Environment Test (Fail T-T)

tierzilla

Hey guys , i recently got rejected for an apply as a environment artist , the feedback was "im a character artist"
i know this:
instead of backing all i should make a 512x512 texture with the blue panel , other 512x512 with the yellow strip and so on..
is there anything you can critique me? please i really need some real feedback.
Thanks you guys!

Screens:







The textures



what i should done



and here is my "portfolio" working in my own page at the moment.

http://tierzilla.deviantart.com/gallery/

Thank you again guys!

tierzilla

i know there's only characters in my "folio" but i've donne environments when i was currently working in other studio and i can't show them till they release the game/update , so...

PixelMasher

yea the biggest hinderances to this is the lighting/lack of sky/background (presentation really matters) and the one you picked up on which is by far the biggest reason it was rejected was the lack of use of tiling textures and having everything uniquely unwrapped. by utillizing tileable textures you could have much higher fidelity/crisper texture work and it would be reuseable to create an entire level's worth of assets and architecture. I would take a look at some of tor fricks enviros where he uses one or 2 tileable textures to create it all.

this could help:
http://eat3d.com/udk_modular

tierzilla

Thanks PixelMasher , but how do you manage to bake the shadows for example?

Rurouni Strife

If you're using an engine like UDK or what not, it uses a second UV channel for light maps. It can also use cascading shadow maps which is a different approach to lighting that saves time since you don't need a second UV channel but doesn't give quite the same quality of shadow result.

I can't tell what engine you're using there-but you could possibly use a second UV channel for a baked light map anyway. For a scene like this you'd want to use light maps.

tierzilla

Thanks Rurouni Strife!
was Marmoset!

radiancef0rge

wait they gave you a test and then rejected you and said youre a character artist not an environment artist?

tierzilla

yes radiancef0rge , they stop my apply cause i was a character artist =/

tierzilla

Hey guys , so i did exactly the same as this tutorial

http://www.digitaltutors.com/lesson/32330

can someone enlight me please?