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Re: LOW-POLY ART
Whoa, it’s been years - last time I was here was back in 2019 or 2020. So many awesome projects! Low poly’s still going strong and popular from what I see, that’s really cool 😄
SamLoboda
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (95)
Wow great thread :-B
@cturbo I think currently some surfaces have a pretty intense normal map. Some more subtle/micro details might be a better fit for the roughness map, so they reflect differently. For example, currently the parquet floor looks like it has grouts between the different wood panels, I think that's more a trait of brick wall, while parquet floors in reality are pretty even/ smooth.
@rafiii Nice blockout! I think the ivy overgrowth looks perhaps a bit too artificial in the way it's distributed. Did you base the placement on reference images? I would do so. I would imagine plants growing in through openings and then spreading from there. Perhaps you're doing so already and switched it off for the render, but I think its handy to have person in the scene to check against, so everything is to scale.
@Iribree Sweet sculpting! I think on hard surface elements the edges could be less sharp/ more beveled. Depending on the texture resolution you're going to use, bevels that are too tight might not show well in the normal map. I think the one organic element, the big fish, unfortunately looks facetted. This happens when remeshing low poly geometry. You can avoid this by applying a subdiv modifier first (support/ crease edges to keep shape). With Blenders modifier stack you can chain a subdiv modifier with a remesh modfier (smooth modifier if needed) and adjust the settings until you got a nice smooth mesh at the desired resolution.
Keep it up
@cturbo I think currently some surfaces have a pretty intense normal map. Some more subtle/micro details might be a better fit for the roughness map, so they reflect differently. For example, currently the parquet floor looks like it has grouts between the different wood panels, I think that's more a trait of brick wall, while parquet floors in reality are pretty even/ smooth.
@rafiii Nice blockout! I think the ivy overgrowth looks perhaps a bit too artificial in the way it's distributed. Did you base the placement on reference images? I would do so. I would imagine plants growing in through openings and then spreading from there. Perhaps you're doing so already and switched it off for the render, but I think its handy to have person in the scene to check against, so everything is to scale.
@Iribree Sweet sculpting! I think on hard surface elements the edges could be less sharp/ more beveled. Depending on the texture resolution you're going to use, bevels that are too tight might not show well in the normal map. I think the one organic element, the big fish, unfortunately looks facetted. This happens when remeshing low poly geometry. You can avoid this by applying a subdiv modifier first (support/ crease edges to keep shape). With Blenders modifier stack you can chain a subdiv modifier with a remesh modfier (smooth modifier if needed) and adjust the settings until you got a nice smooth mesh at the desired resolution.
Keep it up
Fabi_G
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (94)
@Dmorgan A good example of what I mean is klamante's post earlier in the thread. Much of the detail in their finished piece doesn't come from the 3D
model itself but instead the texture applied to it that they then
painted the details onto manually.
Pinkfox
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Re: Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?
When we get multiple Flags, I think it's time to stop expounding on culture-war issues, and thus derailing the thread.
Do we need to lock this? Or do you need a time-out?
Do we need to lock this? Or do you need a time-out?
Eric Chadwick
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Re: [UDK] Zelda Water Shader Help
I'm bumping this thread since I finally saw someone break down exactly how each water effect works instead of just recreating similar effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NL9Cc05CYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NL9Cc05CYk
ZacD
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (94)
@Dmorgan Absolutely not too late! Glad to see you're keeping up with it and working to get it all finished. 
I'd say you have a good shape going on with everything in place. At this point, I'd just refine the texture work you've got with it. Right now it looks like you're using some noise textures but I would recommend looking into stylized texture painting. It may take a bit of practice to get a result that you like, but it will allow you to give the model that needed polish.
Seriously though, it's great work and I hope you keep at it to the end!
Pinkfox
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Re: [first post :D] Space Hotel environment feedback 🚀🕷️
Hi, nice environment so far! The first thing that pops out to me is that everything is looking really flat. I'm not really sure what your lighting set up is, but I think I'm not seeing enough shadows or AO. Maybe try to push those values a bit farther, I know interiors can be a bit tricky!
ThisisVictoriaZ
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Re: LOW-POLY ART
This is excellent work. Never even considered setting up limbs as separate meshes, but it blends in nicely and saves you issues with deformationsKillPixel said:Guerilla
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Torch
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