Monolithic Rock

Michael Rosa

Sup people.

Just looking for random feedback. Been working on a workflow within 3D Coat. When I was creating this asset, I envisioned an outdoor environment riddled with varying rocks with this "tinted" blue color. The next step was to provide contrast with foliage, dirt, etc., and find a clever way to guide the players eyes to a structure that shared a relationship in color with the rocks.

Thanks

Sean VanGorder

First thing that stands out to me is the UV layout, it looks like it could be much more optimized. At the moment there are a lot of small shells and valuable texture space going to waste. Most rock assets similar to this can get away with just a couple UV shells and seams that can be cleverly hidden along natural edges and crevices.

This is an older thread but has some good advice for unwrapping rocks.

http://polycount.com/discussion/82546/organic-rock-uv-seams

ZacD

I agree with Sean, you could get away with treating the UVs like a cube or cylinder with 3 UV islands at most. 

Michael Rosa

@Sean VanGorder, thanks for the info. Will read it now. I was having issues with stretching. The shapes and structure of these two rocks are very different. So I'm trying to identify the similarity in workflow. I was trying my best to unwrap and avoid stretching and bad UV unwrapping, but it was tough for me. The best I could do was to keep my seems within the obvious areas, and I got that to work for me. 

Michael Rosa

@ZacD, I'm still trying to figure out how to pull it off. Unwrapping is something I'm still working on. I have problems with a lot of stretching. 

Michael Rosa

I've still been trying to unwrap this with 3 UV islands, and I get far too much stretching. Keep in mind, unwrapping is something I struggle with. 

Michael Rosa

Tried to improve unwrapping with a new rock. Was tricky for me, trying to avoid stretching.