[prop] power generator
polycounter lvl 9
Hi PC. 
I made a power generator recently.
Indoor use (just no direct sun/rain exposure), working, slightly weathered here and there, never cleaned (who would clean it anyway, huh).
3k triangles, 2 texture sets (spec, nor, diff). Took me about one full day (20-25h).
(Not on my website yet).
I made a power generator recently.
Indoor use (just no direct sun/rain exposure), working, slightly weathered here and there, never cleaned (who would clean it anyway, huh).
3k triangles, 2 texture sets (spec, nor, diff). Took me about one full day (20-25h).
(Not on my website yet).
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Crits:
- You choose to float some details over the surface, like the vent on the side and the boxes on top? In general that leads to wasted space on the UV's (the dark boxes on in the middle/top of your first texture sheet?). Most of the time a few more polys to connect those pieces won't cause the scene to chug, but if it lets you use the texture space more efficiently then its a win. Sure you can put something else inside the dead zone but then baking becomes a bit of a headache.
- The band around the pipe could have been attached to the main muffler mesh with a few more polys and unwrapped to the same space using up the dead area, making the texture more efficient and the textures easier to work with.
- I think you could have used one 1024px sheet and hit the same look. The pixel density is off by quite a bit, the vent on the side takes up almost as much space on the 2nd UV layout as the entire side of the generator in the first. You should apply a checker pattern and make sure that pixels are being evenly distributed.
- There are a few details that could be mirrored or stacked and no one would be any wiser. For example the bottom of the generator takes a pretty sizeable part of the 2nd UV layout. If that poly was cut in half it could be mirrored, if it was quartered it could take up only 1/4th of the space it does now and no one would probably notice.
I actually have a crit for your website. I like the way your framing your work but it may benefit you to make your front page thumbnails 50% to 75% larger. I just wanted to see a bit more of what i want to click on
keep up the good work
I agree with nick2730 about the presentation of your texture flats. Personally I think it looks a bit chaotic at the first sight but thats the only crit I have!
I forgot to include Sketchfab view (somehow I cannot embed it - button seems to not work at all):
https://sketchfab.com/show/bkz7li1WZX7PQSmbjxG9Gszo1ek
Also, I intended the second texture to be 512 finally, though I decided to leave it 1k for presentation, since it contain elements that can be considered as details. In 512 the UV res match quite close.
Most of the things are mirrored/duplicated. Side walls/panels, door joints, handles etc. But as you said, I could done it better.
Thanks a lot for the advices!
@nick2730: I used Marmoset Toolbag. And yeah, I used FG.
@Frozan: I will think about it, however im quite satisfied with how it looks now. :P
@AkiRa: Thanks, I'll take that into consideration when I will be updating my website.
Thanks for the comments folks.
Really nice job. The Marmoset renders and the high-poly are awesome. Was there any ZBrush involved or was it strictly polygonal modeling and floaters?
i like the colors a lot
@SnowInChina, @J0NNYquid: Thank you.
But which scratches you mean? The random/generic ones are for the stickers (intended to be glossy), which catch them really easily. I tried to place the other scratches logicaly though, so I'm quite confused which elements you can mean now.
Also I don't think that sharpening will help in any way - because the object contains a lot of flat and undetailed surfaces, so what can be sharpened there without distorting the image?
I meant the ones on the right on your texture sheet, you just drew in circles over the surface with a thin brush there
It dosnt matter how flat your surface is or what is on them. Its about the transistion between color and lightness, and its all so soft and washed out. It looks fine on your renders, but its hard to see any detail properly on them, and if you show off your diffuse then its worth the adjusting. Maybe just use a little smart sharpen to reduce the softness, and be careful on painting with a big soft brush over everything, you painted right over the shadow areas with white and such.
Also, one little thing which is important, leave your logo some space between it and your name, you do it right on your page
Those are the stickers. :P
You have and at once don't have right. Mind that diffuse actually sets colour of a surface, and the "white brush areas" here are... dust, which usually greys the surface it falls on (it is not a paint desaturation due to weathering - that doesnt happen in interiors that much). You can notice it on the smaller box's top. I'm aware I covered some diffuse shadows, but with company of normal and specular map it doesn't actually make a difference here.
Also, I still really don't think there is something needing sharpening.
Anyway, thank you for the detailed critique, it's quite rare to see it.