Prop work
Decided to post my work from class on here so I can get even more feedback. Feel free to comment away. It has occurred to me this will be a very large first post...please forgive me. I will split Spring and Fall on different posts on this thread to make it easier on mostly me. Anything in fall I am still working on and will still be making time to tweak before the end of the semester.
All Low poly work rendered in Marmoset
Thanks for looking!
Spring 2012:
All Low poly work rendered in Marmoset
Thanks for looking!
Spring 2012:
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Haven't had a chance to do proper renders of the bicycle HP but here is one shot.
How did you do the details on the samurai helmet ? (the barok patterns etc.)
But really, awesome work!
MisterSande> Thanks. The detail work was just done by sub-d modeling flat then bent with the rest of the helmet parts.
coots7> Yea haha, not exactly what people think of when they make props, but the shapes provided hard challenge in the making of the high poly.
S_ource> Thanks for the feedback. After that bike I realized solid black should not be as solid black as it is and just use contrast to make it seem black. as for the pistol base mesh I believe this is what you would like?
The textures are a bit too clean though imo.
E.g. the base on the chair is too clean compared to the rest of the chair.
Looks great though!
nedwork> Thanks. I want to put them in UDK however for now they are rendered in Marmoset engine as the tool bag allows for quick rendering/on the fly updating.
dirigible> Thanks
komaokc> Thanks. I will keep that in mind when I go back over the objects for this semester. I really want to add some dirt to the tires etc. During downtime I will try to get around to fixing the chair textures.
For the motorbike I drew wires over a side image and then just built from a plane to get the general shape and proportions. I had tried to just build it from an image plane however that was a headache. So drawing a real quick wire flow greatly helped. Once the main body was made from there its just small pieces everywhere.
Here is an update. HP shots of the bicycle and a new object. Now going to go back and continue tweaking over.
Im really impressed with the textures and high poly work. Overall great job. I'm not good enough to give you critique but this is amazing!
Here is my last project for my class this semester. As it is closing to the end I have taken time to go back and tweak all my previous work! As all the pictures are external links they have been updated with the new versions (kinda sucks as cannot compare to old versions...but I did not want to flood the page again). I tried to make some things more dirty and define the textures as well as tweak the mesh where possible. All HPs are now re-rendered with more AO love in max.
Cheers, and thanks everyone for the feedback! Now to do more art!:)
joshmtyler> Thanks for the input! Yea, I think my mistake on that one was on the HP I did not make the grill thick enough so that it would be able to pull off a lower texture, the aliasing mucks it up. Going to give it a try though.
You did a pretty good job of making the flint lock pistol look worn, but there are a couple of little details that could help sell the look a bit more. For instance, there could be more oil buildup on the wooden part of the handle, where a person's hand touches it the most. There could be more scratches on the mechanical parts, particularly where the hammer gets cocked back and forth repeatedly. Unless of course your intention was to show a pistol that hasn't really been used a lot, but rather kept in storage or some kind of gun collection, in which case disregard those last two comments
Well here is the LP and maps of the blunderbuss. Took longer then I wanted as I was sick as hell while I worked on it. So do not exactly remember most of the middle part of building it *shrug* Was fun either way
Here is my next project. Much more heavy then the gun so taking more time. I still need to go do another pass over the HP I think; make sure nothings weird and add any details needed. But here is a shot!
HP render looks good.
Your LP texturing is getting there for sure.
I can see material definition, but the overall shot angles are too dark.
From what it looks like in the reference, the motorcycle is not very shiny.
But I think your spec could be pushed a lot more. So it might also be the lighting is not hitting the specular areas and its obscuring a lot of cool details. I'm sure your not done with it. I'm liking the dirt and subtle scratches, side directionality of dirt sratches is cool.
Maybe adding more lights in marmoset might help shine multiple areas that show scratched metal well.
serriffe> Thanks!
luge> Thanks for the advice! Glad to hear I am inspiring ya!
Ehsan Gamer> thanks
Here is a new project, just finished up the High Poly. Its the Arc Generator Gun from District 9. Was fun! I always wanted to make this gun, so glad I can finally do it. Nice blend of hard surface and some Organic hard surface. Now on to the low!
Now time to get on to that low-poly!
Chase> haha, you can see the LP of the motorcycle up a few posts, but I will be updating that soon.
And here is a WIP shot of the district 9 arc generator gun! I want to do some minor touch ups as this weekend we have a local portfolio review and wanna be ready for it!
this ended up being a pretty high low poly (or at least I feel it is) went about it as a First person type weapon and the front repeating parts and canisters add geo like mad. Count is at 7800 tris.
Thanks for looking
The angle between the front and side might be a bit too smooth; looking at the reference image, the front has a distinctly different shade than the side, with a fairly sharp curve indicated by a highlight.
The tire textures seem a bit too bright.
Well, today is the end of the semester so I have gotten time to work over a few things. I have updated most of them so here are the final LP shots. I do not want to spam it all as it would be a bit heavy, so you can see the HPs and Map sheets on my website ( www.markbolak.com ). Feel free to take a look at my site as well and leave any feedback for that also! Otherwise, here are the updated LPs!