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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (95)
Finished with my blockout. If can give some feedback about it. What can I improve more?
rafiii
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Re: Advice with secondary forms
DustyShinigami said:I do have a question actually. I did ask my mentor and they said it depends on the asset. But for something like this creature, something that's organic, would it be best to keep a lot of the messy brush strokes to aid the tertiary details? I aim to do those in Substance Painter. Or should I clean/smooth it down prior to retopping/baking?
Yep personal preference.
Something like dishonored or arcane, they both have makers marks visible, overwatch does not. Ect.
Muzzoid
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Re: modeling TV
It's important to consider how your asset will typically be viewed in an actual running game. This kind of asset is a prop, not a "hero asset" and thus will not be allocated a ton of resources. It needs to be simple, low poly, not worried about silhouette except the most roughest shape.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Environment job - Seek and rejection
Hey @Noren I really appreciate this very organized comment and you're right on your thoughts. I'm working on remake some of my previous works. Right now I removed a lot of pieces from my portfolio that I consider obsolete and start to work on the remaining ones. Your feedback let me know where to improve and reinforce my concerns about some pieces there.
Thanks a lot, I'd like to share it with you again when the pieces will be changed.
Cheers ! 😎
tomvaldieri
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Re: High-fidelity pixelated futuristic character models for a GoldSrc game in development
Absolutely.
Now a few remarks on these two models :
- While the raw unfiltered look is excellent, the in-engine footage reveals that the grey backgroud of the texture sheets is bleeding at the edges. I suppose that you are well aware of it, and It is actually somewhat of an interesting happy accident in the case of the robots as it looks a bit like worn edges ; but I feel like it needs to be adressed regardless, as it definitely cheapens the look especially on the human character.
- Also about the human character : I think it would be worth exploring various options for the eyes. As it currently stands, the sclera and the pupil being represented by three pixels (white-black-white) is IMHO bit off-putting especially compared to the quality of everything else. Whereas texture artists from the PS1 era where able to suspend disbelief under similar constraints by either completely skipping the representation of the eyeball in favor of the bigger shape of the eye socket (MGS1), or by barely suggesting the values of the sclera and pupils, but keeping the sclera within the same value and color range as the flesh (Vagrant Story). The same can be seen in traditional paintings (Zorn).
I hope this helps !
(on a side note : would it be accurate to say that you are working at about 192pix/m ?)
pior
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Re: Environment job - Seek and rejection
Agreed, it's solid.
As for some first impressions I had:
The Untold house looks atmospheric and seems mostly realistic, but many edges have very wide bevels and are lighter like you might do for more stylized stuff. Edge wear is real, but usually not as extreme and even as that.
The big round arches over some of the doors have too few polygons and noticable wavyness. (https://polycount.com/discussion/81154/understanding-averaged-normals-and-ray-projection-who-put-waviness-in-my-normal-map)
That's especially true when comparing them to the desk or set of drawers, assuming they were made for the same project from the start. For the drawers, I don't see a reason for most of the horizontal loops when the texture seems to be repeating exactly. The upper part of the set of drawers seems a bit random and formless. Did you do a highres for that part?
The desk looks great.
For the Knight Lands houses, the main wall texture makes no sense to me. You seem to have combined a half-timbered structure with boards (they don't seem to be beams since they have broken easily, but even for boards, the very narrow holes and their placement make little sense), but instead of nailing the boards to the structure, they seem to have been painstakingly and perfectly fitted between the beams like wattle and daub. There is not enough shadow or AO to suggest the boards are behind the structural beams, either, if you are limited polygon-wise. They, too, have very wide and soft bevels (in the texture), although the style is bit more fitting for that in this case.
The radio and weapon look good to me at first sight, but the polygon distribution for the latter once more looks quite uneconomic and the mesh normals might shine through in a couple of places hinting at some technical problems.
For the Anime Food, the main dish looks good, but the edge treatment is a bit inconsistent and the salad, gyoza and especially the wood look blurry. The wood in particular seems a bit lazy and brings down the scene, in my opinion. Probably just added quickly for the presentation, but still.
The backpack looks like an older piece with quite a few flaws. The scratches in the mug are way to deep, some of the UVs for the straps aren't properly aligned and the zipper texture looks strange. Might warrant removal or a rework.
All of that is of course not to say that this is why you didn't have any luck, those are just things that stood out to me personally, and changing them doesn't mean you'll have more luck. But there's also room for improvement.
Edit: Best piece to me is the radio, but the images are fairly small and there is some blurriness going on without the exact cause being clear. Seems to be a combination of low texture resolution, depth of field / post effects and image resolution?
As for some first impressions I had:
The Untold house looks atmospheric and seems mostly realistic, but many edges have very wide bevels and are lighter like you might do for more stylized stuff. Edge wear is real, but usually not as extreme and even as that.
The big round arches over some of the doors have too few polygons and noticable wavyness. (https://polycount.com/discussion/81154/understanding-averaged-normals-and-ray-projection-who-put-waviness-in-my-normal-map)
That's especially true when comparing them to the desk or set of drawers, assuming they were made for the same project from the start. For the drawers, I don't see a reason for most of the horizontal loops when the texture seems to be repeating exactly. The upper part of the set of drawers seems a bit random and formless. Did you do a highres for that part?
The desk looks great.
For the Knight Lands houses, the main wall texture makes no sense to me. You seem to have combined a half-timbered structure with boards (they don't seem to be beams since they have broken easily, but even for boards, the very narrow holes and their placement make little sense), but instead of nailing the boards to the structure, they seem to have been painstakingly and perfectly fitted between the beams like wattle and daub. There is not enough shadow or AO to suggest the boards are behind the structural beams, either, if you are limited polygon-wise. They, too, have very wide and soft bevels (in the texture), although the style is bit more fitting for that in this case.
The radio and weapon look good to me at first sight, but the polygon distribution for the latter once more looks quite uneconomic and the mesh normals might shine through in a couple of places hinting at some technical problems.
For the Anime Food, the main dish looks good, but the edge treatment is a bit inconsistent and the salad, gyoza and especially the wood look blurry. The wood in particular seems a bit lazy and brings down the scene, in my opinion. Probably just added quickly for the presentation, but still.
The backpack looks like an older piece with quite a few flaws. The scratches in the mug are way to deep, some of the UVs for the straps aren't properly aligned and the zipper texture looks strange. Might warrant removal or a rework.
All of that is of course not to say that this is why you didn't have any luck, those are just things that stood out to me personally, and changing them doesn't mean you'll have more luck. But there's also room for improvement.
Edit: Best piece to me is the radio, but the images are fairly small and there is some blurriness going on without the exact cause being clear. Seems to be a combination of low texture resolution, depth of field / post effects and image resolution?
Noren
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Re: Environment job - Seek and rejection
I think your work looks solid! I agree with the above comments, it's pretty rough out there. Don't give up!
Tonjo
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Re: Environment job - Seek and rejection
I'd say, take the Untold project and make a demo or actual game out of that one alone, perhaps add a basement, roof(room) and small court yard and bobs your uncle.
Seems neat and you would not have to wait on these hiring managers to give you a response in the mean-time.
(to gen income if things are getting tighter.)
Also check places like mod sites and the like for any needed help and ask them if its $ if it is not mentioned. (this goes for all positions.)
iam717
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Re: Help. Fix hard edges seams.
Ah, I just had this problem and found a solution on reddit. All edges that are marked as sharp, need a seam. Re-unwrap, rebake, and the issue should be resolved.
Tonjo
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