[HandPainted Project] Lost Altar

VincentM

Hi everybody !

I'm here to improve my works. In order to achieve this I need more critical input.

So I will start to post my work here and maybe some of you will leave suggestions how to improve things.

At the moment, I'm working on my old project ( I never finished it ) and this time, I'm willing to put and end to it.
The big challenge will be the handpainted textures. It's not really what I do best ( at all !)

I don't think i will change the modeling but if you have some suggestions, I will listen

Here the pictures :






(The old unfinished version Sorry for the low resolution)





Two exemples before/after the "renewal"

Hope you like it, anyway i do enjoy working on it Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts about it, thanks

Poinball

Nice update ! Continue like this

VincentM

Thank's Poinball, I will !
Quick update, doing some uv's. Not so much to show Only this viewport screenshot, blue meshes are already unwraped.

garcellano

Hey VincentM, I love your scene! Looks awesome!

I'll just throw my two cents, just how I'm seeing it. My eyes tend to see the left bright spot, near the end of the stairs, then up to the stairs. It looks a bit darker on the well/rock piece it's attached to. Maybe add some light around there? I'd test it around a bit. But, overall I like it. Also, is that a candle by the bottom right side of the stairs?

VincentM

Hello Garcellano ! Thank you
I will try to put some more lights or push the value on the existing one near the rock/well to test
And yes, it's a candle, a lonely candle ^^

VincentM

Hello guys, I wasn't really able to work lately but I did some tests !
I tried some handpaint on a small piece   As usual, feel free to leave suggestions   I really need to progress on this kind of stuff !
(In this picture, the normal map isn't used ^^)

_Kratos_

Really nice! The low polies got a very strong silloutte!

VincentM

Thanks Here another few piece I did, still searching for the best workflow that fit my needs !

Dragonar

Hey nice update. But be careful about your high frequency of your texture and your space on your UV MAP. You have to much high frequency ( small detail like the crack ) on your wood , if you keep like that you will lose the reading of your object.
About your uv space, you can change that to have more efficient UV . For example you can detach the top your wood pillar and make rectangle uv. And don't forget the overlapping in your uv if you make 2 part really similar.

Good luck and keep it up

VincentM

Thanks for the advices Dragonar !
I was thinking about those details while painting. It was only at the end that i thought about the high frequency as you call it. I will make a better version with only the bigger cracks ( small ones will probably flicks with distance etc...)
Same thing about UV's

VincentM

Some corrections on the post : new uv's, new high poly, new texture ! Here you go !

Poinball

Good work ! Keep it up

VincentM

Thanks Here another piece ( i may add details later on the rock parts, it's just flat at the moment )
and a little sketchfab if you want ( i couldn't add the viewer in my post, seems to be bugged)
https://sketchfab.com/models/ed9f9c592cd343429917db9bb299c9ed

Sketchfab

The recent Polycount update broke our integration here, but it should be fixed soon. We'll provide updates here:

http://polycount.com/discussion/160887/sketchfab-integration-on-polycount-is-broken#latest

^bart

mrgesy

Looks very nice. I think you need to light up the tall structure and reduce the brightness of the water. My eyes are attracted to the water, but my brain thinks the tall structure should be the center of attention (which it isnt).

VincentM

@Sketchfab (Bart) Thank you for this answer  
@mrgesy Thank you, I did try out a new lighting ( in 3ds max ). I will start in UE4 to see what can I do