i haven't done many environments but here it is

polybrained

I saw this concept by feng zhu:http://www.fengzhudesign.com/envr/env_feng_image69.JPG
and I decided to give it a shot.
http://www.polybrained.com/Images/env_lotr.jpg

ScoobyDoofus

Looking like a good start! If your goal is to match the concept, I'd say youve got some proportional issues. Also, try getting in there and creating some custom textures, and baking in some advanced lighting.

Keep it up!

Xeto

I agree, a good start! I think the bump is too strong. Try modeling in the cracks rather than using bump to make them. Bump is great, but should only be used as an accent to things.

adam

You need to get down and dirty with your textures and make them... dirty. And the texture you're using for the ground is looking to be much lower in resolution when compared to the rest of the scene... and it looks like its normal map is even lower than the diffuse.

Keep at it.

yeluis

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I agree, a good start! I think the bump is too strong. Try modeling in the cracks rather than using bump to make them. Bump is great, but should only be used as an accent to things.

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I absolutely agree. specially for games. much cheaper to have extra polys than texture or shader work in some cases. i do fell the cocnept has some vertical accentuation to some sort and the 3d model is going on a "wideness" sense. hope that makes sense if not let me know iill see how to explain it better

polybrained

thx for the advice guys, i think i'll definitely try to go in and make those changes soon. I actually did the whole thing b/c I applied for an entry level environment position and the company I applied to wanted to see more environment stuff. So I had a very small amount of time to work on it.
yeluis: ya i see what you're saying about the "wideness"
Xeto: i think I'll def go in and model those cracks
adam: ya i'm not a big fan of the ground either.

Ryno

More variation in the textures, and some nice lighting should pull it all together nicely.

polybrained

didn't get the job. I'm going to def work in fixing this guy after I'm done with what I was actually working on when I had to pop this guy out. I'm bummed.

tokidokizenzen

polybrained, Good effort on this one. An enviro scene of this size is a huge undertaking.. and to go with one concepted by Feng is a tall order When creating a scene for learning, choose a small portion of that environment and then jam a whole lot of detail into it with the largest amount of emphasis on texture detail. When it comes to enviro stuff employers are mostly looking at the textures! If you look at the concept, all the shapes are pretty basic. You can see what Feng was emphasizing, texture, light, and scale.

polybrained

tokidokizenzen: ya I was bitting off alittle more than I could chew doing the project in 2 days, lol. I guess I just got overly ambitious with it.