Normal mapping Technique for Hand-painting stylez props ?

rafastrip

HI everyone , I would like to know what techique in combine with respective software do I need to my workflow ?  specially for games , PC target and Unity development.

I am looking for this style  . 

link : 
https://forum.unity.com/attachments/fantasy_medieval_pack-props-copy-copy-jpg.111313/

as you can see there is not too much realistic and there is not toon as well. 

any trhead , link about interesting workflows about baking good props ,  wooden , rocks, totems , pods , charmy's scenes . Thanks

jStins

I think the most important thing is that the normals, weather they are sculpted and baked or created with something like nDo, are appropriately simplified / exaggerated to match the visual style you're after. This guide also shows some interesting applications of baked maps to achieve a stylized look:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb/8700-SJKN-4322/dota-2-character-texture-guide

sprunghunt

Have a look at the work of Michael Vincente (Orb) - he makes almost exclusively stylised stuff and has lots of examples of stylised hipoly work.

here's something from his artstation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DlLao

Eric Chadwick

We have some things here
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/OrbCrasher
http://polycount.com/discussion/179635/blizzcon-2016-presentation

rafastrip

thanks to everybody , any tricks or trhead , to get good normal mapping for lowpoly and stylez models ?  specially with textures atlasing (or an array of props in a single UV space )  in 256 by 256 pixels and  512x 512 as starting point . Should I create normal map for lowpoly props in those resoluition? or it is a waste of time ? thanks.

Eric Chadwick

Show your results, and ask for feedback how to improve.

rafastrip

as you can see, it is atlasing in ps for example, contains 4 block of texture, stone, concrete , grass and a asset for modular piecess.... the resolution is 2k in png... I can resize it to 256 x 256 in unity , and the loseness of quality is 20 to 30 % even in png.... I am using AA filter for 2 samples aroung...  I do not know if it is a good practice this way of atlasing with normal mapping ( I am to lazy and this normal map is from photoshop, how ever the Normal mapping in Xnormal is almost the same quality).