Sketchbook: Dominique

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

Hi there, I'll try to keep it short: I'm a junior 3D environment/prop artist. And I felt like it's about time I starting putting work online! Hopefully by this time next year, this sketchbook will have filled up nicely!

My Artstation

PS feel free to give feedback! I want to keep growing and learning with every step I take

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

My latest finished work. I wanted to learn Quixel and get back in to some zbrush. Here is the result

Find the high res images and marmoset viewer here, just scroll down: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wNK6g

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lospri · Aug 2016

Hey it looks good

for a feedback, I would say that the Leather part seems a bit wierd. Like there is a lof of big folds and bumpy areas. For exemple this looks like the the handle you tried to do :-) on your handle we don t feel that much an real overlapping of the leather bands. More like you just "cut" the mesh with a brush. But that's my opinion, for the rest it look really interesting !

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

I 100% get what you mean, I'll have to practice fabrics some more in the near future

- Thank you for the feedback!

Maddog4america · Aug 2016

this is awesome! great work. do you prefer quixel over substance?

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

Thank you!

So far I don't have a real preference. I like Substance designer a lot, great for efficient, custom materials. It's a great tool for environment work and other modular work. Substance Painter is a cool addition for when you have more unique stuff, it's also a lot less buggy I feel. However I am not yet as used to using Substance Painter as I am to Quixel, so I'll have to leave the final verdict for later

- I can say this though: Quixel, although slow and buggy at times in comparison, comes with an easy to use workflow and a ready-made library of any kinds of base smart materials you could want. They all look great and are easy to manipulate. With Substance Painter I am not as impressed with the standard library. It might be I just need to work a bit more with Painter first. I'm thinking of doing my next piece in Painter. This Cleaver was my first full project in Quixel. It's only fair I do the same for Substance Painter

TL;DR:
Quixel: Awesome base library, easy, fast workflow, photoshop plugin is buggy and slow.
Substance Painter: Harder to get into, might be lack of practice, standalone software seems more robust, fast and flexible (if used with Designer).

Blaisoid · Aug 2016

The blade feels a bit spongy. Or clay-like.

Bumblebee · Aug 2016

Maddog4america said:

this is awesome! great work. do you prefer quixel over substance?

honestly, quixel gets the biscuit any day. Huge library, easy to use and you can pretty much do the same you can do in substance.

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

Blaisoid said:

The blade feels a bit spongy. Or clay-like.

Hiya, I definitely agree that it isn't your standard metal blade. Nor was that the intention, I had some trouble with the material definition though. My inspiration for the blade can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4RQ0q - Could you elaborate what you mean with 'spongy'?

fdfxd2 · Aug 2016

Woah! this looks more handpainted than quixel!

Amazing work

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

fdfxd2 said:

Woah! this looks more handpainted than quixel!

Amazing work

Haha thanks ^^ - well lets say that the material base was quixel and was done in 5-10 minutes, the actual texturing that followed took me a few hours I think. Hard to remember, I retextured it from scratch 3 times spread over a couple short evenings.

Bumblebee · Aug 2016

fdfxd2 said:

Woah! this looks more handpainted than quixel!

Amazing work

why does almost everyone think quixel is more for hard surface / Ultra realistic stuff? Quixel is a texturing app that can pretty much do everything the competition can as well

Dominique_ · Aug 2016

Bumblebee said:

fdfxd2 said:

Woah! this looks more handpainted than quixel!

Amazing work

why does almost everyone think quixel is more for hard surface / Ultra realistic stuff? Quixel is a texturing app that can pretty much do everything the competition can as well

My guess is marketing ^^ - Quixel is often marketed with examples of sci-fi hardsurfaces.

Dominique_ · Sep 2016

This time I wanted to learn Substance Painter and practice some more normal map baking with cylinders.
High res images here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/km3gK

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Dominique_ · Sep 2016

Saaamoth · Sep 2016

This is looking nice! Did you render it using marmoset ?

Dominique_ · Sep 2016

Saaamoth said:

This is looking nice! Did you render it using marmoset ?

Yes I did! Good eye

Dominique_ · Jul 2017

It's been way too long since I posted... but better late then never right?
This month I'll be trying to get this scene finished.
It started out as a VR archviz scene, so it's all low poly with lighting that needs to feel realistic.
I'm not being extremely strict on anything though, and currently the texture resolution sizes have not been optimized!
Below a few wip shots, hopefully more too follow later this week ^^ - I'm not planning any crazy drastic changes at this point, it's more about dressing it up and polishing it. - regardless of that, any feedback is welcome and appreciated!

Thank you for reading

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Dominique_ · Jul 2017

Small update from last weekend! - revised a few things, including the textures on the table and the lighting.
More to follow in the next few weeks

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AlecMoody · Jul 2017

This looks great. That tile is super cool. Personally I don't think the tables fit well with the rest of the scene. I think it would look better with something cleaner, less dense, and more modern looking.

Dominique_ · Aug 2017

Hi! Thanks for the feedback, I don't think I completely understand though, could you give an example of what you mean with 'less dense'?
I changed the setup a bit to make the room feel less crowded and give some breathing space, really feels better now. Thanks man!

Dominique_ · Aug 2017

Managed to continue on my project over the weekend: better set dressing, some new materials and a couple of revised props.
I'm not completely convinced by everything yet. I'll first add some final decoration props and plants.
After that I'll gather some feedback and finish up this one!