Cyberpunk Lobby Enviro

Norron

Hey peoples, this is a project I've been working on for awhile now and I finally got up the nerve to post it. This is the first full scene I've done so I'm still figuring this out.

I'm doing a high-tech corporate lobby type thing with lots of glass, metal surfaces, and expensive tiles.

Still got a lot of work to do and I'm trying to churn through assets as fast as I can. You can see there's lots missing like wall panels, doors, elevators at the back, and the reception area. The lighting is also pretty temporary.

I need some good critique on this, I'm starting to go crosseyed from looking at this so hard.

don't really know what I'm doing as well so if there's a much easier and more efficient way of constructing this please let me know. For instance the whole building is made of 3 separate static meshes that were combined. Probably not the best method of doing that.

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Let me know what you guys think.

I hope to have this done by the end of the month if I can. Desperately need to update my portfolio in time for GDC.

Utility

Lookin' okay so far. I like your floor glass and metal tiles, they look very stylish and create an interesting view of the level below. Like you said, you're missing a lot of detail pieces but you might also consider having a larger focal point to the level- the pool of water, for instance could be part of a larger sculpture, or some kind of display. If you're going for the cyberpunk look, maybe you could make it plasma and have it being shunted away through pipes that light up the level (but that's just my imagination talkin').

You said you built the entire level out of 3 static meshes- sometimes this can work, but I find that building modularly will save you headaches and make it easier to work with- you could have flat planes with a tiling texture on it in different sizes and just reuse them.

That's all I can think of right now. Good luck!

Norron

That's pretty much what I was going to do with the water. Some sort of futuristic corporate art or something. I started this project building in a really backward way with all BSP and over time I just kept trying weirder and more "clever" ways of making the level geometry. You're right I should just replace everything with planes and simpler meshes.

Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it.

dii

Thing that stands out by far the most to me is that you've got way too many square shapes...

Your textures are also low on color variety and high on noise which isn't a good combination in a building. It's hard to tell where the floor stops and the walls begin in some of your shots.

Sukotto

Like I said earlier I think a cool looking glass elevator would help give it a focal point. Here's some refs: http://willdueease.deviantart.com/art/Reina-Sofia-Glass-Elevators-92159744?q=gallery%3AWillDueease%2F5181929&qo=8
http://www.eco-structure.com/Images/tmp8A2.tmp_tcm26-957146.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3615/3491459679_c68f93e090_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leozaza/294208922/
http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/5226271

gsokol

This doesn't really scream cyberpunk to me. Maybe getting a cool, futuristic cityscape outside would help with that.

Norron

Cyberpunk was probably a wrong choice of word. I got some good critique on this and I'm working on fixing the issues with construction and pushing the scene more. I'll post more soon. Thanks guys.

More props!