[STADIUM] myles

myles · Dec 2011

Highschool Basketball Court. Apocalyptic molten solar flare earthquake. I haven't entered a polycount competition before, figured I should just take a shot

I'll try and post up a short video of me explaining my process so far every two days rather than blabbering in text.

Ta!

Can a mod rename it to [STADIUM] Basketball, myles

myles · Dec 2011

So I was supposed to get both floor textures done today, but didn't get the charred version of the wood flooring - ah well, its more of a material jobbey. The mesh the wood on is just a test mesh so I could try it ingame, placement isnt at all like it will be

I'll be coming back to this - there's a seam in the spec, the colours need balancing with the scene and I want to add a reflection. Oh its at 512x here.

MattQ86 · Dec 2011

Nice work, but I think the wood on a basketball court tends to run length-wise. That might be part of what's throwing off the placement for you...

myles · Dec 2011

Yeah thanks Matt, can't believe I didn't notice that in my ref.

Tiles like a mother fucker, I also need to work on the blending (both material and colour changes in both). I'm also going to do something to the uvs for the burnt wood so the panels look separate. I feel lazy doing it this way, but I'll explain why in my vid on boxing day

Sukotto · Dec 2011

Looking good so far! Once you have the charred wood blended in with the regular wood this will look super sexy. Can't wait to see more!

myles · Dec 2011

Thanks Suko! I haven't done much blending stuff before, and im not really happy with this, but I need to move onto other areas soon so i'll go back to this on the last day or something.

myles · Dec 2011

Worked on the tiling volcanic material today, give me a few hours and I'll be posting up a video

myles · Dec 2011

No video tonight, I ended up working on a way to crate pillars with suitable facets without a dedicated normal map. Quick practical test (Don't worry, I'll be creating the real floor and pillars tomorrow!)

I didn't have time to record a video, so I'll do one tomorrow, promise!

myles · Dec 2011

The real floor, still working on the pillars holding them up, but its starting to come together

Sorry for the cropped shot, lots of unfinished stuff in the background throwing stuff off.

brandoom · Dec 2011

Coming along nicely Mr Myles

myles · Dec 2011

Thanks Brandoom! I've been playing a little with some post processing this evening, still haven't put a video together so I did this for those interested - theres nothing special in my workflow, but the scale/ pixel density might interested some.

skankerzero · Dec 2011

excellent!

let the tuts flow!

myles · Dec 2011

Took yesterday off to just relax, actually really helped! Got lots of fresh ideas for how I can improve this if I have time

Today I was supposed to get the seat stands done - but as per, I only managed to get the seats done..

Textures quite noisy, but I didn't want any large/ distracting shapes as it uses lots of repeating textures, I can come back to this if needs be. Uses a 512x256.

Tadao215 · Dec 2011

very nice, cant wait to see more

TylerFluharty · Dec 2011

Really nice, great attention to details.

allmighty_thunder · Jan 2012

i really like this env, way to go

myles · Jan 2012

Thanks guys! I'm crunching to get this done on time, I should have something passable by tomorrow night - but I want to push this as far as I can - especially as I have some extra polys/ texture space to throw around.
I've just finished working on all the materials for the spectator stands, thought I'd also post my texture sheet so far (half size). You'll notice i keep my diffuse quite clean and simple - most of the detail goes into the spec and normal.

ranek · Jan 2012

wowzers. this is amazing

myles · Jan 2012

Thanks man. This is getting close to being too noisy and loosing focus. I'll be fixing that with some larger shapes, silhouettes to frame the sides, some smoke around the seating. I'll be adding a large central element tomorrow to bring the interest back to the playing area.
Hit 60k now, just as well everything left to do is quite lowpoly

csprance · Jan 2012

looks great! I love the textures!

pity · Jan 2012

I like this environment very much. But i think the cell shading effect spoils everything

myles · Jan 2012

Thanks guys - I reduced the stencil outline quite a bit. So started working on stuff to start getting the theme/ composition working better. Stuff left to do - floor markings, basketball hoop, barbed fencing, banners, city silhouettes and particles - I CAN DOO IT

Here I've added the scoreboard, rebar, concrete around court & added slight tilt to the different floor pieces.

I think the white screens on the top and bottom of the scoreboard are too bright, thoughts?

MDSchee · Jan 2012

you are lightning quick.

myles · Jan 2012

Working on the composition quite a bit. gogogogo.

Jeff Parrott · Jan 2012

Looking good. Drop in some more visible structures in the background.

Also you might want to sort on a gradient for the sky or something more detailed.

The lighting is a bit spotty on the court. It doesn't seem like every light pool has a light that is creating the pools.

What's the scoreboard hanging on?

All in all though you're killing this man. Really hope to see you finish this. GO GO GO!

deadpixl · Jan 2012

I agree with Jeffro, I think a few more things in the back will really start to punch out the court. Looking Great!

myles · Jan 2012

Thanks for the feedback guys - I've adjusted quite a lot. These aren't my finals, but I wanted to take some time to work out how I was going to present it. I'm gonna spend the next few hours creating some particles and painting in some feint wisps of cloud (that second image really needs it!)

Jeff Parrott · Jan 2012

Looking good. Try to tweak the lighting out some. It makes the whole scene appear very busy. You have some great assets in here. The lighting isn't showing them off as well as they could be though. You need some interest areas and some rest areas for your eyes. Push the contrast more will help some. Also reduce the number of spot lights you're using overall. Looking forward to seeing you wrap this up.

myles · Jan 2012

Thanks Jeffro - I pushed the focus to the centre a little more by darkening the seating a little and make the floor lights have less colour variation. I agree that the end result is quite noisy and hard to focus on but I feel this is largely an issue caused by a fault with the design (a lot of crumbling/ damaged structures).
Anyhoo -

Underworld Stadium
Basketball

Beauty Shots

Construction Shot

Volcanic Rock Texture

This wall hell'a fun to do, well done to everyone that took part

Del · Jan 2012

brandoom · Jan 2012

Looks great Myles, awesome work!

pity · Jan 2012

Awesome map!) Voted!

Ikosan · Jan 2012

looks great dude:)

Alberto Rdrgz · Jan 2012

great job dood! i completely forgot about this challenge.

Orangeknight · Jan 2012

Nice job getting this on the top PC banner!

Sanae · Feb 2012

I like how you use a cool red in the distance and warmer, fiery reds in the arena itself. Helps retain hellish flavor and make the spaces distinct!

SirCalalot · Feb 2012

This is a truly nice environment!
The colour/lighting harmony works really well to make the air seem properly stuffy and hot.

Congrats on the banner too

dempolys · Feb 2012

James8686 wrote: »

Extremely interested in either on site or freelance. I'll be sending an email as well.

someone is very confused...

[STADIUM] myles

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