[UDK] Industrial street
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Hey Guys,
I'm working on industrial street, as a portfolio piece.
Should I add more street elements (Fire hydrant? Street names?), or maybe correct lighting ?
At this stage I need some crit from you guys
Thanks !
UPDATE:
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I'm working on industrial street, as a portfolio piece.
Should I add more street elements (Fire hydrant? Street names?), or maybe correct lighting ?
At this stage I need some crit from you guys
Thanks !
UPDATE:
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Replies
The background,
The skyscrapers look too repetitive, I'd suggest for a portfolio piece to go as realistic as you can. Try making them diverse, not stand out, but not making them look like a game. It looks like that at the moment.
Next up, the streets themselves,
Now, they look good, in terms of scale, textures, placement and color. But they lack uniqueness, like you said, add some props. Try and look at real life places which resemble your street here. Ill help you:
This is a game, it may look old because of the blocky models and bad textures, but the placement feels real and unique:
Add vegitation, some moss here and there, on the walls, streets etc. Particle effects, like smoke out of chimneys, water on the sidewalks, flies around the garbage etc. etc.
For a portfolio, you want to show someone you gave 110%, so this what you have now is a nice base, but push it to the limit, i'd say!
Another thing, make a day and night scene, it will show you have an eye for lightning
Cheers!
It's looking really good so far. It looks as though you have used modular assets which is good but it looks very similar all round. Add things to break up the similarities like trash cans, fire hydrants, mail boxes, street signs, construction, cars, road markings(no loading) etc. Maybe even add some props to the rooftops like power generators and antenna. You could maybe even break up the textures a bit with some graffiti or maybe just make some of the brick textures darker/lighter on different buildings.
At the moment it feels kind of deserted so try to think of how inhabitants would change the environment. Maybe some breaks in the concrete or something.
Just a few suggestions, feel free to ignore it
I will come back with more updates after a weekend.
thanks again.
update:
Crazy what difference a bit of lighting does. Good job here
My only crits would be the building textures look quite flat in the daytime shot & that the pavement on the right looks pretty barren. Although its good to have space and areas to breathe in a still piece i personally think its feeling a tad empty.
Just nit picking though.
You should replace the bright white moon circle with a proper texture.
You can reduce the uniformity of the buildings by having some of the windows partially open - not enough to see into the interior, just enough to break up the uniform line. You can also try breaking out a pane of glass, or covering over a pane with cardboard.
The lighting in both scenes seems too bright; the storage sign especially seems brightly lit from some unseen source.
The dark lines on the side walk are much too dark and prominent.
The lit windows in the background buildings look too regular as well; you might be better served by leaving those buildings dark.
Lighting the storage or garage signs would give you opportunities for creativity.
The gutter beside the sidewalks should be cement.
@Dubzski : Thanks dude
@DWalker : thanks for lighting advice, I will focus first on night scene, and definitely will fix side walk. I am not sure about opening the windows... however I will experiment with that and see what works best. Thanks !
New lighting and some new pieces.
feel free to comment.
This is my final update (I think),feel free to comment
Thanks in advance.
Just going to throw this out. If you had a car chase going down the center of the street and some crack heads at the can fire it would be amazing. I know that's a ton of work but it would be really awesome and tell a story of sorts.