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Hey polycounters !

I rarely post but i'm at a point where I feel like I need to open up.

I've been practicing digital art (both 3D & 2D) for the past 6 years, I work professionally in the games industry (doing 3D and rough 2D for a big French company) but I want to make the shift to be a full-time illustrator/concept-artist.

For that, I am well aware that I need to focus on my 2D art, but unfortunately I never seem to get any feedbacks/critiques on my pieces. And that's really tough since i'm pretty sure a great way of improving is by hearing what people who have master the craft have to say about my art !

So yeah this is a new and hopeful attempt at getting help going forward!

Here's the latest piece I worked on, she's the main character of a short story i'm writing at the moment.

I would LOVE some advice that I could take into account for the next painting, especially that she's gonna be the protagonist again.

Thanks a lot everyone! ♥

My first "complex" project I decided it should be special to me.

I made this robot drawing almost 10 years ago, when I was starting to get interested in art, at a difficult time in my life.

Today, after 2 months in Blender I managed to do it.

Hey everyone and welcome to the 79th Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of July and August!

This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills and create a piece of work based on concepts provided. It's open to those of all skill levels and we do our best to provide meaningful feedback along the way so everyone can come away from the challenge with actionable points on which they can improve their craft!

Anyone is welcome in this challenge no matter your skill level! It's a test of your own ability not a competition between members. We're all here to improve as artists and learn from each other.

- ENVIRONMENTS -

HARD SURFACE ENVIRONMENT:

Wind Harp by Jean Chevillard

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L3zZRP

STYLIZED ENVIRONMENT:

Gods will fall -Enviro art exploration 02 by shaun mooney

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYAVG9

- PROPS -

HARD SURFACE PROP:

Birds & Biolabs by Pavel Lisiy

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B3WRam

STYLIZED PROP:

MH..unknown project 2015 by Hwanggyu Kim

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGkWw8

- RULES -

Please read all the rules before starting:

• Try to post at least one critique for every post that you make. This will make for a better learning environment and help us all grow as artists.
• Try your best to finish as much as you can in the time frame provided, but remember even if you don't finish by the end of the challenge we encourage you to keep pushing and finish your piece!
• Post what you are working on in this thread so that way it's a more centralized place for advice and critique. Please avoid creating a new thread as we don't want to spam out the forums.
• It is recommended to use a game engine to present your work. Unreal Engine, Unity, and CryEngine are very common engines that can be used but feel free to use any alternatives that you want. (Marmoset Toolbag for example.)
• Feel free to change up your chosen concept a bit if you want! Interpret these concepts to your liking, especially if your aim is to add storytelling elements.
• If you finish your project and decide to post it to Artstation, make sure you give credit to the concept artist in the form of a link to their profile. Additionally, it is recommended to ask a concept artist for their permission to post a 3D piece based on their work before doing so.

- RECOMMENDATIONS -

• When you are just starting out making a scene, it can seem complicated or imposing. Take your time planning and blocking out, it will set you up for success later on.
• Think about how you can re-use assets, re-use textures, break it down as simple as possible and plan it out. A lot of people will break it down in their own way when they start out their challenge. Gather some reference images as well for different parts of the scene, don't be afraid to make it your own.
• We strongly encourage you to go and look at other games and see how they make their assets as well as get concept art to give it your own feel.

The goal is to learn and grow both artistically and in your ability to both give and receive critique, but don't stress about it and remember to have fun!

Good luck!

Bit of a rush to finish and was not happy with the water but ran into a dead end on the method I was using.

@simonBreumier very cool and nice to see the breakdown 🤓

@PuuroMan Cool scene 👍️ Imo the texture tiling is a bit apparent in some areas.

@atunnard I would note that the shading on some elements (vertical part of pillars, ceiling arches) looks too round/smooth. Maybe use hard edges or face weight vertex normals to achieve tighter shading. Good luck for the next one 🚀

Made a run at the chicken coop targeting sketchfab viewer, using a trim sheet (1024x2048) + some vertex color.

Edit: Trim Sheet

Vertex Color