Small environment : Park :)

Por@szek

Hi all.
Strange I could promise that I create this thread... I don't know what happend.. Strange.
Anyway today i start small environment to create few props. Here is the fountain but also will bench, street lamp and some refuse dump.
Fountain have 1250 tri + 512x512 +256x256 (water) with bump and spec.
Enjoy :

and wire

C&C are very welcome.

notman

I like it, although the water seems a little to ripply. Especially to have no water crashing at the edges.
The lily pads look really good though.

Por@szek

Hi all.

Few hours of hard working, and I have a little progress in the scene. And traditionally problem with lights ... some advices??

notman - I correct water, I think now looks better.

Here comes an ... update :







Its always nice to see some C&C.

nealb4me

I think the textures needs more dirt, it just looks too "clean" :P

I like what you have done so far, just not keen on the 8 sided bin. If it really has to be that low poly then try to disguise it a bit

HumbleEgo

Cool models. My critique would be the textures. For me personally, they lack diversity in value, color and texture. At angles where they overlap, they seems to blend into one mass of similar grainy brownish grey.

I really like how you've dirtied they up but it's too even to me. For example the bench legs have dirt and rust evenly distributed, but in life those things collect in the nooks and crannies, such as where the legs and seat meet, where the legs touch the ground.

Good stuff though. Keep it going.

Por@szek

I forgot add the wireframe ...

nealb4me - this one about the dirt that was a joke?? The textures are not to dirted? About the bin ... its a polisz bin Original on shape and dirt:).

HumbleEgo - I can only thx for that reply, it was very helpfull, I try fix that.

Here are forgotten wires :

nealb4me

Yeah I was joking. I knew you were gonna say that about the bin!

Rick Stirling

We were looking at your site the other day, and were very impressed. Really nice work.

I have one question. The curve of the bin: why do you have more curvature detal on the inside of the bin than the outside?

rooster

I agree about colour variation, everything looks too samey. what about some residual paint colour coming through on the lamppost, and on the iron parts of the bench? stuff like that.

on the models they all look nicely done to me, and I have personally seen bins shaped something like that. I agree with rick though, do you need such shape definition on the inside for something so dark and hard to see?

adam

I'd say pay attention to where you're spending your polys. The planks of wood that make of the bunch would of been 2 or 3 planes with a texture that has an alpha. You'd save a ton of polys that way. (Same goes for the wrought iron on the sides).

The lamp post is uber-high poly, especially the rod that extrudes from the base - no need for it to be anything more than 4 sides.

The textures look like you used the same overlays for all. The wood doesn't really look like wood to me - but looks like it was made out of whatever the garbage/ash tray was made from.

Por@szek

Hi there.
Another update, not especially huge, i concentrate on lights and water. Tomorrow probably I will add more props.

nealb4me -

Rick_Stirling - thanks man. I'm glad You like it. About the curve of the bin .. Like I told nealb4me, from that time I don't change the answer Anyway If it looks so bad, I change the this object.

rooster - thanks for the crit, i change the iron parts of the bench, but I'll change more in this textures after setup the lights, so after this update should be more variation in the textures.

AdamBrome - hmm I fix the lamp, but reduce polies in the planks ... I don't think this idea is good, to put this on the texture, but thanks. And wood, You have right, but its a bump, I must change it.

An update :

nealb4me

I think the benches are blending in far too much with the ground. A lighter wood colour would work well with less noise and more in the way of stains. Something like this:

http://www.slvoimageserver.com/34313/1605_1.jpg

For some reason aswell I would like to see a half eaten fish and chips pack lying on one of the benches. All crunched up and messy with a few scattered chips. Of course that is entirely up to you.

Por@szek

Hi, slowly but it goes forward. I just start job hunting, so updates could be not so often but I'll finish it:).

nealb4me - thanks man for the support. Your opinion is really helpfull. I correct few things, and few things are still to correct like fountain perhaps. I'm still working on it:)

Enjoy :













C&C are very welcome

Echelon-IV

Wow I like! great job!

notman

That's a LOT better

Joao Sapiro

the only problem i see is that there is too much dirt , and that tires the eyes a bit mate, try toning down a bit