The forms look pretty good but I feel like the textures/material could use work. I agree with Fwap, definitely post up texture flats, it'll be easier for people to help.
The overall sculpt looks great but there seems to be something missing in the textures. When I made the bottom image larger I started to notice the subtle reds that you put in. I think adding a bit more saturation in some more areas could help.
Overall I'm completely digging it! Maybe adding a bit more discoloration on some of edges or maybe a little more moss and dirt in the cracks might add a little more interest.
So just to let you guys know this wall all done in photoshop no zbrush work done on this one, i wanted to see how much i could get just by using crazybump and ndo2 for normals, i just blended a few textures together for the albedo. Here are the flats
Could you tell us which PBR Worflow your are using ? It seems to me that you are using Specular/Glossiness Stuff.
If so your specular have too much color and levels variations, every different pixel intensity is a different material on that map.
Your Gloss need to not be just your albedo in black and white, you need to have other noises and informations, to have something realistic your gloss need to bring other informations. (test to put a clouddy map you will see)
I agree with Robeomega, remove all shadow information from your Albedo and create a separate AO texture.
Did you use a photosource? That'd explain the shadow detail in the albedo. Here's a nifty trick to removing the lighting info in your albedo. Maybe it'll come in handy for ya. Overall I'm diggin the details in your flats!
Thanks for the posts! Its funny i used that technique Chase, so you guys think theres still to much shadow? ill try and play around with that. I did use a metalness/gloss workflow, ill work on both of those maps and post some updates later today
The image looks like a finely made rock texture. Show it in motion (applied to something and in video) to get a better understanding of how it works in lighting or move on to the next one.
Basically the more AO information you take out from your Albedo the more flat the end result looks. Put your last image side by side the image you have in the OP and you see the OP is much more acceptable in terms of end result quality and what you was aiming for.
I see the more you made progress and took out more AO from the Albedo to make it more like "following the rules" other than "looking to make the end result nicer", the material started to lose any sense of depth.
I have spent a lot of time going back and fourth between taking out all the AO information from Albedo and using an AO map instead. The result is, as soon as any light is reaching the surface the AO isn't showing anymore, with you not having any AO in your Albedo too, it just doesn't look any good. Pretty much what you have in the last image.
I ended up leaving some AO information in my Albedo and tuning down my AO map down a little instead. Works best for me.
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Looking pretty solid.
This is unlike the old system where Ambient Occlusion would be put into the diffuse map.
Could you tell us which PBR Worflow your are using ? It seems to me that you are using Specular/Glossiness Stuff.
If so your specular have too much color and levels variations, every different pixel intensity is a different material on that map.
Your Gloss need to not be just your albedo in black and white, you need to have other noises and informations, to have something realistic your gloss need to bring other informations. (test to put a clouddy map you will see)
I agree with Robeomega, remove all shadow information from your Albedo and create a separate AO texture.
Hope that help.
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Thanks again guys!
I see the more you made progress and took out more AO from the Albedo to make it more like "following the rules" other than "looking to make the end result nicer", the material started to lose any sense of depth.
I have spent a lot of time going back and fourth between taking out all the AO information from Albedo and using an AO map instead. The result is, as soon as any light is reaching the surface the AO isn't showing anymore, with you not having any AO in your Albedo too, it just doesn't look any good. Pretty much what you have in the last image.
I ended up leaving some AO information in my Albedo and tuning down my AO map down a little instead. Works best for me.