Yuki Machi aka Snow City
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Yuki Machi aka Snow City
So guys back with a new project. Its basically a my old asian temple scene on a massive scale. I'm also adding in a few a cool things. The first element is SNOW ! which is something i've haven't done before. Also mixing the Asian temple props to make something with roman/greek architecture, basically using stuff like the golden section and pillars and such. I'll be leaving most of the textures the way they are right now. I've got a lot of concept that i'll be scanning in soon so everyone can see where i want to go with this project.
So guys back with a new project. Its basically a my old asian temple scene on a massive scale. I'm also adding in a few a cool things. The first element is SNOW ! which is something i've haven't done before. Also mixing the Asian temple props to make something with roman/greek architecture, basically using stuff like the golden section and pillars and such. I'll be leaving most of the textures the way they are right now. I've got a lot of concept that i'll be scanning in soon so everyone can see where i want to go with this project.
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small update:
so here is 90% of the layout of the set done. The only things that still need work is the character design. I really wanted the design of the character to by unique and different . Like if the romans and asian cultures mixed together. So the shoulder armour is from kratos (gow 2), the chest is from some japanese game ( i forgot the title), the helmet is half roman, half kabuki. Its still a WIP and i'll be still be making refinements.
city = shi ＝ 市 ex. 東京市 (Tokyo city)
rural area ＝ ku = 区 ex. 玉山区 (Tamayama area)
town/block/district = machi = 町
And thanks for the Japanese lesson !
update:
plugged in the textures and testing out the lighting.
Thanks man !
Thanks bro, i plan to finish the snow snow this weekend and the character too. I hope to finish to entire project by the end of this month.
Also wondering, how detailed are the background buildings? Do you use normal maps on them? Could you maybe show one? By the way I saw your texturing videos on your site. They were great.
All the tower are very detailed (texture wise), but is very low poly. Check out these two images below. I have normal maps on everything in the scene. I'm simply re using my old environment to make a new one :P
I'm glad you took the time to watch those videos.
Thanks ! I did that environment almost one year ago today
lots of things to fix
I've painted over (in red) where there should be a deeper snow accumulation. Like I said, on the front up props only. From a distance it becomes acceptable. But up front, it almost looks like metal with too much spec. IMO.
In green is what I find too empty. What is that place? Is it a large courtyard? Perhaps some trees or something.
The snow on the globes looks alright, you did a good job with that shader, but right now I feel that the look too perfectly lined up. Each one aligned in the same way. Perhaps make some look a bit more crooked? Perhaps one or two that fell off during a rough winter storm?
Regardless, this is looking awesome! Keep it up!
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Prophecies: thanks, the god rays are bothering me a bit too much right now, i think i'll reduce them and make them less noticeable and move the position of the sun higher to match up with the rays. the snow is very flat, i just did a paint over on all my props. But now looking back at it'll i'll be sure to add more snow in the foreground layer. For that green area, i'll planning to add more snow in that area, kinda of blocking of that area.
haiddasalami: thanks dude, I played and looked at UC2. Some of the props used a shader and others looked like they were hand painted in. I tried early on this project to setup a shader w/ a snow texture on top - but i end up just going into my psd and adding the snow.
Looks great Hiten, colours are niceeee
haha, thanks broski
i'll be adding the snow in the foreground in the next update !!!
hawken: dude, i have no idea why you posted that..
Very well done, the ideas and execution are great modeling and texturing wise.It shows a lot of work got put into this.
If you still have time, I would double check is that your main light source fits with the sun's position, something with the shadow makes me think the lighting comes from the right and not the back of the scene. Also I would suggest pointing out some lighting at the statues since they make a much more intersting focal point than the far left of the image which is correctly lit.
Its still one of the most compelling images ive seen recently, great work!
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