Desert Espionage

ridley075

Hello everybody! I'll be using this thread over the next six months or so to showcase the progress of my Senior Project courses at the Art Institute of CA- San Diego. Here's some concept art for my environment:

Composition Shot 1

Composition Shot 2


And here's the story behind it:

A United States Secret Service Agent makes his temporary hideout inside an abandoned Iraqi palace. The area has become run-down and ruined since the Agent has made his hideout here, transforming the once beautiful palace into a careless storage room.


Come back to this thread for updates and critiques! I could really use the help for this project! Thanks for the help and support!

vcool

Ain't seein' no pics.

ridley075

All right, had some trouble with linking the images, sorry. Anyways, here's the Laptop I've been working on. It's high poly right now, wondering what you guys thought about it before I bake it down.





And here's the concept for it as well as the satelite and table:

MetKiller Joe

How are you going to close this laptop? Does the big nob slide into the laptop?

ridley075

Yeah, it will theoretically slide into the laptop, it has multiple grooves (?) which gives it the ability to simply be pushed down into the laptop. Probably won't be for the project however, since it will mostly be a static scene.

GugloPWN

That nob is freaking me out a little, but I really like the concept. You'll be able to have some fun with the lighting. In a dusty old room those stylish beams of light actually exist!

ridley075

Yeah, I'm not sure about keeping the knob thing yet, maybe I'll see how it goes with the textures, then replace it if I need to. What does everyone else think?

Jason Young

It doesn't look well integrated into the design and doesn't fit well. You could make it a separate piece that plugs in via usb or something along those lines. Maybe it could slide into an expansion slot on the side.

ridley075

Yeah, I believe I'm just going to get rid of it. Also, I might implement some borken keys on the keyboard, so you can see the pieces that form the keys underneath them. It'll emphasize the run-down aspects I think.

imb3nt

MetKiller Joe wrote: »

How are you going to close this laptop? Does the big nob slide into the laptop?

They make the self-destruct button big so you dont accidentally hit it.

ridley075

All right, made some updates. Most importantly, got rid of the big nob thingy. Secondary, decided to go with a more military feel to it, where the laptop is kind of in a protective casing, military and engineers work with them sometimes. So, added a handle as well as some latches. What do you think?

oalexis

The update looks much better, alot more functional without the knob. The laptop reminds me of a toughbook

ridley075

Haven't had a post in a few days. Been working on baking this thing down. Had to build a new low poly twice, and a completely new handle over again, just to get it right. So, here's some screens of the low-poly with a bake on it, and ambient occlusion. Let me know what you think!

ridley075

Thought I'd put up a wireframe as well. Current polycount is at 888 tris, which I think is probably good for an object that is going to be relatively important in the scene.

ridley075

All right, done texturing for my first pass. Includes one diffuse, normal, and specular map at the moment, will ad an emissive map for the screen and a few small things here and there. Let me know what you think!





Now, I'm going to figure out how to import this into COD4 mod tools, Radiant I think it's called. Will probably work o the handle some more when I have more time.

Sirdelita

Nice work, love the changes you made. Keep going

ridley075

Wow, it's been forever since I posted anything. I've been having a ton of school work, and haven't got time to update. However, over the past couple of weeks, I have finished the actual room. The roof portion has a horrible bake on it, but I probably won't have time to revisit it for another couple of weeks. Let me know what you think, and I'll make any changes on it I can. Thanks!