Art Nouveau Style Resturant [Large Images]
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Hey. I'm making this interior project and want all of yar feedback. I'm being pretty concise so sorry about that, I am tired but want to put this up before I change my mind! So there.
There is alot of room for improvement so anything at all is well appreciated. Thanks.
Disclaimer: A floor texture visible in one of the screenshots is not mine, it is default Amnesia. It will be replaced. Painting on wall is a manipulated piece by Alphonse Mucha. (His stuff is public domain, as far as I can tell)
There is alot of room for improvement so anything at all is well appreciated. Thanks.
Disclaimer: A floor texture visible in one of the screenshots is not mine, it is default Amnesia. It will be replaced. Painting on wall is a manipulated piece by Alphonse Mucha. (His stuff is public domain, as far as I can tell)
Breif:
Interior environment styled as an art nouveau restaurant + assembled and presented in Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Mini Overview:
- Tile-sets for level architecture
- Props
- Lighting
- A touch of VFX & Sound
- aka a game environment.
Replies
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a promising scene you have there from what I can see.
To keep my feedback short for the moment I only want to say that the lighting is the main issue in your scene. Everything is too dark to see details or material effects.
So first I suggest block in a proper lighting. I suggest you browse for some fotos of restaurants or search for references in movies how those places are lit.
The main question you should ask yourself: What should a visitor / the viewer feel when entering / seeing this place? At the moment it is very spooky. Just add a light spot from a flashlight and a few hrash shadows and this will be a perfect setting for game like silenthill something.
The room can communicate many emotions via its lighting.
You could go for a warm and friendly look like maybe this (a place were people would like to spend their time and eat):
You could go for conspriracy-vibe, like in smooth criminal:
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@Slave_zero, Thanks, I'm very pleased that the second reply to this thread produced Smooth Criminal.
- Alright, you bring a solid point about the lighting. I want to maintain some of the spookiness. Maybe I could have parts of the resturant be a warmer and more lit areas..create a bit of variation?
I will get to the above, but today I finally got started on the piano texture after uvs and baking. So here's a wippy.
I think the mood is really good, but like Slave_zero said, I think some areas could be lightened up just a bit. If this is supposed to be a game environment, maybe make point a + point b in the level design be a bit lighter than the rest. Points of interest, essentially, rather than everything being the same scheme.
I have been playing with the stuff you guys have said. And been messing with some of the materials aswell. I dropped a bunch of flowerpots in a messy manner, just trying out things.
I want plants on a few different levels, some up near the ceiling, some hanging down etc.
Anyway here how it looks atm.
Apart from that it looks awesome.
I wish I knew some restaurants looking that way
I've touched a few things like the flower pot. Changed some colors on the walls. More to come. The walls still need atleast another pass - all over - the pillars and textures etc. Maybe make a shade for the wall lightbulbs? I'm not feeling it at the moment. Add carpet probably.
Anyway the lighting is way better !
Is there some water flowing from the ceiling to the ground ? If so, it looks a little bit weird in such a luxurious place. Plus it doesn't seem to fall verticaly
Add in a few simple props like the last plates from the final guests. A mop bucket, a regular bucket and a table wipe. A glass of wine left by the pianist. Turn off the lights in half the restaurant; that part's already been cleaned.
And there you go, quite quickly, from a sterile videogame level, to a calm scene from a movie. There's a story, a small, intimate one, but a story nonetheless.
Heck if you're really short on time, have just one almost-finished meal on one table with a bit more light. The keyholder's about to go home, but it was a busy night and he hasn't had any time to eat while customers were around. Employees have already left, and he's about to. He's tired and it's late, but they did make a good profit. Every coin has its flipside.
Yep yes I want to do that, I will probably do something without character art in the short term - like a bag or a bucket and mop. Wine glass on piano and stuff like that for sure.
I've doubled back and worked on the groundwork a few days - alot of that is the walls. So I have gone and baked highpoly normals and ao whereas previously there were none.
*sorry shitty quality screenshot