Handpainted concept to finish

Rhoutermans

Thanks for the great feedback on this project, latest and probably last screenshots:









Wanting to work more on my own concepts, starting to sketch a bit more lately. Decided to actually model out the colored version! WIP Thread.






The grind goes on!

MisterSande

I quite like the windmill sketch. Looking forward seeing your results.

Stu2Prof

I'm looking to work on my own concepts in 3d (Been sketching for ages but weak on 3d) This looks like it'll be great when it's done!

Rhoutermans

Thanks! Working on the first building, still need to do some FFD modifieng after unwrapping a couple more things Not too sure if I want to handle the roof this way...

jfitch

I think its looking cool! Really like the sketch. Could use some angle variation in the structure of the model though I think, not sure if you were planning to do this or not after modeling everything. (Could maybe use a lattice to deform the entire model but it might not give the shape you want). World of Warcraft has some great examples of this in its architecture. Here's a concept I found from some googling, not sure who did it exactly but it has the elements I'm thinking of. Overhangs all have nice curves and even areas with straight lines aren't set up with 90* angles. Just something to think about

Rhoutermans

I've modeled out that concept before, I know what you mean I still want to conserve that Amsterdam-style building type though, but I'm going to warp the building a bit to match the concept. I'll also play with the shapes a bit more to make it more interesting. Thanks!

Rhoutermans

Day 2 working on this, took a skylight render, gonna throw it in Unreal Engine next time around

DavidCruz

nice looking forward to that unreal version.

Rhoutermans

Me too, so I imported everything into UE, sorted the lightmap UV's, no fancy lighting or materials just basic stuff, got a lot more texturing to do and props to add, but really wanted to get this step out of the way and get stuff into the engine and learn the workflow a bit better..forgot to deform the red building a bit..till next time!

Rhoutermans

Livestreaming some modelling!

http://www.twitch.tv/khazual/

Rhoutermans

Tonights progress:

BradMyers82

great work here man, looking forward to seeing more!

Rhoutermans

Thanks! Here's more :P Took some editor viewport screenshots.






Still need something interesting for behind the buildings...

qwedeath

Damn! This is awesome, keep up great work
Sub'd

Rhoutermans

Thanks! I've been blocking out the rest of the props and placing them in the scene...texturing soon!






Thanks for taking a look!

kunalht

great work!!

Rhoutermans

Painting some textures!
http://www.twitch.tv/khazual/

clinington

Awesome work, loving the style!

Rhoutermans

Weekend update!

Rhoutermans

Some texture flats:

Rhoutermans

Reworked the tree and was building lightmaps all night, thank god for swarm agent tho

pixelpatron

Loving this, keep going. Couple things:

• Make grass and tree color different shades of green for interest.
• Your skydome should have a stylized look, the clouds shouldn't look realistic, I'd reference games like Super Mario World 3D and Sunshine, it'll push this piece over the top, I'd love to see same saturated blues and stark white clouds.
• While the new tree is a huge step up from version 1.0 it has yet to find a pleasing silhouette, it's construction is fine, just needs to be tweaked (pruned, into pleasing shape).
• Make the base of each building's first floor a darker shade of that color: ex blue building would have a darker blue shade only on it's first story. Doing this will ground the building more, and give it better visual weight.

DanielR17

I do agree with pixelpatron on everything.

Ronald, this work is great inspiration to me. Just a thought: Why not put some drying linen on a line somewhere?

Can't wait to see this finished!

Hoshi

Looks sweet ! +1 to pixelpatron's feedbacks. Maybe you could also add some ivy ? Overall your textures could use more color variations. Check out this thread with hand painted textures and some great advices from Faf : http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141043&page=3

I'm curious to see what you have in mind for the global mood. Currently your lighting feels like it was taken from the ground, but light feels different in altitude (sharper shadows, deeper blues, more or less atmosphere haze depending of the height etc.). This could help you to achieve a more outstanding image. Keep it up, great work !

amirabd2130

looking forward to this

pixelpatron

Found some ref for ya for the clouds:





Here is some clipart that might be easily editable or a good starting point


Happy painting!

Rhoutermans

Such great feedback, thanks! I will reply to all of you tonight and show what I've done so far, gonna stream /paint more props now! check it out : www.twitch.tv/khazual

Rhoutermans

Here's this weekends progress, managed to keep working most of the weekend and I'm beginning to see where and how I need to improve now, also thanks to all the feedback on here and during streaming.

pixelpatron > Thanks a lot for the feedback! The skybox is defo on the to-do list and thanks for the ref! I've also worked on the tree (silhouette, and leaf color). Still not reaally happy about it so I'll keep tweaking.



DanielR17 > Thanks a lot! Trying to improve every day! I have a clothes line up there but wanna do something more visible with it



Hoshi > Thanks for that thread, added it to bookmarks. I'm trying to be more aware of gradients and color variations




And some props (I see a lot of saturation difference between the textures and will tweak this soon).







Thanks for taking a look, and also thanks for some of you hanging out with me on twitch this weekend

Rhoutermans

first building 99% done, still need to add the gutters and tweak some textures! Slowly getting there..

Earthyn

Loving this design! It feels simple yet so very elegant!

DanielR17

I love those sweet roof tiles! And the ground is coming to life. Keep it up!

Rhoutermans

Thanks guys!
Streaming some texture painting again!

www.twitch.tv/khazual

Rhoutermans

This weekends progress:










Thanks for taking a look!

Rhoutermans

Some saturation tweaking, making the leafs more dense, texture repainting, worked on the skybox (still gonna add more clouds) and a lot of other small stuff, more to come and gonna work on the red building real soon!

Rhoutermans

streaming working on the second building!

http://www.twitch.tv/khazual

ticktocktober

love your work so far, just wanted to mention that your windmill concept is REALLY close to the one from Gorillaz music video for their song 'windmill'. I didn't know if it was inspired by that or not, thought I'd give you a heads up just in case you didn't know. I don't even know if it'd be troublesome copyright-wise, but I figured it was worth mentioning.

looking forward to watching more of your streams on twitch!

Rhoutermans

Thanks man appreciate it That sketch I really had Gorillaz 'el manana' in mind, awesome art and clip I'll be streaming moar tomorrows!
Some wip screenshots, still working on lighting, wall textures, skydome and feel of the scene in general.

Rhoutermans

Some more small updates, reworked the lighting a lot

Fenyce

nice progress! Looking forward for more.

Ahoburg

Looks great so far, keep it coming

Cremuss

Looks good
Kinda reminds me of the flying windmill in an old gorillaz clip hehe. 'Always thought that flying little houses were cool

My biggest worry is the sense of scale. Looking at the lantern post, barrels, windows, doors, crates and wooden axe, I'm not so sure what the scale of the character would be and what props has the right scale and what is not. I get that is a cartoony scene and you can exaggerate things, but still, it troubles me.

I'm not a big fan of the 100% black end/outline of the wood texture but I guess it's still WIP
Keep it up !

Rhoutermans

Thanks guys! Cremuss > I've added the wood fix to the list! Also I think it's a good idea to check the scale tonight, drag some character around the scene and make some tweaks. Thanks for the feedback! Streaming again in about 5 hours Getting closer with this project!

Rhoutermans

I've done a lot of small tweaks and feel like I'm quite content with how this 3 week project went. I've learned quite a bit and am ready for the next challenge, an Unreal Tournament map! Check my streams @ www.twitch.tv/khazual

A couple screenshots that will be shown on my portfolio, any feedback is still welcome and if it's really something I want to update I'll still do that, but for now I feel like moving on to something new will be a better level-up decision. Thanks for the great feedback so far!

urgaffel

I love it, turned out really nice! Any chance of some really simple birds circling?