Hand Painted Wood

Shuaws

Hey guys just wanted a critique on this hand painted wood texture I made. I know I can add more to it, im just not sure what I should do next. Anyway any critiques would be great thanks.

Catchingdusk

Hm, is it meant to tile? Right now it looks like it wouldn't be able to with the right side being so much more darker then the left.

It's a good start!

I think you could benefit form sharpening up your detail a little bit. A good example can be found at
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68601 .

Shuaws

Alright ill give it a go and yah I noticed it doesn't tile but ill fix that up

Shuaws

So I fixed the tile issue and made my panels and detail layers sharper, also added a overlay from a grunge texture and added some detail

Catchingdusk

Much better!
You could even work on defining the edges a bit further by darkening the gaps a smudge, but that all depends on the look you're going for.

eg:

(I think I went too dark there, but it was a bit of a rush job.)

One other thing you could work on is the scratches in the wood. Some of them are wonderful, ie


It's soft so it looks like natural dents in the wood.

However, some of your scratches are very jagged and too sharp.
ie:


I hope this helps a bit! I'm looking forward to seeing what you make with this texture.

Graylord

Is it supposed to be logs or planks? If you want them to be planks, the shading is too rounded/big.

Shuaws

@Catchingdusk thanks for the tips, yah im just practicing on texture work. As im getting some models/scenes done ill start posting.

@Graylord I was just really trying to make the texture look like wood I didnt have any specific direction

silkroadgame

It looked a bit flat for me,you can make the interspaces more clearly.

Snafubar7

Shuaws wrote: »

@Graylord I was just really trying to make the texture look like wood I didnt have any specific direction

Reference really helps get you where you're going. I think I see a fibers filter in that texture, I suggest bumping down the opacity and make more strokes off of what general shapes you see in the fiber filter, then paint your lighting info around that and go from there.

The Masked Beast

I feel like its a little noisy - are you trying to paint a sort of realistic piece of wood or more stylized?