The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
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Re: Struggling with Head Anatomy – Need Feedback to Break the Cycle
2/7 exercise (reference)
Reference used:
Reference used:
Luny
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Re: Bull Zombie
Gnarly.
I don't have anything to add, really, other than that I actually thought this was 2D for a moment when scrolling down, due to the mentioned flat lighting and the rather strong and homogenous looking noise overlay.
I don't have anything to add, really, other than that I actually thought this was 2D for a moment when scrolling down, due to the mentioned flat lighting and the rather strong and homogenous looking noise overlay.
Noren
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Re: Bull Zombie
Hi! Congrats on finishing the project 
Presentation-wise, I think currently the lighting doesn't help to sculpt the model's features. Perhaps start with a 3 point lighting setup. When choosing the background, I'd be careful with contrast and think about how it affects the character lighting. I think white background has too much contrast making the character look cut out, the other background merges too much with the creature. The logo contrasts hard against the image, drawing attention away from the model. It would be nice to have a more natural pose for the presentation.
Design-wise, other than some horns, I don’t see much bull-features. With an original design, I would extract defining features from references and think how to integrate those. Another way of course would be to later change the name to something that aligns more with the final result (idk, "horned undead beast")
Execution-wise, it reads a bit noisy and overly bumpy. With textures, I would make sure there's some variance in the details and they're distributed reasonably, based on surface type (bone/ horn structures more smooth, less bump). Perhaps the texturing covers some anatomical weaknesses and lack of definition of the base model. To get feedback on those aspects, it might help to share a clay render of the sculpt as well.
Keep it up!
Presentation-wise, I think currently the lighting doesn't help to sculpt the model's features. Perhaps start with a 3 point lighting setup. When choosing the background, I'd be careful with contrast and think about how it affects the character lighting. I think white background has too much contrast making the character look cut out, the other background merges too much with the creature. The logo contrasts hard against the image, drawing attention away from the model. It would be nice to have a more natural pose for the presentation.
Design-wise, other than some horns, I don’t see much bull-features. With an original design, I would extract defining features from references and think how to integrate those. Another way of course would be to later change the name to something that aligns more with the final result (idk, "horned undead beast")
Execution-wise, it reads a bit noisy and overly bumpy. With textures, I would make sure there's some variance in the details and they're distributed reasonably, based on surface type (bone/ horn structures more smooth, less bump). Perhaps the texturing covers some anatomical weaknesses and lack of definition of the base model. To get feedback on those aspects, it might help to share a clay render of the sculpt as well.
Keep it up!
Fabi_G
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (94)
Hello everyone 
, first time joining, I decided to do the binoculars, would appreciate to get some feedback.
, first time joining, I decided to do the binoculars, would appreciate to get some feedback.
Houuuuurr
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FYI some forum links are busted
Many of the links to older Topics in our forum are now redirecting to random internet addresses, instead of opening the forum topic.
Sorry about the mess. We're investigating the issue and hope to have a solution soon.
2. Click on the Topic "Sticky: Bugs! We got 'em!"
RESULT: 404 page at vanilla.higherlogic
Sorry about the mess. We're investigating the issue and hope to have a solution soon.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: WIP Rat King (Looking for feedback and advice)
I agree with Noren. Atm it looks like a bean bag man. The lower jaw doesn't look like it is made for eating. The lumpy flesh doesnt really make sense. When doing characters its important to ground them in fact. You can use an app like Daz3D as reference to help guide your anatomy.
kanga
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Re: What the hell is going on with my roughness texture???
Ok, I finally figured it out!
Roughness export set to grayscale in Mixer:
Both textures are greyscale, when I check them in photoshop.
HOWEVER, when I create a new material in Marmoset, and apply roughness texture from iron texture set - it toggles sRGB color space for some reason:
I have no idea why it does that, but obviously if I turn it off, then everything becomes normal.
Roughness export set to grayscale in Mixer:
Both textures are greyscale, when I check them in photoshop.
HOWEVER, when I create a new material in Marmoset, and apply roughness texture from iron texture set - it toggles sRGB color space for some reason:
I have no idea why it does that, but obviously if I turn it off, then everything becomes normal.
Kligan
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Re: PBR grass vs asphalt albedo/base color value?
Maybe because the reflection "factor" of light on asphalt in in total greater than in some plant "array" because of the darker looking spots inbetween and the bending of every single plant part ?? If the final result does fit the reference then the initial darer color does fit this "experience top" ??
Ohh.. indeed.. just was (double) checking.. see some technical paper from the American Concrete Pavement Association and also the original term via Wikipedia: Albedo (from Latin albedo 'whiteness') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
..so the albedo-"color" is choosen darker ( if i'm not mistaken ) to match better the final result.
Ohh.. indeed.. just was (double) checking.. see some technical paper from the American Concrete Pavement Association and also the original term via Wikipedia: Albedo (from Latin albedo 'whiteness') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
..so the albedo-"color" is choosen darker ( if i'm not mistaken ) to match better the final result.
okidoki
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Re: Gothic Sconce Game Prop
Nicely done!
Very nitpicky crit - slightly overdone for a set dressing piece but otherwise assumed it's for your portfolio so all good.
sacboi
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