Guang's Sketchbook

GuangArt

Hi, now that I have a little more time, I would like to start a new thread with update works. C&Cs are welcome






Directories:

Starcraft Nova WIP Sep-/2012

Baneling Aug/2012

Smash Aug/2012

Hellhound Aug/2012










Hellhound(17-18/Aug/2012)

rendered with marmoset



Tri-count 5870


normal only


Highres



Maps using 2k


not really a lot going on in the spec map tho


I find that the spikes or teeth is very annoying when doing the low res mesh or UVtexturing, I wonder if theres a good way to deal with them??

nufftalon

Nice work you could enhance it by adding some passes of material in zbrush using bpr thats what I would do. Some ss might help his skin everything feels like the same surface. Think about the look of the surface the shine of the surface. Does he have slimy skin or elephant like rough skin? These are just a few of the questions you need to ask yourself.

GuangArt

thanks for the reply, I am very new to the game model workflow, I find to differentiate different materials just by using specular map is very challenging. For this model i wanted to go for a very fleshy slimy look, so for the specular map, should i have more noise and have a bigger contrast on the values?like using level adjustment??

butt_sahib

Well as far as the model is concerned, you have your primary shapes and then you have your tertiary details, but i cant seem to find any secondary details. You need to go in and work on the model at lower subdivision levels atm.

For speculars etc, you should read up on the polycount wiki which is an excellent resource and obviously, you should read up on what the experts say and by experts i mean the people over at ID.
-Polycount wiki
-id art reference
You could also look into gloss maps.

Jack Ryan

I'm not sure if there's any lighting in your diffuse shot - it doesn't look like it though, try a colour map shot with some lighting in there too

GuangArt

butt_sahib wrote: »

Well as far as the model is concerned, you have your primary shapes and then you have your tertiary details, but i cant seem to find any secondary details. You need to go in and work on the model at lower subdivision levels atm.

For speculars etc, you should read up on the polycount wiki which is an excellent resource and obviously, you should read up on what the experts say and by experts i mean the people over at ID.
-Polycount wiki
-id art reference
You could also look into gloss maps.

thanks for the reply! those tutorials are very helpful! Im not sure what secondary details you are referring, I thought what i am lacking was the tertiary details and the little holes and stuff are consider to be the secondary details?o.O Anyway thanks a lot!

GuangArt

Jack Ryan wrote: »

I'm not sure if there's any lighting in your diffuse shot - it doesn't look like it though, try a colour map shot with some lighting in there too

thanks for reply!it was my first time trying marmoset, the lighting i was using was the sunlight ambient preset with a spot light. How do people normally set up their light in marmoset?

GuangArt

:):):):)

Jack Ryan

GuangArt wrote: »

thanks for reply!it was my first time trying marmoset, the lighting i was using was the sunlight ambient preset with a spot light. How do people normally set up their light in marmoset?

I'm sorry I've never used Marmoset, I'm sure someone else will be able to help though!

GuangArt

New model I just made. To be honest I m not confident about this one. Design wise is fail. Trying to make a guy can smash with his arms.

Brute'Smash' (19-21/Aug/2012)

Tri count 4312, Using 2k maps, rendered in Marmoset



Wire


Normal only


Hi-res



maps




Still trying to understand how the specular map works

butt_sahib

Man you really did go in and tried to learn and improve. Thats what its all about. Excellent progress man, this new model looks ALOT better than the first one. The speculars are looking sweet aswell.

As far as the level of detail i talked about is concerned, heres how i go about it myself. In the following example, lets say, we're modelling a finger
Primary- A tube. Just to give a general shape and weight
Secondary- Adding/taking away from the mess to add in the mass. The bigger details that tighten up the finger. Eg adding in the tendons, making the nail, hinting at the joints etc
Tertiary- Really going in and adding details.Generally encompassing all stages/sizes of skin folds and the skin surface detail (bumps and veins etc)
I hope that was understandable

Looking great so far man. Keep chuggin'!

GuangArt

butt_sahib wrote: »

Man you really did go in and tried to learn and improve. Thats what its all about. Excellent progress man, this new model looks ALOT better than the first one. The speculars are looking sweet aswell.

As far as the level of detail i talked about is concerned, heres how i go about it myself. In the following example, lets say, we're modelling a finger
Primary- A tube. Just to give a general shape and weight
Secondary- Adding/taking away from the mess to add in the mass. The bigger details that tighten up the finger. Eg adding in the tendons, making the nail, hinting at the joints etc
Tertiary- Really going in and adding details.Generally encompassing all stages/sizes of skin folds and the skin surface detail (bumps and veins etc)
I hope that was understandable

Looking great so far man. Keep chuggin'!

Thanks! I was started to thinkin the same thing, about the second model, the definition on a lot of stuff is not clear enough, hard to tell what those are. Next one ill try to spend some more time on the sculpt:)

GuangArt

Hi, havent update for a while, have spent sometime last week to play the new Guild wars 2, Great art:)
heres a new model I did for last couple days

Baneling 31/Aug-2/Sep/2012
Tris Count:2938 1K map



norm only


wire


maps

GuangArt

A new model based on Nova from Starcraft Ive been working on. Original Concept by Paul 'Zeronis' Kwan.

I will probably take a bit more time on this project.

Im doing the one on the left