Hand-painted shield

Spoon

Hi PC,

I'm working on this shield concepted by Artyom Vlaskin, to try practice hand painted maps.
I do mix it up a little, though, so I did toss in my normal map as well.
If I want to go pure diffuse, I can just bake that lighting info down, I guess.

I had a huge load of trouble painting the metal. How do you guys usually handle that?

Micah

Looks great only thing that's off is the light source.

On the skull it's from above and then on the metal bits next to it, it's from below?

Looks awesome though!

Spoon

Thanks, Micah.
Those pieces are supposed to be indendted, so they have a raised border, but low in the middle, which means the light should come from there.
But, I understand perfectly how you see it. Any idea how I can make it more clear in the texture?

Micah

Ok let me get this...

I'll do a rough paint over.

This is how I think it should be based on the lighting:



And this is what I think you want?



If the second one is the one you want I think the reason it's not working for you is because of the edge in red:



Paint over:



Sorry for the rubbish paint over... I'm in a bit of a hurry.

Spoon

Thanks a lot, Micah. I cant see your pictures, though. Seems like a permission error?

Micah

How about now?

Ootrick

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!

No shit? That's some good stuff right there. Grate color choices. MORE EYE NOMS.

Spoon

Thanks a ton, Micah! Really appreciate you taking time to do that
I see exactly what you mean now. The reason I dont have a border there, is because they are supposed to both be indented in profile, like this.

EDIT: How did you make your dropbox pic shareable? EDIT2: Ah, you skipped dropbox.


But, if that doesnt read clearly, I must clean it up somehow. Though it lookst much better the way you have drawn
So I think I will try to make this work so I can learn from it, otherwise I will be flipping it like you drew, as it honestly looks much better.
Again, thanks a lot for taking time to do this

Haha, hello Patrick? Thank you! That is probably the best compliment I have gotten on these forums, even though you seem drunk xD

Spoon

Went ahead and sketched the opposite direction. Will take a look at it tomorrow with fresh eyes, and decide with path to go.

What are your opinions?

Rooster128

yea right much better- good work!

Micah

I understand what you're trying to achieve now...as you said it doesn't read clearly and that's down to lighting so shouldn't be too hard to fix. Although there might not be enough space for the sides to read clearly. I'll have a look and share my thoughts later.

And the one on the right looks better!

Spoon

Today, I still think your suggestion works much better than what I had. Thanks, Micah, blazed and Rooster, I will go in that direction Appreciate all the help!

Spoon

Made some progress, I think

Perzik

Stunning texture !

AlphaMix

To be honest, it looks better the way it wasn't originally supposed to be. Extruded outwards instead of inwards.

Nothing wrong with changing the original concept if you think it's an improvement.

Spoon

Thanks, Perzik!

Thanks for feedback, AlphaMix I have left behind the original idea, as Micah got me to see this looks better

Appreciate your comments, both of you