[UDK] The Noire Clocktower Environment

aajohnny

Hey,

So it's been long due for me to make another personal environment, at least posting one. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and do something more in the lines of Team Fortress 2 and Sin City.

I came across this awesome concept, I don't plan on mimicking 100% of the concept, but it has a lot of things I like and I plan on implementing/keeping.(I have to look for the artist, I'll edit this when I get his/her name):




Here is my really rough and early progress so far and don't mind the camera view, it's a bit off:




Goals:

• Create and atmospheric piece
• Get better at shaders
• Practice Hand-painting textures (regardless if they will be black & white)
• Maintain a consistent art style

This list is bound to grow.


Things to do (as of 9/06/13):

• Add some more props
• Fix some props that I already made
• Tweak lightmaps
• Add minor color, I intend to have the barrels red
• Work on the clock section

Tons to do, the list is too long, but I wanted to share at the early stages of my environment. Thanks for looking!

aajohnny

Quick update:



Update:
9/06/13

• Added color to the barrels
• Tweaked the lighting a bit along with lightmaps
• Added a temporary cityscape in the background (tiledshot doesn't allow DOF)

Mr Significant

why do you add the city? Withiut I think it's looks better. And the city doesnt appear on the concept.

Looks interesting, subscribed to looking forward how it's evolved. I think the atmoshere/ambient light will do the main work. It's like greenish or something like that.

One thing: the spider webs (my PRO enlgish, sorry ) can be bigger, when they're so small it's look strange.

mikhga

Looking sweet so far, very cool concept! I think it's a good idea to add a small touch of colour ala Sin City and I also think you should add a tint of green in your post processing to match the concept art.

I'll be following this!

EDIT: I agree about the city, I personally think it's a bit distracting at the moment, but perhaps the DoF will help. Also think you should give the barrels a brighter red, to make them pop even more.

aajohnny

Thanks for the crits guys.

@Mikhga: Thanks! I added some green to it, hopefully it's better now?

@Mr Significant: I got rid of it , I totally agree with you about it. Great suggestions on the spiderwebs, I'll take those on next update.

Pixelatedkiwi

That is a cool concept, haven't seen a lot of film noire stuff and so far its looking great, looking forward to seeing this progess

mikhga

Looking much better! But I still think you could increase both the saturation of the green tint and the brightness of the red.

SirSpangles

This is all looking very nice, but the entire time I was scrolling through the images I was waiting for you to finally add the clock face arms. Its there in the concept very faintly, I think it would really add to scene.

Sugus

This is looking very good. One of the things of the concept i realy like is the camera angle. Sharp vertical looking down. You seemed to have softened that and made it less sharp. I was just wondering wether this is the final camera angle or if you're planning on exploring a bit more?

Will be following this!

aajohnny

Thanks guys! Hopefully these changes are in the right direction. In terms of the camera view this is really as close as I can get to the concept, the perspective in the concept seems a bit off

chrisradsby

Looking good so far man

Suba

That's sweet. The red stands out a little too much now though. ^^ Gotta find the right balance.