how to improve my texturing/materialing?

MohsenDehnavi

hi guys,
i have so problem or weakness in texturing!and create materials.
how should or can i improve my texturing?generic
for example this is my first scifi map or my first map but i think is not good!and maybe is from texturing:
http://puu.sh/8qYQc.jpg

http://puu.sh/8qYMu.jpg

and these pics are WIP!
what is your idea from my map?(in wip)

for example see these pics:

http://static.squarespace.com/static/521aca35e4b0152816de555c/t/534b6125e4b071dc4eb2dae9/1397449000301/?format=1500w

http://static.squarespace.com/static/521aca35e4b0152816de555c/t/534b0a27e4b0288e77e1ea6f/1397426729187/?format=1500w

http://static.squarespace.com/static/521aca35e4b0152816de555c/t/5300fad0e4b03a0d7ddeb721/1392573138596/ArtDeco_01?format=750w

http://static.squarespace.com/static/521aca35e4b0152816de555c/t/534d892de4b09c345727c5e4/1397590319701/PublicSeating_Final.jpg?format=750w

(these pics are from mike snight)

or

http://gamefa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jotmDq6-250x138.jpg

http://gamefa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/zRSOz561-250x133.jpg

http://gamefa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/c8pxpL6-250x137.jpg

(these pics are from Disting)

see these pics that are very looks nice and has very good texturing and are standard.
how should to do this?

in my wip work all textures are compositing base maps with color.just!(i think scifi is like this,just color!!!)

i think i am weakness in detailing on texture.because i do not know should i use from which material for texturing.(rock,metal,ground...)

for example i want to do detail or texture on a model that is metal,should i use from which really textures?

can you help me for improve my texturing?

thanks

Fwap

Its a really good start, just add some finer details.
Download HP's and PhilipK's Arbor Vitae scene for UDK, reverse engineer how they've done some of their materials.

A lot of it is context too, there's definitely a lot going on in those scenes your using as reference, different material types ect.

http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/the_top_ten_tips_of_texturing - Good place to start too.

MohsenDehnavi

very thanks "Fwap"

your link helped me!

and i downloaded arbor scene.was nice!

do you know another scene for udk to reverse engineer?

has cgsociety good topics for texturing?

can is use just dDo for texturing? can dDo do god details in scifi texture for me?

how should i texture really meshes and really materials?like in pics of up!

thanks

Fwap

Yeah dDo is really nice, but i would strongly recommend grasping the concept behind doing it by hand before letting a program do it for you, just so you aren't stumped if you land a job and there's no dDo around.

Yeah Mr Smo's Sea Defenses is a great one too, http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117621

Just give it an attempt and post it here, much easier to help you when we have more to look at

Also the some of the sample content from UE4 has some really good content in it. Try the FPS shooter if you want sci fi