9mm SMG from the Fallout: New Vegas

alex_kim

This is the reference: 



And, this is my work (I resize the image 50% of original for uploading purpose) :



Modeling: Maya 2018
Texturing: Substance Painter 2017 , Photoshop CS6

Concept: Realistic, Handmade, Resistance

This is my Maya low-poly modeling: 


This is the middle poly for baking normal map:



Would you please evaluate my work? I am looking for a Junior 3D Artist Position on the Game Industry in the North America

It is fine to criticize.
Is it good enough for portfolio?

Thanks :-)

Larry

Good job alex. This is looking fine, how many triangles does it have? Can you show the uv's? It is not realistic looking but it has a nice middle ground quality that can qualify this as a game asset. I would say put it in your portfolio for now.
Also you can try and make a sketchfab account and put it there as well and show us the link to judge it better.

alex_kim

@larryrttrivette 

Hello, Larry.

Since I am using Maya 2018, it has exactly 6098 faces for low-poly mesh that includes everything such as bolts and nuts.

Moreover, this is my UV:

Larry

Screws and bolts can be in the high poly but not in the low poly. You bake those in and your polygon count gets much lower.

Also you have ALOT of uv space that you don't use so you lose quality. You could achieve the same texture quality with half the size!

alex_kim

@larryrttrivette 

I also think exactly same thing.

Maybe I should focus more on the UV positioning.