UE4 Pan's Labyrinth Pale man's room.

Gnutmi

Hi. I'm doing the Pale Man's room from Pan's Labyrinth for my uni project and I think it reached a point where I don't feel embarrassed posting it here. I'm kinda following the the design from the movie but I added some of my own changes like the pillar design.
This is what I have so far. I used Maya and Zbrush for modeling, Substance Designer and Photoshop for texturing.
Most of the lighting is just temporary and the fireplace is just a placeholder hole for the proper bit. And some texture/BTS shots. I added most of the micro detail and noise in substance, didn't want to do it Zbrush. I'm still learning both PBR and actual texturing as I am doing it, so I might redo some of the assets as I learn new techniques.

I'm just stuck with one thing. Why do i get the black ugly AO thingy where two meshes touch? Like the black lines on the cornerstones? I did separate lightmaps and even upped the resolution to 128/256 and the artifacts are still there. Is there something with the lighting that I should change?

Crits and comments are more then welcome. I'd love to know how and where to improve and focus more.

Murasam

This is pretty awesome!

photonarbiter

You nailed the creepy vibe!

Gnutmi

Started my stone sculpture thingy.

Brian "Panda" Choi

I am getting "I am scared" vibes fromt his.

Gnutmi

Got some more progress on the sculpt. (Lost some of my work so had to redo them). I also worked more on my lightmaps and texture seams. Will bake this down and post more progress.

Johan26

love your artstyle

Gnutmi

Johan26 wrote: »

love your artstyle

Thanks! Its not really and artstyle. It's more like student work trying out PBR:)

Gnutmi

Got a Bake and a retopo. The topology is kinda messy but time is a factor for me now so Im gona move one (gave me a nice bake anyway). 1400polys and a 2k map. Will start texturing soon.

Johan26

Gnutmi wrote: »

Thanks! Its not really and artstyle. It's more like student work trying out PBR:)

Then this might be even better if you dont make it looking that way on purpose :poly140:
But tbh I love this clay looking color and same of its shapes & theese good textures !
Sometimes good things can came out from random errors , this may be the case here.. ?

However im looking forward to the end of this project for sure :thumbup::cool:

Gnutmi

Update on the scene. Kinda broke the lighting but fixed some of my lightmap issues. Textured the asset. Will get a second pass of love once i catch up with other projects.



Some wires of my assets.

Marshkin

I'm really digging the detailing on this. (That ceiling!) The lighting appears a bit sharp, with lots of areas that are very dark overall, as a lot of that lovely detail is getting lost.

Gnutmi

Thanks. The lighting is something that could be considered a 'placeholder' for now. I will start getting more into it once i finish all my assets for my room and I get the angles and the shots for my renders. I agree with you on the dark parts.