Pointers on Workflow and Retopo
interpolator
Hey!
Until now my workflow has been very short, using only Maya and Photoshop to handpaint my lowpoly objects.
Now I'm trying to expand my horizons and learn how to use Zbrush which is really, really difficult ( Why does every 3d program insist on having different hotkeys for everything?! ).
So what I'm doing is what I think is pretty standard. Highpoly > Sculpt > Retopo > Bake.
I'm doing the highpoly or initial blockout in Maya then move into Zbrush for sculpting and to retopo. Then I bake using Maya.
Here's my results :
WallLit by Jakpe, on Flickr
WallUnlit by Jakpe, on Flickr
WallWires by Jakpe, on Flickr
Ment for a FPS, the "low"-poly currently sits on 1351 tris which feels really high. I did the whole retopo in Zbrush, and it behaves a bit weird. Hence many polys being split.
What am I doing wrong with the retopo? Should the bricks be in like.. chunks instead of separate to save polys and if so how do I identify where this could be the solution?
Next issue is my lacking UVMapping skills, I used Maya to transfer the normals which I then poured liquid sex on using dDo :
AncientWall_dDo_d by Jakpe, on Flickr
AncientWall_dDo_n by Jakpe, on Flickr
Firstly, the sides have some serious stretching issues so they need to be pulled out.I'm finding myself realll lazy when it comes to UVmapping which is so fricken stupid! Here I basically split the parts that felt logical and just relaxed them alot..... In hindsight this sounds so dumb, but anyways! Moveing on!
The real headscratcher here is the big, thick and ugly bulges around all the edges. What am I doing wrong?
Is this problem related to the Highpoly > Retopo or to the Baking process?
Hopefully someone can shed some light on my problems!
If not, thanks for reading ^^
Until now my workflow has been very short, using only Maya and Photoshop to handpaint my lowpoly objects.
Now I'm trying to expand my horizons and learn how to use Zbrush which is really, really difficult ( Why does every 3d program insist on having different hotkeys for everything?! ).
So what I'm doing is what I think is pretty standard. Highpoly > Sculpt > Retopo > Bake.
I'm doing the highpoly or initial blockout in Maya then move into Zbrush for sculpting and to retopo. Then I bake using Maya.
Here's my results :
WallLit by Jakpe, on Flickr
WallUnlit by Jakpe, on Flickr
WallWires by Jakpe, on Flickr
Ment for a FPS, the "low"-poly currently sits on 1351 tris which feels really high. I did the whole retopo in Zbrush, and it behaves a bit weird. Hence many polys being split.
What am I doing wrong with the retopo? Should the bricks be in like.. chunks instead of separate to save polys and if so how do I identify where this could be the solution?
Next issue is my lacking UVMapping skills, I used Maya to transfer the normals which I then poured liquid sex on using dDo :
AncientWall_dDo_d by Jakpe, on Flickr
AncientWall_dDo_n by Jakpe, on Flickr
Firstly, the sides have some serious stretching issues so they need to be pulled out.I'm finding myself realll lazy when it comes to UVmapping which is so fricken stupid! Here I basically split the parts that felt logical and just relaxed them alot..... In hindsight this sounds so dumb, but anyways! Moveing on!
The real headscratcher here is the big, thick and ugly bulges around all the edges. What am I doing wrong?
Is this problem related to the Highpoly > Retopo or to the Baking process?
Hopefully someone can shed some light on my problems!
If not, thanks for reading ^^