg

@Skrzynska, @JoBritt thanks you guys! 

EJtheArtist

Cute! Do the fish animate? Maybe a little improvement would be there with the glass material/emissive/water.

The robot in the concept has a cute smile. Did you consider keeping that?

Seeberg

@EJtheArtist Hey! Thanks for the feedback, I will work on those some more. Personally I didn't see it as a smile, thought it was just paneling, like a slight extrusion from the rest of the body. 

EJtheArtist

Oh! That's cool that you didn't view it that way. I tend to find the "Cute" in things. Here is a traced image of what I see: eyes, a smile, and even a less exaggerated Bruce Campbell chin!

jacky_ruan

Wow this is amazing dude! Favorite piece by far! 

Seeberg

@EJtheArtist ooh I see it now! I might apply that, been busy with work so haven't been able to get to adding all the feedback yet! 

@jacky_ruan thanks man! Glad you like it!