Feedback on Models (Texture work)

hwaminjung

Hello everyone, I've been getting feedback from industry professionals on my portfolio, and I wanted to get some more feedback on my materials.
I have been told from separate people to "stop using the default materials from Substance Painter", even though I always build my materials from scratch. I feel like that means my materials feel generic or out of place.
Could I get some feedback to bring my texture work to the next level?
I've added some examples of my work here, and would really appreciate any comment.

edit- forgot to mention you don't need to sugarcoat anything, honestly brutal feedback is probably what I need right now.

pxgeek

Hey there,
I think your work is pretty good and I quite like the scavenger character.
One issue with it is that the materials all look too uniform. Everything looks to have a similar roughness value, and also have a same kind of generic noise throughout. Take care into adding some intention into the grunge and wear of the materials. Especially for this type of character, you have a lot of opportunity to tell a story with it's materials.

Take a look at this screenshot as a comparison for what i mean:

And if this is mainly for a portfolio showcase; I think you would benefit with more geometry and higher res textures. Your polycount and texture resolution look very conservative by today's standards.

Hope that was helpful...keep it up!

hwaminjung

Yes, it was very helpful. Thank you for the feedback!