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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024
working on a new shader setup for my characters. got a bit weary of fighting with Blenders latest Principal shader, which has some odd features re the base colour, seems a bit weird to set up anyway I like this much better. neck needs a bit of work, but probably will add some kind of costume to cover it
Ruz
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Sketchbook: Fstain
Hello everyone. 
I used to be here early '10s but left for artschool and now I'm back slightly smarter. I used to post mostly 2d digital but since I've moved on to basically just drawing analogue with fineliners and stuff. I might just post some of that later on but anyway. I'm here on a 3d quest for now.
Critique and other such things are totally appreciated, let's have a discussion about the stuff I make!
OK so here's my latest little project, a sort of realtime 3d sketch:
For now just a straight up dump outta the viewport in Unreal. I'm still not sure what kind of post-processing I'll apply on it. this image has a cheeky bit of color balance and sharpness cuz I wanna see how the water gleam comes across.
It's sort of a timed project. I'm limiting it to 20 hours. I generally work on it 2-3 hours at a time since free time and all that.
I'm into about 16 hours so far. It's taken far too much time just polishing and twiddling stuf and even modeling some stuff that won't make the cut likely.
I have several of these ideas in the works so I'll keep making them and getting faster likely. That's the plan
More to come, of course.
I used to be here early '10s but left for artschool and now I'm back slightly smarter. I used to post mostly 2d digital but since I've moved on to basically just drawing analogue with fineliners and stuff. I might just post some of that later on but anyway. I'm here on a 3d quest for now.
Critique and other such things are totally appreciated, let's have a discussion about the stuff I make!
OK so here's my latest little project, a sort of realtime 3d sketch:
For now just a straight up dump outta the viewport in Unreal. I'm still not sure what kind of post-processing I'll apply on it. this image has a cheeky bit of color balance and sharpness cuz I wanna see how the water gleam comes across.
It's sort of a timed project. I'm limiting it to 20 hours. I generally work on it 2-3 hours at a time since free time and all that.
I'm into about 16 hours so far. It's taken far too much time just polishing and twiddling stuf and even modeling some stuff that won't make the cut likely.
I have several of these ideas in the works so I'll keep making them and getting faster likely. That's the plan
More to come, of course.
Fstain
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Re: Show your hand painted stuff, pls!
Hi all:) First time posting here. Here is handpainted mana totem I made some time ago. Full project here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/n0aDGO
ignkrakys
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Re: Show your hand painted stuff, pls!
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rlEYeL
[EN] I made this ship as part of the creation of my space travel map in the universe of Hand-Paint texturing.
I began to be tormented by the question: why do I abandon some projects and not finish them. ChatGPT helped me come up with an analogy with space flights, and as a result, I created a route list for space travel. The interface on this map allows me to clearly see whether it is worthwhile to fit into the creation of the model or not.
While it is impossible to make money from hand-painting, I just need to avoid long and complex tasks, they are too draining.
[RU ]Данный корабль я сделал в рамках создания моей космической карты путешествия во вселенной Hand-Paint текстуриурования.
Меня стал мучить вопрос: почему я бросаю какие-то проекты и не доделываю их. ChatGPT помог мне выйти на аналогию с космическими полетами и в итоге я сварганил себе маршрутный лист космических путешествий. Интерфейс на данной карте позволяет мне наглядно видеть - стоит ли вписываться в создание модели или нет.
Пока невозможно получать денег с ханд-паинт рисования мне нужно просто избегать длительных и сложных задач, они слишком сильно истощают.
[EN] I made this ship as part of the creation of my space travel map in the universe of Hand-Paint texturing.
I began to be tormented by the question: why do I abandon some projects and not finish them. ChatGPT helped me come up with an analogy with space flights, and as a result, I created a route list for space travel. The interface on this map allows me to clearly see whether it is worthwhile to fit into the creation of the model or not.
While it is impossible to make money from hand-painting, I just need to avoid long and complex tasks, they are too draining.
[RU ]Данный корабль я сделал в рамках создания моей космической карты путешествия во вселенной Hand-Paint текстуриурования.
Меня стал мучить вопрос: почему я бросаю какие-то проекты и не доделываю их. ChatGPT помог мне выйти на аналогию с космическими полетами и в итоге я сварганил себе маршрутный лист космических путешествий. Интерфейс на данной карте позволяет мне наглядно видеть - стоит ли вписываться в создание модели или нет.
Пока невозможно получать денег с ханд-паинт рисования мне нужно просто избегать длительных и сложных задач, они слишком сильно истощают.
Gruno_Kromer
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Re: Epic merging various storefronts to Fab marketplace
Can they maybe try banning AI shit on the new one...? Artstation's marketplace is halfway unusable for the amount of AI "reference packs", half of which don't tag themselves as AI so they clog the place up even if you use the filter.
Rima
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Re: LOW-POLY ART
Hey, since my lowpoly Adam Jensen recieved so much attention (thank you all so much!), I've decided to follow through with my initial plan, 3 Adam versions
I now bring you The Ultimate #256fes #DeusEx experience, my love letter to DXHR
model
More on http://artstation.com/artwork/zxPylL
Download link https://skfb.ly/prtyv
masslove
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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024
messing with shader setups. might spend a whole day soon just learning shader related stuff. super useful
not using the principled shader has been a revelation for me, but need to go a lot further
cycles BTW
Ruz
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Re: Baking problem (or understanding-problem?)
Also here's another tip for hard-surface meshes which is another good technique to learn, called face-weighted normals. This can entirely replace normal mapping in some cases, and it can be used in conjunction with normal mapping if that's needed.
I just wrote this up for a client, might help you...
For fast real-time rendering and small file sizes, it is best to use as few vertices as possible while maintaining necessary detail.
Flat surfaces with smooth bevels.
Each vertex of a 3D surface has one or more "vertex normals" which contribute to the shading (shown below in green). These normals can be manipulated with tools in 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, etc. and the modified normals are supported in most game engines.
Bevels can be added, and vertex normals can be adjusted for clean shading.
Left to right in the image above:
With this technique, the transitions in smooth shading are confined to the beveled faces of the model, resulting in clean well-ordered shading with a minimal number of vertices. Face-weighted normals are a good choice for flat surfaces with curved bevels along the edges to create the illusion of rounded bevels but using very few vertices.We have more about this technique here on our wiki: http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Face_weighted_normals
I just wrote this up for a client, might help you...
Modeling with Face-Weighted Normals
For fast real-time rendering and small file sizes, it is best to use as few vertices as possible while maintaining necessary detail.
Flat surfaces with smooth bevels.
Each vertex of a 3D surface has one or more "vertex normals" which contribute to the shading (shown below in green). These normals can be manipulated with tools in 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, etc. and the modified normals are supported in most game engines.
Bevels can be added, and vertex normals can be adjusted for clean shading.
Left to right in the image above:
- Simple geometry with face-aligned vertex normals (flat shading).
- Vertex normals averaged across neighboring faces (smooth shading).
- Bevels added.
- Vertex normals weighted to align with the largest faces.
With this technique, the transitions in smooth shading are confined to the beveled faces of the model, resulting in clean well-ordered shading with a minimal number of vertices. Face-weighted normals are a good choice for flat surfaces with curved bevels along the edges to create the illusion of rounded bevels but using very few vertices.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.
"Best Of: Everything" is driven by you the users, it shows anything with 3 or more upvotes. Alternatively, you can hit the Front Page button instead for a more curated list (albeit less often updated). There's also the + button to show a list of all posts with the most recent upvotes (1 or more) for the masochistic.Polynaught said:This discussion is getting spacious on the main landing page of polycount. Multiple occurences where there could be art. Can this be tuned down to one link please. None preferred.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | September - October (92)
@Paxwort That was good advice about the materials thanks! I had to play around more with the lighting when I started adding materials. I'm finding it challenging to make the metal look not too dark or too bright and shiny.
- work more on tiling normal map for pillars
- experiment with making textures more painterly - especially stone on walls and gold
- create decal for middle insignia
- add more variation to floor textures, fix pattern, add the swirls
- adjust scale of sculpted detail on trim sheet - doesn't read from camera
- add decals for cracks on walls and pillars
- fix dark edge error where wall meets roof
These are the tiling materials and trim sheet that I'm working on in substance painter. I'm using the trim for the base and top of the pillar and on the stone and gold circles in the middle of the room to see if I can make the edges more interesting. 
These are on my to-do list so far- work more on tiling normal map for pillars
- experiment with making textures more painterly - especially stone on walls and gold
- create decal for middle insignia
- add more variation to floor textures, fix pattern, add the swirls
- adjust scale of sculpted detail on trim sheet - doesn't read from camera
- add decals for cracks on walls and pillars
- fix dark edge error where wall meets roof
crowlena
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