New concepts will be chosen at the start of January 2021
Previous Challenge Thread
The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
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Hyper Scape - Lighting
Hey all !
Some of the lighting work I did for HyperScape, I was in charge to manage the lighting for this project inside the Districts, Landmarks and the Hub. Enjoy
More on Artstation
Districts : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ykowo9
Landmarks : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYW3Xr
Hub : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zOXykm
Some of the lighting work I did for HyperScape, I was in charge to manage the lighting for this project inside the Districts, Landmarks and the Hub. Enjoy
More on Artstation
Districts : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ykowo9
Landmarks : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYW3Xr
Hub : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zOXykm
Pandator
8 ·
Re: Midsommar Movie (UE4)
Cross-----------
For this cross, i've made some flowers and grasses, and then used blender particle system to spread them. After that i've made a little decimation and also cut the model in top and bottom part for better LOD. The count in the particle system helped me to spread more grass than flowers.
FirePlace---------
I've made a single log, and texturized it in substance painter with an emissive mask, then I created a material in unreal, to give it the inside fire effect. The ash is made with decals. Both inside and outside this cooking fire.
Cerimonial Circle-------------
This one I tought was going to be a lot easier, but getting the uv's right got me some trouble. I'm using 2 seamless textures that i made in substance designer. So I dont lose detail when the user is near, and i used some dust decals to give a little better color variation. Now that is super easy to make weighted normals with blender, i'm using it a lot, the edges looks so much better.
Barn-------------
Was amazing to make this barn using the modifiers. I could make an workflow that I had to draw only the lines. Decimate Planar is awesome.
The project is going slow, yet it is going. Had a lot of fun doing every asset. Learning Unreal is being quite journey and I welcome any critique or tip to help me along the way. Thanks a lot!
For this cross, i've made some flowers and grasses, and then used blender particle system to spread them. After that i've made a little decimation and also cut the model in top and bottom part for better LOD. The count in the particle system helped me to spread more grass than flowers.
FirePlace---------
I've made a single log, and texturized it in substance painter with an emissive mask, then I created a material in unreal, to give it the inside fire effect. The ash is made with decals. Both inside and outside this cooking fire.
Cerimonial Circle-------------
This one I tought was going to be a lot easier, but getting the uv's right got me some trouble. I'm using 2 seamless textures that i made in substance designer. So I dont lose detail when the user is near, and i used some dust decals to give a little better color variation. Now that is super easy to make weighted normals with blender, i'm using it a lot, the edges looks so much better.
Barn-------------
Was amazing to make this barn using the modifiers. I could make an workflow that I had to draw only the lines. Decimate Planar is awesome.
The project is going slow, yet it is going. Had a lot of fun doing every asset. Learning Unreal is being quite journey and I welcome any critique or tip to help me along the way. Thanks a lot!
MatheusDalla
5 ·
Re: [WIP] [Character Art] Adonis Bleu - Gameready model
Another anatomy update coming soon, but in the meantime... have been having fun with some hair 
It's a combination of IMMs & fibermesh in Zbrush, think it's working alright so far?
(you can spot the blockout tubes at the back still)
It's a combination of IMMs & fibermesh in Zbrush, think it's working alright so far?
(you can spot the blockout tubes at the back still)
nele_s
4 ·
The Quarterly CHARACTER ART Challenge | October - December
Welcome to the Quarterly Character Art Challenge!
How it works
- Every new challenge, 3 Character Concepts will be provided
- Pick one concept to work on for the duration of the challenge and post your progress here!
- Complete a 3D game res model of your chosen concept
Guidelines
- Help other artists grow! When you post an update, also leave a critique for someone else. Share knowledge you have learned
- There are no software restrictions; you're welcome to use as little, or as many different software packages as you like.
- There
are no polygon or texture restrictions, it can be a 3,000 triangle hand
painted model or a 100,000 triangle current gen model. Just make sure
the final result is a game model, not a sculpt!
- You are welcome to cross post on different sites (Artstation, Facebook, Discord etc.) for additional feedback
- Before starting your character, break down the concept and plan your work accordingly. Being able to effectively estimate how long it will take to complete a project is an important skill, especially for freelance artists.
- Your final presentation should be posed and rendered in any real time engine. (Marmoset, UE4, Unity, etc.)
- Don't be afraid to ask questions, but don't hesitate to find the answer on your own - chances are, the answer to your problem has already been answered within these forums
- If you feel anything should be modified or added to these guidelines, please let me know!
Resources
Concepts
Please credit and link to the artists when posting on other sites!
blade nare by Q - peng
Vampire Knight. by Ilya Bodaykin
How concepts are chosen:
- Trying to keep it consistently one masculine character, one feminine and one other non-human (robot, creature, humanoid, etc)
- Trying to keep the 3 concepts look like they are part of a theme or could fit in similar universe.
- Concepts must be full body and clearly drawn. There shouldn't be a lot of guesswork on what the details or proportions are. Turnarounds are a good thing to have, but not required
- Concepts shouldn't be too complex or too simple to allow people to get them done in the time-frame while also finding something interesting and giving a challenge.
- Must be able to link back to the original source artist to they can be properly credited, places like Pinterest can lead to link rot. If I cannot find the source or original artist, the art will not be used
- If
you are a concept artist and want your concept removed or want to
create a concept for a future challenge please feel free to contact me.
- If you have any suggestions of themes you would like to see in the future, send me a message!
Alemja
10 ·
Re: The Bi-Monthly ENVIRONMENT ART Challenge | September - October (68)
For my scene I’ve filled in the walls, updated the lighting, and added a simple particle system for dust and bubble effects. The main “merman” creature mesh by @Tysiu is also now in place (the pose just needs to be adjusted a bit).
I’m having a bit of trouble trying to balance the lighting for my scene. I want to highlight the merman as the focal point but my lights fog up the vat way too much. Does anyone have any advice for how to get a nice silhouette effect like the concept art?
Also, the glass and water both have refraction inputs, but I’m worried that the effect is too strong. How do you all think it looks? If it needs to be fixed, should I just turn down the IOR or does something else need to be done?
b_beauchamp
5 ·
Re: The Quarterly CHARACTER ART Challenge | July - September
I'm done! I was going to do it in Unreal but decided on using Maya and Arnold instead so doesn't really fit the challenge requirements but...
Here he is:
Here he is:
AwesomeRookie
10 ·
Mera - realtime character - posed
It's been quite a while since I finished this character and now I finally can call her done and posed.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lxzPzV
Time to move on some new stuff.
The whole progress was streamed and available on my Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nimlot26
Also don't forget about my Patreon where you get the saved streams from the beginning of the year and so much more: https://www.patreon.com/nimlot
Cheers!
Emi did a great job on the rigging with the plugin he developed for Maya. Check this out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm442gEhYYI&feature=emb_title
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lxzPzV
Time to move on some new stuff.
The whole progress was streamed and available on my Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nimlot26
Also don't forget about my Patreon where you get the saved streams from the beginning of the year and so much more: https://www.patreon.com/nimlot
Cheers!
Emi did a great job on the rigging with the plugin he developed for Maya. Check this out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm442gEhYYI&feature=emb_title
nimlot26
9 ·
