Need advice/tips for pursuing 3D game environment art

Zanmato

Hello! I am a self-study 3D artist for over a year now and I feel like I'm not improving at all, I don't know if it's due to bad execution or just have no motivation to level up my works. I've been doing low poly environment and I feel like I need to step up my game, but don't really know where to begin with. I'm into hand painted stuff, but I don't even know how to paint. I've seen a lot of awesome works here and in ArtStation that I try to copy, but so far I couldn't finish anything that I see. I get excited then after hitting a wall, I lose motivation, which sucks. I don't know how to approach and execute properly. I feel ashamed for not improving at all since I've been doing random 3D stuff for over a year.

Do you guys have any advice on how should I go on about this? I've been wanting to improve, but at the same time, I'm lost. Thanks!

aryarie

Well if you could show us some of the stuff you've made so far maybe we can give you an idea of what to work on

If you're interested in specifically improving your hand painted work, learning to paint will really help. I'm also trying to do this myself and I think sometimes you need to take some time away from 3D and focus on just painting.

Here are the resources I've found useful so far:

Ctrl+Paint
Hand Painted Primer
Light & Dark
PSG Art Tutorial
3dmotive Hand painted tutorial by Tyson Murphy

Ctrl+Paint is very beginner friendly and there's a lot of amazing content available for free so I'd definitely recommend starting there if you are very new to painting.

Zanmato

Oh, sorry I forgot to link my works but here it is : https://www.behance.net/romemartin these are mostly low poly works and have never even tried to hand paint. I was planning on getting Tyson Murphy's course, but missed the sale on Udemy so I'm gonna have to wait for it again (I'm on a budget right now so I can't buy the course at full price). Thank you!

aryarie

Oh, I remember you from before (from when you posted your sculpted bricks). How did you get on with the Tobias Koepp course?

But yeah, if you spend some time learning a bit more about painting it will definitely help with your texturing.

I really like the style of the pirate wharf and the low poly ruins, btw  

Zanmato

I forgot that I even posted here way back haha. I haven't finished the course yet as I got stuck in a particular part that I can't seem to wrap my head around it, and eventually stopped working on it. I guess because I have no prior knowledge in Maya that left me in circles. 

Thanks! Now that you've reminded me, I need to start again.