Sketchbook: Natalie

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Hello! Nice to meet you.
 
My name is Natalie, I'm a 3D student and I would like to improve my work through sharing and feedback.
Thank you for any critique you can spare!

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One more, did a bit more texturing 




And an animation, dunno how to embed youtube videos. mmmm, I will post the embeded the video once I figure it out

https://youtu.be/VtGffmbuyAY

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I think I'm almost done with this one , 6000 Tris

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One more experiment

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2D sketch for fun

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I've been working on a small project to get the hang of level design workflow. 

I started with quickly blocking the assets in Maya and importing them in UE4 to figure out dimensions and composition. Then, I wrote everything in an excel sheet. I chose a simple bedroom so as not to overwhelm myself. If you have any advice or critique, I would really appreciate it

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Beginning of the Meshing Pass, I like modelling (and UVs) but textures make me want to procrastinate Also, I changed the size of the room from 3x3 tiles to 3x4.  




Chair: I'm not too fond of the Substance Painter Renderer as it is too grainy, but it gives the old/worn-out feel. Baked normals from a high rez as well as added Normals in painter. Might revisit the graininess, but honestly, it looks good in UE4. Subtle details are sometimes lost in the engine. 



Modeled two variations of doors, will add stains through decal (once I get to that stage), render in UE4 Texture created in substance designer. 



The graph is not too intense, it gives the idea of wood material for the doors and skirting and so on.
 


Axe in Substance Painter, I might revisit it and bake some details on the handle/blade. 



This is the low rez model of the bed, I had fun with this one and might add it to my portfolio once it's done. To do: Finish the high rez, bake and paint a unique texture. 

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Have to practice texturing

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Worked some more on texturing 

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A new asset, still in low poly phase

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Finished asset, the handles annoyed me a  lot..the material was not really sticking, and the AO got lost a bit...Will take what I learned from here and move on to another asset. 

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A quick prop for an animation, no need for well defined topo or texture. 

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Texture and topo practice

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Looking at the pic, I notice the vanity might be a touch too big. 

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Working on texture and lighting

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Wip

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One more asset for my personal level project

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Went back to developing the envi...Will have to continue working on the texture. I'm happy that the major unique assets are out of the way

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Also, first sculpt-sketch ever, done while watching the official tutorial series on youtube

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Revisited the textures and fixed some UVs

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a quick practice (around an hour) to get the hang of the tools and hotkeys

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More tool practice

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Also, used vertex painting on the ceiling tiles and walls

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Almost done, I still have a couple of things to do  like a nicer lighting, particles, more decals, and a couple of small props.

I would appreciate feedback a lot on how to improve and what to fix. Thanks!

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Finished this environment for now, just have a cinematic to finish then moving on to the next

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Began a new project, I hope to make an asset a day, more or less, depending on its complexity ofc. Here's a modular wall panel

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The way your textures are placed on the objects feels very tiled, you should try to incorporate the shape and natural wear locations on the object. Like edges are naturally going to be more work than the main flat section and the wear on that would not be so uniform.

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Thank you! I'm working on the texture now to remove its repetitiveness in designer, I'm still a bit new to the software. the above and below assets will share similar substances, so I will pay more attention to the edges. I was thinking to use vertex paint for the scratches and wear, I created another texture (if UE4 would stop crashing). I ll have to find a different way, UE4 crashes every time I hit the brush symbol....

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Another modular asset, I worked some more on the texture...Still not fully liking it yet, will continue to work on it more as I go. 

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I continued with the modular assets, I don't want to post them as they get kinda repetitive. But here's a different kind of asset, textured in Painter. Rather nondescript as I want to use it in a modular fashion as well. 



And a quick background asset, pretty simple since it won't be so prominent in the scene and I don't want to waste polys on it

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Another secondary asset

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A main asset in the scene



Another not so main one

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Been taking it a bit easy in the last couple of days, enjoying the summer. I played a bit with the alphas in Painter for this asset. It's an interesting experiment. 

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I'm liking the version to the right 


And some Zbrush Practice

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My first retopo, learned a lot and I'm happy with the result. Can't wait for the next sculpt. 

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Rather simpler modeling as this is not a major asset in the scene. 

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Long post ahead  

I enjoyed working on this personal project. I learned a lot in terms of engine, texture and general project organization. Most importantly, I discovered the countless fields I can (and should) improve in    

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Took it easy for a few days then went back to another scene , going to work on something smaller scale but more in depth. Tried my hand at zbrush sculpting again, not where I want the detail level to be but I'm not going to beat myself up about it...Baby steps...




In engine shot. I'm also learning foliage


My goal is to work on optimizing topology. 

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That's Neat!

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Thank you Dizzy Wascal  

A fellow student at school  gave me valuable advice for optimization, so I went back and worked on the bench some more   The bake looks better now. I cut the tri number by half (from 3180 to 1356), while maintaining the same shape. Woohoo 

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I'm learning more about Zbrush workflow + optimization. And most importantly how to flesh out an asset and give it history. I kinda like triangles now

ps: I started playing uncharted 4  




In engine. I have a scene blocked out but it constantly changes based on the textures and the assets. 

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A slimmer column for variety sake, more Zbrushing Still learning the ropes

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I worked on a substance designer texture and i'm having weird issues in UE4.

The texture was based on a tutorial on youtube by Ryan Pocock  . I changed the texture to match my scene, and it looks excellent in Designer and Marmoset. But UE4 refuses to import/tile properly. 

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Fixed it, it was a designer node that was causing the error (flood fill). Gonna try to fix the tileability