[Riot Art Contest] - Jacob Wheat

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Hey everyone,

Thank you for stopping by. I hope by participating I can work on sharpening my skills! Currently, I'm still deciding on what themes to go with for an awesome creep den/turret. I really want show some nice story-telling aspects, as that is what makes summoner's rift so awesome in the first place.

I hope everyone enjoys my entries. I look forward to working on it and seeing other's progress along the way.

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Final Entries! I hope you like them. Please give me any feedback you'd like. Thanks!

Higher res here: https://www.artstation.com/enhirement

Extra gold pass on Butcher's Bridge!

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Edit: The ref sheet has been changed to Death Blossom as I see more room for fighting a monster compared to Elderwood. Because there are fewer references, I see a lot of room for exploration and creativity within the project.

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I did some really rough layouts for the types of stories that could be told with Death Blossom themes. Nothing's final, just exploring possibilities.

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Revisiting this. I think with some color adjustments and such it can work. There will be modifications to the plants to make them feel more at home on the Rift.

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Here is some progress I've made. Decided to paint the ground first so I can match all of the assets afterward.

Current Objective: Adding color variation and detailing.

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Hello everyone, just an update post. I will be aiming for Death Blossom instead of Elderwood as it will fit better and has more room for story-telling aspects.

brettmarshalltucker

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Here is some progress I've made. Decided to paint the ground first so I can match all of the assets afterward.

Current Objective: Working with a new technique to create grass. you will notice that some grass looks a lot sharper around the rocks. I will be doing this around everything soon.

Nice ground study! It's helpful for me to see how you guys are approaching his style. I like the layering of the rocks but I imagine you would put more contrast into it in the final product. Excited to see your progress!

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brettmarshalltucker said:

Enhirement said:

Here is some progress I've made. Decided to paint the ground first so I can match all of the assets afterward.

Current Objective: Working with a new technique to create grass. you will notice that some grass looks a lot sharper around the rocks. I will be doing this around everything soon.

Nice ground study! It's helpful for me to see how you guys are approaching his style. I like the layering of the rocks but I imagine you would put more contrast into it in the final product. Excited to see your progress!

Thanks a bunch! Yeah, more contrast and color variation will be added for sure. I'm probably going to go more into blueish tones in the back so it can match with the theme. 

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Currently taking a break from the ground plane. Here's some block out modeling I'm doing, it's in default shaded mode so you can see. I will be making this scene more interesting and adding alpha cards later. Right now I'm really liking the idea of a thorny overgrown creep den with some monster venus fly traps holding some unlucky champion's gear. And of course a helmet for Helmet Bro. 

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Here's a venus fly trap texture I was painting today. The stem still needs to be done. I'm deciding on doing planes for the traps as it will be the best for the angle I am now using instead of wasting geometry.

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Experimenting with cards instead of geo for this den. I think that it will work considering that you only see it from one angle during the game.

alutes

Hot damn, that's a good start. Keep it up!

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alutes said:

Hot damn, that's a good start. Keep it up!

Thanks!

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Apologies for the lack in updates, just recovering from a move. Here's a stump I've been working on!

Enexus

Tree stump is looking awesome, really interesting design with the multiple layers. Cant wait to see more!

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Enexus said:

Tree stump is looking awesome, really interesting design with the multiple layers. Cant wait to see more!

Thanks a bunch!

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Update tonight. I worked on the rocks for the left side. Also fixed my transparency settings in Maya while I set up the den. When I progress further I'll show that off too.

praetus

Solid progress.  I'll echo here what I think someone mentioned on HPG, but your values and colors feel a little bit muddy on those rocks.  It's making some of the forms difficult to read.  I would focus on cleaning up those values a bit.  Good start though!

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Here's an update! Worked on setting up my scene today. Trees and better rocks too.

To do list: Finish the rest of the alpha cards so I can place them and get this into a better viewer. Also, redo the ground so the grass and rocks match the rest of the scene.

praetus said:

Solid progress.  I'll echo here what I think someone mentioned on HPG, but your values and colors feel a little bit muddy on those rocks.  It's making some of the forms difficult to read.  I would focus on cleaning up those values a bit.  Good start though!

Thanks! I went ahead and worked on these a bit more so the shapes read better.

brettmarshalltucker

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Apologies for the lack in updates, just recovering from a move. Here's a stump I've been working on!

Really cool design on this stump! I'd like to see some fungus or something on it since it's obviously decomposing.

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brettmarshalltucker said:

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Apologies for the lack in updates, just recovering from a move. Here's a stump I've been working on! 

Really cool design on this stump! I'd like to see some fungus or something on it since it's obviously decomposing.

Thanks! I added in some fungus.



Also, here is a new shot of the scene laid over Summoner's Rift.

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Here's my progress for today. I think the sizes and angle are correct, so I'll put it into maromoset to get higher quality screenshots.

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Everything into marmoset, unlit, 40 fov, high settings. Now I can move onto the polish portion for the textures and add fun stuff.

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Edits:

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Here's another update.

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Hey guys, I took a small break from the creep den to come up with a cool idea for a bilgewater inspired inhibitor. The purple tentacles will be like kraken legs holding up the crystal out of the saltwater. The other main materials will be wood, gold, metal (iron), and alpha cards for things like coins, nets, hooks, and moss.

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Second update for tonight! Redesigned textures for clarity. 

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Hey everyone! I have been doing some texture work on my inhibitor. Had a pretty rough day yesterday with 3D-Coat breaking with windows 10 updates, but all is well now! 

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Today's update -

I colorized the AO, flared out the model, refined a bit of the textrures, and added some rope.

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Hey Polycount, hope everyone had great holidays.

Today's Updates:
Gold - 2nd Pass
Tentacles are more Slimy looking
Metal Dent(s)
 

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Tonight's update - Texture details / color variations

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Hey everyone! Nearing the end of this inhibitor. I call it the.. Tentanhibitor? Krakenhibitor? Something like that. I'll probably do another small details pass, blend anything that sticks out funny, and work on bringing the den up to shape. This was a super fun project! 

bem56

Nice job

brettmarshalltucker

Nice form on this one! The texturing looks nice too but you might want to try out some curves and levels adjustments on the final product in Photoshop before sussing out small details. I'd say the overall contrast is slightly muddy and adjustments like those could help out.

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bem56 said:

Nice job

Thanks!

brettmarshalltucker said:

Nice form on this one! The texturing looks nice too but you might want to try out some curves and levels adjustments on the final product in Photoshop before sussing out small details. I'd say the overall contrast is slightly muddy and adjustments like those could help out.

Thanks a bunch! I did some small level adjustments. Hopefully, it's less muddy now. Please let me know if you have some more ideas regarding filters.

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Here's an update with my creep den! You'll find a lot has been changed since I posted. I've been compositing it over summoner's rift, and am now adjusting color hues so it matches better. I think I'm also going to add some foliage to hide the seams of where things intersect the ground, too.

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Thread original post updated with final pictures. Reminder - You can see the high res here: https://www.artstation.com/enhirement

This was an awesome experience. I learned a ton about creating assets which are viewed from an specific view point. It was a challenge, but I'm glad to say I am coming out of this with a better understanding. Thank you to those who gave critiques and advice to me along the way.