Sketchbook: Anthony Garcellano

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I've decided to start a sketchbook thread.
Currently, I'm just focusing on work done in Substance Designer, going through different references and materials. This is inspired after seeing substances from Brad Smith, Josh Lynch, Rogelio Olguin, Huge Beyer, Karen Stanley, and so many in the Weekly Substance Designer Challenge!

As I continue on the thread, it'll most likely be mixed with hand-painted stuff, and 3D, etc.

Critiques & feedback are always welcome as I go through them.

So, this is the first one I'm starting off with: 
Basket Weave Brick Pattern

Here's where I am so far.


This is the ref I'm working from.

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Another update on this.

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Another touch up on this. Might move on to the next material, most likely the latest one for the Weekly Substance Challenge. Any crits on this are always appreciated.

xhi

I love it (:  What do the maps look like?

garcellano

Thanks @xhi !! This is the last thing I did on this one. Here are the main textures. The metalness map is a plain black value, and the AO is running through the AmbientOcclusion node in Substance Designer.

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This is the next one I'm doing, from the Weekly Substance Challenge, week 10. It's still in it early stages, just been trying to get the peeled paint nailed down.

xhi

The bricks are beautiful.  I'd like to see them in actions in a full scene sometime (:  Yeah the peeled paint seems tricky because you can't get depth underneath the paint with normal mapping (I think?)  But painting in the shadows might be an options, just under the flakes.  What's your trick to making patterns tileable?  Does substance have a method for making the textures tileable squares?  I usually makes tileable things in photoshop with offset but I'm looking for more tricks.

pmiller001

That peeled paint looks like its gonna be tricky, I have faith in you. 

garcellano

Thanks @xhi and @pmiller001 !  Yeah this has been pretty tricky. Yeah, they're automatically tileable when making it in Substance Designer.



Here's where I am on this, might move on to another one soon, but any feedback is still appreciated, as I'll most likely give it another polish.

xhi

I see two things that could be changed if you want o:  In the reference, the dark stains on the paint are horizontal, as if something was dripping down the wall.  I see it a little bit in yours but maybe not enough.  The other thing is that the rust on the exposed metal either takes the shape of the hole of the paint or is just speckle-y.  In yours the rust doesn't match the shape of the hole.

xhi

garcellano

Thanks for the feedback @xhi
I know what you mean as far as the dark vertical stains as if they're dripping down, yeah I do have less on mine, I could add in more. Now that you mentioned the metal stains matching the shape of the peeled paint pieces, I'll try and do that in Substance.

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Added more of the dark vertical stains on this, and the shape of the dark spots in the metal. This has been an interesting challenge to nail down.

xhi

Damn you nailed this.  Like wow.  It's literally perfect.

xhi

I have no idea what it took to make this but I'm really impressed xD.  I keep watching videos on substance and am taking a class at college about it but there's still too much to know.

garcellano

Thanks @xhi ! I called it done at one point but I know there's a few things I could fix up. Substance Designer is fun I always say it's like writing an equation on a chalk board. Once you get the hang of the node-based system, it just gets interesting trying to get a substance close to a ref image.

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This is still in its early stages, starting on a new material. I’m going for marble/mosaic tiles this time. I started out with this reference, but I’ll be added a few more detail on it, maybe cracked tiles or some dirt.

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So, I decided to scrap the marble material and work on a different material. I was going through some photos I took when I was in Portland, OR and I have one on a pavement skylight, I believe that's what it's called. It was by the Starbucks by the Pioneer Courthouse Square. I thought it would be a fun challenge. Here's a WIP on what I have.

Here's the REF

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Another update. Still need to add in some small litter and gum spots, and maybe bird poop or something, not sure yet.

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Here's another update on this one. Added some gum spots, litter, and a spot that could possibly be bird poop.

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Trying to get this one down. Still on its very early stages, with some rocks looking pretty wonky and still need some fixing to do. Started combining sets of rocks in Substance Designer. Going to refine it more.



Here's the REF.

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Another update on the wet pebble ground. I scrapped what I had before and redid the rocks shapes, inspired by Rogelio Olguin’s workflow on creating procedural rocks/stone. It blew my mind after going over it. I’ll still adjust them further, as I have sets of rocks together, with some that are combined or attached.

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Another WIP update on the wet pebble ground. 

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Another update on this one. Added more rocks underneath, with less rocks sicking out. Changed the sizes of the rocks, adding more smaller ones around. This is definitely a challenging one to nail down. 

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@Detilium Thanks!

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Another update on this one. Going to call this one done soon, but always open to C & C's.

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This is the next piece I’m going to try and create in Substance Designer. Weathered Wood Shingle Siding. WIP. Based off of another pic in Portland. Most likely will be working on the star wars/sci-fi prop after this.

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Here's another update on this. Trying to get more of the black/gray spots around the top edges/corners. 

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Small update on this one. Went back to change the shape of the shingles, and made it look like it’s overlapping on top of each other. 

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Another update.

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Another update on this.

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Here’s a Rainbow Six Siege inspired scene that I started working on, currently a block out. The concept of Siege has been grabbing my attention more, and I thought it’d be fun to make a scene based off of it. The Z6 Baton has been put on the side for now.

So, it’s based off of a image I found online, that’s a design of a General Manager’s office, that connects to a lounge/break room area, and to a reception’s desk area. I made a layout of the scene I have in mind, that I might continue to make, but now, I’ll start with the main room. I made a rough paint over of the idea I have in mind. I’m planning to move the furniture a bit to fit the look in a Siege level, and to add parts like drones, barb wires, Mute signal disrupters, etc. 

I’m currently working on the reinforcement wall, still a WIP. Took some screengrabs in-game.

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Here’s an update on the reinforcement wall for the scene. I have it UV mapped and tested it out with some bakes. I’ll still optimize it more and fix the hooks on the back. The plane wall is just there for display. C & C's are always appreciated.

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Here's an update on the reinforced wall.

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Small update on the reinforcement wall and with barricaded windows/doors and for the scene.

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An update on the scene, working on the Castle walls.

Shadowplay

Looking great!

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Thanks @Shadowplay

Here’s another update on the scene. Added the reinforced walls and also decided to also add in the steel boarded windows. I tested around with the destructible pieces, going to adjust that a bit more. The lighting isn’t final yet. I’m planning to add in more decals and bullet hole decals, but wanted to make a wall shot off. At first, I wanted to breach hole near the bar closed, but decided to make it open. The bar area and carpet are still placeholders at the moment. I’m planning to possibly have another wall breached, and then adding in some operator gadgets or weapons, like bear traps, barbwires, shield, etc.

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Here’s an update on the scene. Changed the look of the bullet proof/castle walls. Got some feedback on it, so I removed the shatter look of it, and made it so that it would come off the window/door frames if breached. Changed the wooden wall breached, added more damage to it. Added the sofa and chairs and tables, still a WIP. Added the tv/picture frame placeholders.

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Made a thread for this now: http://polycount.com/discussion/172777/ue4-office-lounge-rainbow-six-siege-inspired-scene#latest


Also started participating in the Courtyard Lighting Contest. Used Unity a bit lately this month, so thought this would be a good opportunity to wrap my brain more on it. http://polycount.com/discussion/172062/spectres-secret-hideout-pierre#latest

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Decided to post here for the wood floor I'm working on the Rainbow Six Siege scene. Going to still adjust it a bit more. I gave it less dirt around the floor compared to the one I had earlier.

Shadowplay

Floor material looks great!

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Thanks Neko! This is where I am on the wood flooring.

garcellano

I almost forgot about this sketchbook. I've been slowly working on this Sci Fi P90. I'm not much of a weapons guy, but dabble in hard surface modeling. I'm trying to go for something simple. I liked the art style that Santeri did on his guns for Mid-Air, https://www.artstation.com/artist/santerisoininen

This gun won't be as stylized as those, but in the texturing phase, I may do something a bit simple. I'm wondering if, for something like this, I could try a more heavy focus on PBR, and the a hand-painted approach. So far, this is where I am.

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Another update. At 4k tris now. On the texturing phase.

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Just wrapped up these two materials I worked on with Josh Lynch last month, in his Substance Designer Mentorship. We went with a material that would be common to see around Seattle. It was a fun mentorship, creating the materials from scratch, and learning new workflows as we went back and forth on the graphs. 

pmiller001

Just realized, I had already commented on this thread before  a year ago haha. 
You got some NICE MUD THERE .
but for real though, dude thts lookin tight. 

garcellano

@pmiller001
Thanks! Oh man, you did.. like 2 years ago, what!?   lol

garcellano

So, I thought I'd post this on my Sketchbook about this one.

This is for Gravastar, an JRPG inspired indie game from Studio Atma in Seattle, WA. I started doing a bit of freelance work for them in mid January. I'm only assigned to do 3 weapons, and I wrapped this one up. The plan is to have the weapons done around March, I'm assuming by GDC. I'm not sure if there'll be any updates to showcase around that time.



Here's what it looks like in motion. The client/Creative Director took the sword, and I believe he adjusted the Albedo a bit, and rendered it to match the character that's in 2D. He wanted the sword to be in 3D. I believe it'll mostly be in 2D, and the player can select different weapons and view them in 3D in-game.

https://twitter.com/StudioAtma

https://twitter.com/StudioAtma/status/958066468918145024

https://twitter.com/StudioAtma/status/957699778288140288

http://www.studioatma.com/

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Worked on another weapon for the Gravastar game, in-development by Studio Atma. It's a bit cleaner compared to the other weapon. I think I'll just have another weapon to work on, and that's it. Probably will also help out on some environment assets.



https://twitter.com/StudioAtma/status/965086437598113793

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Wrapped these up recently for Studio Atma.