Jumping in on this one cause I love the theme. Just a small piece from me as I'm limited on time.
A butane torch with a modified nozzle, WIP from last night. Keeping it under 1000 tri's. This will (hopefully) all come together in the textures. Working on the normals now.
@PaperTig3rs: cheers. I didn't do a hi-lo poly or anything, just used combination of ndo and other techniques, cobbled together in photoshop... using diffuse, normal, spec and gloss maps.
Sorry to say, but I have made pretty much no progress on my model, as simester finals are this week. Thankfully, they are over, so now I cna get going on this thing.
I'd like to see something in the spirit of the holidays... maybe a really cute scene of what you think / thought Christmas would be like. So Santa a few elves and deers, presents and all that jazz but in a fun action filled scene or perhaps even a "stop motion" scenery?
That is what I got to offer, I was also thinking sort of lowpoly but not too low just low enough to get done in a few weeks, could run till January 2nd ? Even though i know these are supposed to be a week long perhaps that is why we don't get many entries?
Hey guys, I guess I did bite off way more than I could chew with this project. I got a surprise Christmas gift - the Gnomon Masterclasses which are only available for 2 weeks and that's a lot of info to take in.
@vikingfunk I really like your start on this piece. You might want to break up some of the noise on that handle piece and scuff it's edges some
@PaperTig3rs Yeah! The crack is looking great. You can still project it as a normal map from this state for the final.
@SaferDan Nice rework shifting where things are connected, I'm guessing there are still some beat up passes to come
@katana Nice start, I need to dabble in kitbashing sometime. I've been eyeing BadKing's insert meshes ha.
I put a little more time into her, to make her more relatable, I'm not sure I'll have the time to get this to a completed state.
So this art jam we will be doing props. The jam is to be focused more on textures and lighting (presentation) and less on the model. So I have determined a soft cap of 500 tri's. If you need more, then use them, but try not to put 500 into something like a crowbar if you don't need them.
All props must show at least two materials.
Choose one of the subjects listed below.
The model should be able to be made in one sitting. Spend the rest of the two weeks on textures, lighting and rendering. You can render within your 3d app or finalize in Marmoset Toolbox, UDK or Cry Engine if you must.
I would prefer you to use the 3D app's render tools as I think we become to dependent on push button solutions.
I would prefer no NDO or DDO, but again if you feel you must use them, so be it.
With the ComicCon Challenge starting on the first, I wanted to give people something more simple to create and keep the Jam focused on those things that usually need more attention.
Final presentation should show Tri count, wires, texture maps and a final render.
This jam will be 3D only. I might also suggest that If you are entering the ComicCon Challenge, this will be a good chance to work out your flow on an unrelated object.
As always, have fun!
1. Barrel (Labels)
2. Crate (bolts, nails)(Ammo box, treasure chest...etc.)
3. Crowbar (Wrapped handle)
4. Fire Extinguisher
5. Lever action rifle
6. Canteen (Cap and container)
7. Spyglass
8. Wooden Leg (leather straps for binding)
9. m9 Bayonet
10. Boots (any era or Genre)
11. Scissors
12. Screwdriver
13. Hammer
14. Axe
15. Club (which can be made from anything)
16. Hat
17. Tire and rim (Include lettering)
18. Lamp post
19. Trash Can
20. Broom
21. Revolver
22. Gas Pump
23. Chair
24. Shovel
25. Laptop
@Needse: That's really nice, good attention to detail.
I'm falling behind on jam work with moving house, I was wanting to post them all together for some reason then realised that's stupid. So here's my work from Battle Creatures and Light Cycles.
I'm a fan of choppers (especially Suzuki Marauders) so I saw this by John Frye and had to do it.
The wasteland stuff is ongoing, a few failed starts.
I've mashed together a few concepts for my reference:
I've made the buggy and realised I was getting ahead of myself and doing things backwards in terms of workflow. So I started on the boy, blocked in and unwrapped ready for a bit of sculpting and then buggered my system by uninstalling Bonjour when I was doing a clean up. Now I'm moving house this weekend so it's all had to go on the back burner. I apologise for missing my own jam.
FYI, to anybody who has Modo: Bonjour is an Apple software product but required by Modo for DNS stuff as far as I gather. I removed Bonjour from my system thinking it was Apple being a pain in the arse with secondary software but turns out I needed it.
If you don't have a Steam account, then you should go do that now, or just skip to the end and pick the game that you've sunk the most hours into.
Step 2: Determine which game you've spent the most hours playing.
Step 3: That is now your personal game brief for this Art Jam.
For example, my most played game, at 70 hours, is FTL, so that's my theme for this Art Jam. Post up what your game is and get cracking.
Now everyone having a different brief may seem a bit disparate, but take this as a chance to spread some love for your favourite game. As usual, 2D and 3D work is welcome and WIPs are encouraged.
Also, if anybody wants to put their Steam profiles out there and add a few more people to their friends list then that's also fine.
My Steam ID is: LordSebbington. Anyone is welcome to add me on there.
Feel free to PM me with any questions and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
I'm gonna sorta kinda join in with this and finish up some older pieces I have. My most played franchises are L4D (300 hours),Borderlands (150 hours) and Dota2 (125 hours). And I've still got some lowpoly models laying around from L4D that need finetuning and texturing. I'm thinking of putting them in a sort of DOTA minimap kind of thing.
Now just to make things clear, I'm not exactly aiming to do everything in time for the 23rd deadline, just that this seems a nice moment/reason to finish that old work.
So this art jam we will be doing A Snowy Scene. The winter here in Connecticut has been very mild. We have enjoyed warmer than usual temperatures for most of the winter, but just last week we saw some mild snow, so i thought it would be fun to do a Jam on Snow.
All scenes must show at least two Models. The snow and something for the snow to cover.
Feel free to use an existing model from your library. This is about snow, not about building a host model. So keep things fast on setting up the scene and work the flow around creating snow, ice, and or even a particle storm.
Extra cookies for animations...:)
This Jam is also open to 2D! Show us what you got!
I've been working with materials in UDK, there's still a lot for me to get to grips with so this seemed like a good time. I've used the packaged RockMesa06 while I work out materials.
Cavity frost - non directional. Rock Diffuse and normal + Snow Diffuse.
Directional - always on top - snow build up. Rock diffuse and normal + Snow diffuse and normal.
To do list: I'm having trouble isolating the rock spec and I'd also like to add additional spec in the cavities - try work in some drips too. Also the heavy snow transition seems pretty rough without my adding a high fall off parameter. If I get chance a wee bit of SSS/emissive too. GSOKOL's thread is full of info.
I've mainly been working from a video by TheUDKScriptures. Once the material seems stable I'm aiming to add a bit of sparkle - see UDK documentation. The final scene will be basic, I'm looking at materials for this Jam.
There's a ton of resources online and I've found some gems on here but if anyone knows any particularly good sources I'd really appreciate it.
This is going to be the penultimate Art Jam so if you want to get involved, now's the time. The new theme from 07/02/14 - 20/02/14 is:
THE ELDER SCROLLS
The latest Elder Scrolls Online beta test begins today with thousands of keys being recently distributed. (I know, enough shouting about it, it's dunmer head in so far.)
So, in the run up to release let's take a look at all things Elder Scrolls.
There's a lot of material to work with: from dungeons to taverns, Orcs to Nords or even Death Stare NPCs to Lusty Argonian Wenches (Good luck Googling that one).
As usual, everyone is welcome to participate, 2D and 3D is equally welcome and WIPs are encouraged. If you have any questions, please PM me or post. Good luck!
ART JAM - FRIDAY 14February2014-28February2014
Hands
For the final Art Jam, we will be concentrating on making first person hands. If you have a weapon or other object from a past jam to place in those hands, even better.
The goal is to set up a 1st person view as in countless games.
2D or 3D is fine. Any method, workflow, program or tool is fine.
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A butane torch with a modified nozzle, WIP from last night. Keeping it under 1000 tri's. This will (hopefully) all come together in the textures. Working on the normals now.
LordSebbington - yeah it still looks way too clean, trying to figure out marmo2 but running out of time so might just go Marmo 1 for this!
Took a break yesterday. Back at it today
@PaperTig3rs: I like where this is going. Interested to see more.
@papercliphouse: Nice progress so far. Love the style.
Quick update from me. First texture pass. Added a control valve. Not exactly sure where this is going, but happy with it so far.
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I really like the way your prop is coming along @ vikingfunk
Good job on the normal. Did you use Xnormal? also what maps are applied ?
I was kitbashing this frame out this morning from my files.
That is what I got to offer, I was also thinking sort of lowpoly but not too low just low enough to get done in a few weeks, could run till January 2nd ? Even though i know these are supposed to be a week long perhaps that is why we don't get many entries?
Your guys choice.
@vikingfunk I really like your start on this piece. You might want to break up some of the noise on that handle piece and scuff it's edges some
@PaperTig3rs Yeah! The crack is looking great. You can still project it as a normal map from this state for the final.
@SaferDan Nice rework shifting where things are connected, I'm guessing there are still some beat up passes to come
@katana Nice start, I need to dabble in kitbashing sometime. I've been eyeing BadKing's insert meshes ha.
I put a little more time into her, to make her more relatable, I'm not sure I'll have the time to get this to a completed state.
If anyone is interested in hosting art jams on a rotating basis with us, please let us know.
Thanks.
ART JAM - FRIDAY 27December2013 - 09January2014
So this art jam we will be doing props. The jam is to be focused more on textures and lighting (presentation) and less on the model. So I have determined a soft cap of 500 tri's. If you need more, then use them, but try not to put 500 into something like a crowbar if you don't need them.
All props must show at least two materials.
Choose one of the subjects listed below.
The model should be able to be made in one sitting. Spend the rest of the two weeks on textures, lighting and rendering. You can render within your 3d app or finalize in Marmoset Toolbox, UDK or Cry Engine if you must.
I would prefer you to use the 3D app's render tools as I think we become to dependent on push button solutions.
I would prefer no NDO or DDO, but again if you feel you must use them, so be it.
With the ComicCon Challenge starting on the first, I wanted to give people something more simple to create and keep the Jam focused on those things that usually need more attention.
Final presentation should show Tri count, wires, texture maps and a final render.
This jam will be 3D only. I might also suggest that If you are entering the ComicCon Challenge, this will be a good chance to work out your flow on an unrelated object.
As always, have fun!
1. Barrel (Labels)
2. Crate (bolts, nails)(Ammo box, treasure chest...etc.)
3. Crowbar (Wrapped handle)
4. Fire Extinguisher
5. Lever action rifle
6. Canteen (Cap and container)
7. Spyglass
8. Wooden Leg (leather straps for binding)
9. m9 Bayonet
10. Boots (any era or Genre)
11. Scissors
12. Screwdriver
13. Hammer
14. Axe
15. Club (which can be made from anything)
16. Hat
17. Tire and rim (Include lettering)
18. Lamp post
19. Trash Can
20. Broom
21. Revolver
22. Gas Pump
23. Chair
24. Shovel
25. Laptop
I'm falling behind on jam work with moving house, I was wanting to post them all together for some reason then realised that's stupid. So here's my work from Battle Creatures and Light Cycles.
Based on work by Erica Milhomem
I'm a fan of choppers (especially Suzuki Marauders) so I saw this by John Frye and had to do it.
The wasteland stuff is ongoing, a few failed starts.
I've mashed together a few concepts for my reference:
I've made the buggy and realised I was getting ahead of myself and doing things backwards in terms of workflow. So I started on the boy, blocked in and unwrapped ready for a bit of sculpting and then buggered my system by uninstalling Bonjour when I was doing a clean up. Now I'm moving house this weekend so it's all had to go on the back burner. I apologise for missing my own jam.
FYI, to anybody who has Modo: Bonjour is an Apple software product but required by Modo for DNS stuff as far as I gather. I removed Bonjour from my system thinking it was Apple being a pain in the arse with secondary software but turns out I needed it.
YOUR MOST PLAYED STEAM GAME
Jan 10th - Jan 23rd
So this may be a bad idea but here's what you need to do:
Step1: Visit the thread "Your Steam Account - Games Owned vs Games Played" and follow the LINK to see a breakdown of your Steam usage stats.
If you don't have a Steam account, then you should go do that now, or just skip to the end and pick the game that you've sunk the most hours into.
Step 2: Determine which game you've spent the most hours playing.
Step 3: That is now your personal game brief for this Art Jam.
For example, my most played game, at 70 hours, is FTL, so that's my theme for this Art Jam. Post up what your game is and get cracking.
Now everyone having a different brief may seem a bit disparate, but take this as a chance to spread some love for your favourite game. As usual, 2D and 3D work is welcome and WIPs are encouraged.
Also, if anybody wants to put their Steam profiles out there and add a few more people to their friends list then that's also fine.
My Steam ID is: LordSebbington. Anyone is welcome to add me on there.
Feel free to PM me with any questions and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
The materials have the Gili Monster colours, I know, but it's all about the Basilisk and 4 glorious teleporters.
Game ref:
I'm moving house this week but if I get time I'd like to maybe tackle a simple interior overlay too.
Now just to make things clear, I'm not exactly aiming to do everything in time for the 23rd deadline, just that this seems a nice moment/reason to finish that old work.
@Snader: Sounds good, no pressure to finish either - the Jam's quite easy going. It'd be good to see anything you put together.
Crits welcome, although I'm unlikely to go back to it to make major changes at this point... This was a fun piece to do.
Also a Borderlands inspired render, playing with gradient maps...
ART JAM - FRIDAY 24January2014 - 06February2014
So this art jam we will be doing A Snowy Scene. The winter here in Connecticut has been very mild. We have enjoyed warmer than usual temperatures for most of the winter, but just last week we saw some mild snow, so i thought it would be fun to do a Jam on Snow.
All scenes must show at least two Models. The snow and something for the snow to cover.
Feel free to use an existing model from your library. This is about snow, not about building a host model. So keep things fast on setting up the scene and work the flow around creating snow, ice, and or even a particle storm.
Extra cookies for animations...:)
This Jam is also open to 2D! Show us what you got!
As always, have fun!
@GameGuran: Glad to have you here, nice work.
I've been working with materials in UDK, there's still a lot for me to get to grips with so this seemed like a good time. I've used the packaged RockMesa06 while I work out materials.
Cavity frost - non directional. Rock Diffuse and normal + Snow Diffuse.
Directional - always on top - snow build up. Rock diffuse and normal + Snow diffuse and normal.
To do list: I'm having trouble isolating the rock spec and I'd also like to add additional spec in the cavities - try work in some drips too. Also the heavy snow transition seems pretty rough without my adding a high fall off parameter. If I get chance a wee bit of SSS/emissive too. GSOKOL's thread is full of info.
I've mainly been working from a video by TheUDKScriptures. Once the material seems stable I'm aiming to add a bit of sparkle - see UDK documentation. The final scene will be basic, I'm looking at materials for this Jam.
There's a ton of resources online and I've found some gems on here but if anyone knows any particularly good sources I'd really appreciate it.
For now, a bit more trial and error.
THE ELDER SCROLLS
The latest Elder Scrolls Online beta test begins today with thousands of keys being recently distributed. (I know, enough shouting about it, it's dunmer head in so far.)
So, in the run up to release let's take a look at all things Elder Scrolls.
There's a lot of material to work with: from dungeons to taverns, Orcs to Nords or even Death Stare NPCs to Lusty Argonian Wenches (Good luck Googling that one).
Here's a few Pinterest boards to get you started:
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- These
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As usual, everyone is welcome to participate, 2D and 3D is equally welcome and WIPs are encouraged. If you have any questions, please PM me or post. Good luck!
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ART JAM - FRIDAY 14February2014-28February2014
Hands
For the final Art Jam, we will be concentrating on making first person hands. If you have a weapon or other object from a past jam to place in those hands, even better.
The goal is to set up a 1st person view as in countless games.
2D or 3D is fine. Any method, workflow, program or tool is fine.
Have fun!
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