Sketchbook: Daniel Swing

Daniel_Swing · Jan 2017

Please critique anything I post here: My goal is to improve and to build a portfolio solid enough so that I can get a position as an artist within the game industry. So don't hesitate to be honest.
Anything between analysis and tips on how I should refine my workflow to "that part looks bad, you should redo that part" is welcomed. Feel free to request additional resources if you want to examine my work closer (such as UV-layout, specific texture maps, a different angle of the rendered mesh, etc). Complements are also accepted

Daniel_Swing · May 2017

Here are some more rendered images from Marmoset! Visit my ArtStation for a Marmoset viewer!

Elithenia · May 2017

Love this little dude

Daniel_Swing · May 2017

Thank you!

Daniel_Swing · May 2017

Over a week since I finished something, but I have worked on several different things!
Here's my mud for the bi-weekly substance challenge:

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

Here's my latest project! Marmoset viewer on my Artstation.

Baked normals in Marmoset Toolbag 3!

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

100% made in Substance Designer and rendered in Marmoset. One substance with plenty of different exposed parameters to control all texture channels. This is just a few examples of what can be achieved with a bit of tweaking. Check it out on Artstation!

Artstation!

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

Just finished this bad-boy! Check out my Artstation for two Marmoset viewers!

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

I just finished this copper substance with exposed parameters for age and oxidation. There's also room for a normal map input, which will effect the aging and oxidization. Here's a render using a sewer drain normal and height map I made for an earlier substance challenge:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/gx/netdfkok1ra8.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

EDIT: Removed old images and added the new material. I wasn't happy with it so I had to re-visit it. More images over at my Artstation!

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Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

I'm building a Synagogue for my summer job project!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/3p/rd8b30hd8shk.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

Daniel_Swing · Jun 2017

Juuuuuuust gonna drop this one here as well

Daniel_Swing · Jul 2017

UV-mapping my synagogue!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ut/ljx8s0nkuivm.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jul 2017

Done with the UV-mapping! Next step is windows and doors, which I'll be doing as my catch-up of the substance challenge! The white and gray parts will be textured in Substance Painter!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/he/l14u9omxwt7t.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jul 2017

First window material!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/63/id22pye1mzva.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jul 2017

Daniel_Swing · Jul 2017

Another!

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

I'm wrapping up my summer job with this asset! Check out my Artstation!

Elithenia · Aug 2017

This is so gorgeous

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

Thank you!

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

100% Substance Designer!

pmiller001 · Aug 2017

I feel like this last one is a bit repetitive. maybe it's the angles you shot. maybe consider checking that out if you haven't already

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

@pmiller001: I think it's the pattern that gets too repetitive when I pull up the number of tiles so high. Though I also think this specific angle (with the hard, dark shadows next to the thin tiles) contributes to bringing the pattern's repetitiveness out more.

Thank you for your feedback!

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

Here's my latest materials! 100% Substance Designer!

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2017

This is the graph for the blue marble. I Mixing these three noises together and adding some extra dark spots here and there.

This is the graph for the green marble.

This is the graph for the gray marble. The "Pattern_Break-Up" node is my custom pixel processor node, shown below!

This prixel processor works similarly to the "Warp"-node but allows for two warp-inputs and for more custom control.

This graph is one that I constantly re-use, to generate big and hard cracks.

Daniel_Swing · Oct 2017

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Daniel_Swing · Jul 2018

Trying to get back on track:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ft/8rmvnibj7tx5.jpg

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Daniel_Swing · Aug 2018

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I've finally started learning zBrush!

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2018

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2018

You can find this break-down on my ArtStation blog. This is a rough breakdown of this project.

Daniel_Swing · Mar 2019

Echo? This is what I'm currently doing:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/jz/vee32jw4ntc4.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Mar 2019

Finished project, WiP thread and breakdown thread

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Daniel_Swing · Apr 2019

Daniel_Swing · Aug 2019

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4bvQDW

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Daniel_Swing · Oct 2019

allmighty_thunder · Oct 2019

Looking over he whole thread your material have gotten better nice!

Daniel_Swing · Dec 2019

Thank you, @allmighty_thunder !

Doing some small studies to build up a work routine again:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/n6/jgtxhic32v6o.jpg

Daniel_Swing · Jan 2020

A 2-day hard-surface study:

Daniel_Swing · Jan 2020

More renders on my ArtStation.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/x0/ub1kzgouafvu.jpg

allmighty_thunder · Jan 2020

I like the fingerprints left on the glass but it seems a little too glaring to me, i think that is the combination of the lighting and the roughness value.

Sketchbook: Daniel Swing

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