Piotr Gasior Prop Practice Thread - All Kind of Criticism Welcome!

plk4

Hi im new to 3d modelling, im staring with some smaller objects to start and well i need some opinions from you guys to help me progress. Currently modelling is not my main priority (im 16) i just started my A levels and its hard for me to concentrate between all the subjects and modelling. But i am willing to learn so if there are any comments keep them coming


Here are a few screenshots of a can i've been working on

biofrost

Hey man, this is off to a good start. Modeling looks clean but for a typical game you would not need to model the tab. One thing I would work in is the spec map. If you look at a can you will notice lines going around it from the metal.

Keep going man!

AlexCatMasterSupreme

YOLO...
no.

plk4

The yolo part is just sarcastic, dont be offended by it. Other than that thanx for your comments and I will work on the speculars.

Snader

Nobody here is offended - it's just a rather stupid design. You'll want to create a can design that's somewhat interesting and has a plausible brand.

This one won't fit in a regular game because of the silly name, and it won't work in an over the top game (for instance "Dudebro™ — My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time") because the design is far too boring. You'd need something more normal, or something far more extreme.
So, this:


or this:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs"]Powerthirst - YouTube[/ame]

Also, I think you're using a rather large budget for a simple energy can. Generally nowadays they use a simple 10 sided cylinder or something, for the next generation we'll probably be adding tapered tops and bottoms, but not completely modeled tabs. Night now cans are about 40~50 triangles apiece on a high-end game, in the future they'll be something like 150~200 - but yours is at about 500~600.

On the other hand, if this were a first-person item you'd be much too sparing with polygons and as a result the silhouette is choppy. And also for a first-person object it's just... boring.

plk4

This is a high poly version, i will be making a low poly as well. as for the texture I used a wrapper from, a actual drink, fort now all i changed is the name and some logos.

SnowInChina

except the can is your main character !

HendrikN

actually it would be 128x128

plk4

Tight know I'm making it uber large so later on I can scale it down later on, The bigger texture will be used for the High poly and the smaller (probably 128 x 128 ) for the game itself. The high poly would be for a cinematic kind of thing so the poly budget is fairly big for a can.

plk4

I've changed texture completely and stayed with the more realistic one like you recomended.

I'm happy with how the can looks at the moment so I started working on some posters.
So far I made 2 diffuses one normal, they will be interchangeable so different combinations could be used.

Nearly forgot, here are the original pictures i used for diffuse maps.

Aga22

you made...a poster? ok, i know you're new to 3d modelling but...

plk4

I know its easy to make a poster but that was more to practice normal mapping and speuclars then as a chalenge in making 3d models.

BobtheGreatII

I don't really see why a pop can should need a normal map. What did you make it in? personally I think it would probably look just fine with a nice spec map.

ActionDawg

it kinda looks like you used your diffuse for the can and converted it to a normal map
please tell me i'm mistaken

plk4

Your partially right somedoggy, I've converted it but then painted over with the flat color the areas that were supposed to be flat. BobtheGreatll, thats a good thought i might remake it with a better specular.

plk4

Hi in the past days i had made a couple new assets and textures so judge away.

This is a decal i had made, layered over a asphalt texture.



Another decal tested how it looks in marmoset.



And here are some more models

First one is a model of a mag nothing overly complicated, just a simple model.



This model is slightly, (I mean really) more complicated then the previous one. Its a DVD case with a cover that should be semi high poly.