Knife - improvement training

Lether

Hi polycount
I dare for the first time to post something on the forum (i'm not english native) Here is the first asset i really made from A to Z without giving up since a very long time . I spent a lot of time watching your awsome work . You're selling me dream ahaha !










As you can see , the final asset looks not very good ... I tried to do my best with all the issues i had ... Highpoly modeling , retopology , and UV seams , baking (hardcore ... : p) with all wonderful seams (i think i do something wrong with uv 's, but i do not know what ).

Well , if you have 5 o 6 minutes , Could you critic this work ? I guess There are a lot of things to say about it ... It would be awsome for me

Have a good day and thank you very much, ladies and gentleman

RasmusBagner

For normal mapping remember to split uv edges at 90 degress. This is a really good post to understanding it. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107196

RobeOmega

Firstly I would fit all of the textures on one texture sheet with the maximum resolution of 2048x2048 and I would also then try to keep the unused space on the texture sheet to a minimum trying to fit the UV shells together and scale them up as high as you can.

RaptorCWS

One thing that might help is before you start adding support loops for the the high poly, you duplicate the model so you have a starting point for the low poly. That way you end up with a cleaner looking mesh , its easier to uv and cleaning up seams in the texture are easier if the line is fairly straight (looking at the seam on the hilt).

Lether

Waw guys ! Thank you very much for your quick replies ! Really

RasmusBagner > i watched the thread and learned A LOT ! I can't say i got the skill, but it's a begining for me, i think.

Robeomega > thanks for the tip, i'll do it next time. I think i will start another asset creation and use all the tips to work.

RaptorCWS > okay, i'll try. I think it would be good to spare time . Thank you.

Lether

Hello guys, i'm back and i applied the tips you gave to me.
Here is the work. Everything isn't perfect. It need a little more tweaking.
This isn't finished yet too. It need to be textured. I'll show it later. Critics are very welcome

TomWoodArt

The geometry for the knife is a bit all over the place and there seems to be a smoothing issue near the base of the handle. I like the texture work though, I would have had the damage on the handle be a little different compared to the knife

The gun looks great, the geometry is a lot cleaner than the knife

Lether

Thanks for your feedback Tom Wood I figure out that clean geometries gives less problems for baking, uvs, etc... . I try to do the best i can but i have always a huge amount of skills to learn

Well here is the gun finished. I try to apply all of your feedbacks/comment. I think i learned A LOT. Thanks

As always, feedback are welcome Bye !

RaptorCWS

the gun is a major improvement. good job dude. I might suggest adding some damage to the gun texture though so it looks a little more used.

Lether

RaptorCWS, thank you very much for the feedback. I'll make the little damages on the texture on my next training. I'll remember this (i like to work on several project else, i become annoyed and give up ).

However,in order to try your tips, i made this (quickly)...