Low Poly & Handpainted tiny forest scene

Shiverspine

The goal is to make a tiny tiny scene, with just some essentials such as shrubbery, rocks, a tree, a prop, etc.

I hope to make some nice models without going too in depth, unwrap them nicely and make some kick ass (cough) handpainted textures!

Here are some of the first 2D sketches before I go for the basic blockout!





Final design (probably, still have to test it in 3D)



Thanks for any feedback!

tomenjerry

Hey Really interesting design! I think the final design is the best one. looking dorward to 3d !

Shiverspine

Thanks a lot man! Gonna spend quite a couple of hours on it this weekend, so I should be able to post some updates regularly ^^

JensPatteeuw

Great designs Shiverspine! Really like the way you actually designed different versions of your chosen idea. But in my opinion I liked the crown of tree of the last design in the second image more then your final. Because there is more variation in sizes and branches heh. But that depends of course on the type of tree
Goodluck on the 3D, can't wait to see more!

Shiverspine

Thanks Jens! You are not the only one to say so, thats why I will probably combine the tree of the final design with the crown of the other one!

Here is my first block out!

At the moment I have NO idea how thick I want to make my tree and roots ... and how many roots to model! dont wanna go over the top, but dont want it to feel too empty!

Shiverspine

Another small update!  I hope to finish the block out by tonight, by chance some forms are already pretty finished so they wont need much more attention.

MadGunslinger

I would like my eye to be lead more to the sword to get some focus. My eye gets lost now.
Something like this maybe. Hope it helps and good luck!

Shiverspine

Thanks for the advice, I tweaked a little bit as in your example!

Here are some of the latest wips, I almost ready to unwrap, just have to decide how I am going to the crown/branches and if I am going to put any bushes/grass in the scene.

Shiverspine

Adjusted some forms, added some branches and planes where I guess the leaves will be. Gotta start finalizing the shapes soon and unwrapping them.

SamuelDV

This is looking really nice man! Cool composition and fresh design, looking forward to see more.

S.

nickcomeau

Your images are very dark it may help to just throw in some basic lighting for the shots you post so that we can see your images a bit better. Definitely looks like it's coming along well so far though can't wait to see some textures on it!

Shiverspine

Cheers guys! Thanks for the kind words! And good point nick, I have always had a lot of problems presenting my work! 

GaetanThibaut

Look who we have here, a fellow DAE student.

Starting to look really cool! keep it up. 

JulianDeclercq

Looks very promising!
Looking forward to the textures!

FlightyFelon

This looks really lovely Can't wait to see the textures!

Shiverspine

Hey guys, sorry for the wait! I have been very busy with some other stuff but right now I am just throwing myself at this tree with the little knowledge I have and just see what sticks.

I have NO idea how I am ever going to make nice looking rocks (right now its just a singular color of course).

Spend some time on the bark, its not entirely where I would like it to be, but I have learned some fun techniques while doing it.

Shiverspine

Another small update



Still dodging the rocks and wishing I could just delete them instead of paint them haha.

MadGunslinger

First of all, cool lighting! However, you are not working with normals, so it will all look pretty flat if you put a strong light on it.
Therefore, it might be better to paint a lot of the lighting in and rely less on actual lighting. Like for instance on top of the tree, a lot of the creases get lighter, because of your lighting. It would be nice if they stayed darker.

Then for the shadows, if you paint those in aswell, or atleast a general AO, you can add some color temperature. On the left, I made the shadows colder en the highlights warmer. It's just an example and you can leave it out though.

Keep it up!

Shiverspine

Oh solid advice! Thanks a lot!

I dont know if I will have enough time paint in a lot of light information thats why I went with the strong light but you are right
it will start feeling really flat if I am not careful.

Shiverspine

A bit of a sorry ending to my project. Max crashed big time. And I wasnt able to export the lighting from max to sketchfab, so here are some screenshots and the sketchfab link. Thanks for the following along and any and all feedback is more than welcome.

https://sketchfab.com/models/695495a9c4f249f2ad91a986cc6fa333