Untitled [WIP] - Critique appreciated

fullpinkdog

Hey Polycount! 

Decided to start share my process of work and hope someone will give any feedback along this work. (ue4)

I want to create some kind of lab in cyberpunk/sci-fi styles, and currently i have collected some references and working on blockout  to understand what design of room i want and what assets will be in this scene and what kinda lighting will be.

Really inspired by Outer Worlds, i think guys from Obsidian made a great work in terms of design of interior environments, so i took something from this game.

In other hand i think concept arts by Andrzej Dybowski are awesome, in particularly Observer concept arts, so i took one of those as a main reference and will rework this a bit.

my references, still updating this collection tho:

main concept art by Andrzej Dybowski:

1st blockout:

wip composition, so focal points are main table and some kind of work place:

So, i guess i will keep updating this thread
and of course - thank you for your time!

Current stage - finished:

fullpinkdog

update, still blockout, i think i need to work more on composition at this point

fullpinkdog

update, something like this, i guess it's enough for blockout stage, will moving on the next stage

fullpinkdog

update, testing out color palette, i think it's a good time to make some better static lighting to understand how colors will look like

color palette:

i like this kinda color palette, i saw this in Cyberpunk 2077 trailer:

also i like how this colors combined with metal material, so i thought why not to try this color palette

fullpinkdog

update, quick lighting, testing out how it works when filling room with GI by emissive lighting, testing out how composition works with this lighting, testing main colors

honestly, i think i need to change some materials(wall itself and wall attachment) and make something more reflective, gonna test this thought out

fullpinkdog

yeah, a few tweaks with roughness and it start looks better, in my opinion

ok, gonna make every other assets

fullpinkdog

update, made main table, 1st pass texture for it, changed some textures a bit, but for the most time i have tested the colors and rougness level of materials

fullpinkdog

update, made some assets, made some decals, fixed some textures, change lighting a bit

fullpinkdog

update, after i checked out Sergey Tyapkin's works on ArtStation i realised that my assets are complete garbage haha, so i spent this evening to create new main table in the center of the scene, i think this one is better

let me know if you have any thoughts about this

ScopeDragon

This is good work, my friend.

issam.itmk

Very nice color palette !

And good job with blockout, you made everything clear !

The table is just fine, let the lighting do the rest later !

fullpinkdog

Thank you guys for the kind words

fullpinkdog

update, another asset - critique appreciated as usual

kohg

Was that chair done using trimsheets by any chance?

fullpinkdog

@kohg no, it's individual texture set 

fullpinkdog

update, slow but steady

btw, if you want to see references for these assets - you can find them here https://www.artstation.com/tyapkin - very cool works, so beautiful design in my opinion

fullpinkdog

update, test render to see how it all comes together

fullpinkdog

update, making rest of an assets and working with lighting

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update

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update, i finally stoped procrastinate and got off my lazy ass and started to work on this project, made and changed a lot of staff

fullpinkdog

little update, making some small props

fullpinkdog

update, made some props, trying to make some good LUT and tried to set up DoF, but i am not really satisfied with the result, so i guess i will keep trying(and mb do another lighting pass). anyway, i also feel like i should already finish creation the rest of assets

Crazy_pixel

Nice project I like the mood and colours so far

my first impression was that the table in the middle of the room is more important as the rest ( based on the light intensity)
A really fancy and mysterious asset like some kind of stange alien organism, asteroid fragment or a robot heaf could be very interesting to tell a story 

anyway keep it up!

fullpinkdog

@Crazy_pixel hey, thank you for the kind words

I totally agree about the idea to put something interesting on the table, i could follow the main reference, but i'm still thinking about it. I think for now it's a bit boring and very "noisy" with all this small staff on the table and nothing really catch the eye. Definitely don't like it, but i guess i should keep trying things and stuff

Anyway, thank you for the ideas man

Crazy_pixel

You are welcome!
I'm looking forward to see your progress

Necrodark

Hey man, Awesome piece so far! I think the colors work very well with the blue lighting. Btw how are you handling the bakes on this scene, i might be wrong but it looks like you're using vertex weighted normals for some stuff?

fullpinkdog

@Necrodark hi there, thank you man

>how are you handling the bakes on this scene

It's pretty much every asset in this scene using default vertex normals, i using classic workflow for texturing with baking on hard edges and also with uv-cuts on hard edges, thats all i guess

hope that's what you had needed, anyway feel free to ask more if i misunderstood something or if you have more questions 

>you're using vertex weighted normals for some stuff
may i ask what exactly you think looks like it's using vertex weighted normals? just interesting

btw, not sure if my english fully correct here, sorry for that, hehe

fullpinkdog

update, made a rough blockout of some stuff, fixed some stuff

Carabiner

Looking very nice! I especially like the drips going down the wall behind the bookshelf, getting some nice roughness variation there. Keep it up!

fullpinkdog

@Carabiner thank you man, really appreciate it

Carabiner

fullpinkdog said:

@Carabiner thank you man, really appreciate it

Def, I'm excited to see where this goes (Also, I'm not a man :O )

fullpinkdog

update, made some progress



had fun with this thing, my first experience with animation, it looks cool

Jonathan85

Hi i think its nice... I would add some additional smaller lights in the foreground in the middle (the desk) and also maybe crank up reflections and their sharpness, even in postproduction using the refl layer separately and cranking them up.

fullpinkdog

@Jonathan85 hey, it's a good call. I think It also may help to increase "shape definition" (or whateever it calls) of props in the center. I also think i will completely relight the table area. Yeah, good idea, thank you man

fullpinkdog

update, working on lighting, slow but steady - i think it's getting better, anyway tomorrow i gonna start making the robotic arm, after that i gonna make a generator, and after all that i guess i will continue lighting the scene

fullpinkdog

update, it's been a while since last update, work in progress, currently making a high-poly model for bionic arm, here is a current stage(without any "damage" and all of that stuff for now), just want to share, if anyone have any feedback

and yeah, i know this transition between hand and forearm probably doesn't make any sense at all, but it looks kinda cool in my opinion
here are the references:
Venom Snake's bionic arm from https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Venom_Snake%27s_bionic_arm

"Robotic Hands for VR" by Adam Nield https://www.artstation.com/artwork/k4zkgA

fullpinkdog

update, finished this bionic arm, i guess i could make final touches in the end of this project if i will want to, for now something like this (1х4096 for presentation)

fullpinkdog

and also a bit of fun with animation, i start to think about learn more about animation staff in maya(textures here are a bit messed up because maya didn't save UV's properly for some reason)

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one more update, made some things

jStins

Hey, this is a great scene. Great execution on the props and lighting. Personally I'd consider removing the 'floating' emissive screen from the desk. The warm / cool lighting really helps create a sense of depth and a strong focal point in the image. The screen pulls strong, cool highlights into the focal point making it feel a bit too busy and kills some of the depth. The other thing I'd consider is that a lot of the other tech in this world looks chunky (ala Fallout) and the floating screen feels a bit too sleek (Iron Man) for this world. 

Either way, you have a nice portfolio piece here. Good work!

Crazy_pixel

Beautiful progress your scene looks alive and interesting. 
I agree with @jStins the blue screen is to much, I prefered the pre version more.

Maybe one tought ... the door in the background is slightly open, at the moment it is pitch black. Would be interesting if you had a very soft light in the floor to create an interesting rim light effect on the edges.

fullpinkdog

thank you guys for your thoughts and the kind words, i really need a fresh eye on this scene
@jStins hmm, yeah you might be right about 'floating' emissive screen, i will think what i can do with that, i already have an idea how i  can fix that, thanks again
@Crazy_pixel yeah, good call about door in the background, i will make something up, thank you man

fullpinkdog

update, i pretty much like the result, i going to make a final touches for things like roughness and colors, fix some stuff, make some additional renders and probably finish this project tommorow, but anyway feel free to share your thoughts/critique about this

Spag_Eddy

I'm just chiming in to say that this is pretty sexy, my dude. Nice mood. Nicely done!

fullpinkdog

@Spag_Eddy wow man, i'm glad you like it, thank you!

jStins

I like the revision to the floating screen. Definitely fits the world better overall IMO. Personally I'd go with a warm lights illuminating the drawings, but the execution of the scene is solid so I trust your choices here. Looking forward to the final presentation shots. 

marco_3D_artist

Amazing job!! nothing to say! 

fullpinkdog

hey Polycount, i guess it's time to call it a day, to take stock of this project here is the final renders and progress of work gif, but if you are interested in small breakdown you can find it here --- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nQ5yWe
and of course, thank to all of you for the support and feedback

thank you for your time

allmighty_thunder

I really like that progress gif, I am curious was that just a view made to take a snapshot every x amount of time or did you consciously make an effort to render those out?

fullpinkdog

@allmighty_thunder
i like those kind of gifs too, so i onsciously was making low res screenshots after some progress

ZombieDawgs

I got linked here because somebody saw the hand ref, but I have to say your whole scene looks incredible. Great work dude