Modeling Reel
Hello,
my name is Kimberly and I am in my last semester of college at Lynn University. I am presenting my final demo for portfolio. any advice is welcome.
my name is Kimberly and I am in my last semester of college at Lynn University. I am presenting my final demo for portfolio. any advice is welcome.
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The apartment looks great. I quite like the lighting, though it looks a little over exposed over near the big window. As for the models and topology, the flower petals seem unnecessarily dense, and the glass table seems unusually low-poly in comparison. It looks like the glass table has 'holding edges' though, so I'm guessing you're going for a high-res, sub-division type of render. In that case, excessive polygons probably won't matter. However, learning how to create clean low-res models will be essential if you decide to pursue work in games, VR, or real-time arch-vis. Also, showing off the wireframes and texture maps of more of your models such as the couch, pillows, and candelabras would be nice. (That is if you have texture maps to show. Looking at it again, it looks like you're doing procedural noise-based textures. Perhaps show the UV's instead?)
I'm sorry if I sound harsh when I say this, but the character feels unfinished to me. The model/sculpt is missing some of the finer anatomical details that are in the original concept, and the painted-on lines unfortunately aren't enough to make up for it. I think the lines are also a bit too a-symmetrical. The textures are completely lacking in detail, and they just look like flat colors to me. With a stylized character like this, the textures should bring the character to life. Lighting is also pretty flat and lifeless.
I would recommend looking finding and studying some stylized characters you admire (there's tons on Artstation and 80Level) and researching/emulating their texturing process'. With some extra work, I think your character could look really cool.
What's going on with the fish restaurant at the end? I'm not sure if it's just me, but it looks like it's glitching-out? Like there are tons of alpha sorting issues or something. The quality of the models textures and lighting are also sub-standard, and a far cry from the quality of the apartment scene at the beginning. I would recommend scrapping that one, and replacing it with something new that better represents your current skill level. . . But it's your call.
One last thing, a lot of people (in the game industry at least) don't really like demo-reels and prefer image galleries. You can make a free portfolio on Artstation if you want. It's a good idea even as a secondary portfolio since it's such a high-traffic site, your work will be more likely to get noticed than on YouTube or a personal website. Just food for thought.
Good luck!
Here is my updated Demo reel.