VG Remix - Zelda Ocarina of Time

MGrecke

I just knew I had to choose some of the zelda games which I love, I really wanted to do something with Majoras Mask but the scene where you fight phantom Ganon as a boss in Ocarina of Time is just a too good memory for me so, thats my choosing.

As I'm mainly just a 2D artist and have done like, 3 really crappy low poly characters in my life I'm gonna try to keep things as simple as possible for me and just gonna try and do my best at the texturing! Hopefully things work out because I really wanna finish this in time.

Here is my first sketch of the idea,

LANKUS MAXIMUS

You are a genius. One of the most memorable boss battles of my childhood.

Awesome choice for a diorama. Good luck with it dude, the sketches are nice.

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ashleighmills

Nice choice!

Grindy

Love the style of that Link on the bottom right, are you going to model him that way?

Good luck!

MGrecke

Thanks all! Yes the plan is that he would look close to that anyway!

PaperTig3rs

Can't wait for this one Good Luck!

MGrecke

Was gonna start modeling Link and, I just had no idea how to start since it was so long since I used Maya, soo yeee it was a real pain getting this at the stage it is at the moment but ye, I think its working out anyways. I will happily take any crits or wathever, but I like the design on link so far, and gonna push the texture a lot more!



and since I had so much trouble with this, mostly unwraping it I think, I'm scared for doing ganondorf and his horse my god

stephonatron

If you're using Maya to unwrap, I highly recommend downloading Roadkill UV or something similar. It will make your life a million times easier and stop premature baldness from tearing your hair out. And it's free. Yay!

http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/page8.htm <---Roadkill UV

Also I'm loving Link's facial expression. Made my day.

MGrecke

yes im using maya, and tell me about ripping my hair out... thanks for the tip, shame i use mac then

forgot to mention that Link is at 444 tris if anyone was curious
prob gonna start at the environment next, also finish Links texture in between!

stephonatron

Awww

I'm sure there are things similar to roadkill for mac though if you poke around a bit.

MGrecke

moooreee updates, I actually did some more while having trouble to upload this image haha,
finished navi and a lot of the stage, so will post that soon!
but heres more of link, and unfinished textures on shield and sword

Grindy

He looks so badass! I like it so far.

MGrecke

Thanks!
I didnt quite figure out how to put different textures on different things on sketchfab,
but here is the scene anyways! without textures

[SKETCHFAB]190d329130c348c483bdb273880bc9a2[/SKETCHFAB]

MGrecke

Here is how the stage is looking at the moment! also improved a lot on Links textures!
doing such low ress on the environment really makes it super pixelated



so next up is phantom ganon!

PaperTig3rs

I like it:)

mafubash

LOL! I really like Links face! I can't wait to see this finished.

Spacey

How many textures are you using for that environment? You should probably be using at least two 128x128 textures, if not more. The triforce on the ground is a large, iconic symbol and should be reading clearly. I'd use what you need to make that so.

I guess I never commented on this. I really loved your initial sketch and it looks like it's coming along beautifully in the model. Personally I liked the face in the sketch more than the one you have on the model. The features on the model are spaced out too evenly and end up coming off kind of boring whereas the face has a bit more interest. Seems minor, but faces are oh-so-important.

Also, are you planning on turning the texture filtering off? I find it helps unite the lower pixel density objects with the higher (that is Link will sit better in the environment).

MGrecke

Ye I'm using one 64x64 I think for the floor, but if you think I should use more I probably will, because as you said, its kind of important and you see so much of it.

and you are right about the face, I personally really liked it a lot more on the sketch swell, but I could never get the same feel on the model.. but redo and do right

what is texture filtering? As I mentioned before this is like my third model ever so, haha

Spacey

Another option for the triforce is to actually build it out of some triangles and float them above the ground. It's an extra 6 triangles (main three in the middle and the three on the outside) but it'll make that read crisply and you won't need to worry about the texture size as much. It might stand out too much being so crisp, but it's worth a try.

Using unfiltered rendering will make the textures in your scene "pixel-perfect". That is, you'll be able to see each individual pixel in your texture instead of them being blended together. You can see that blending happening most notably on the edges of the triforce on the ground.

How to do it in Sketchfab: http://blog.sketchfab.com/post/55600423016/pixel-art
How to do it in various 3D programs: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51622

MGrecke

Thanks a lot for all the tips man! appreciate it : ) I would never have figured it out by myself,
gonna try it out!

minorthreat

looking awesome