[portfolio]-Jaxon Keller 3D Environment and Prop Art
polycounter lvl 10
http://jaxonkeller.com/
Looking for critique on the portfolio and on the work.
Looking for critique on the portfolio and on the work.
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But looks like textures and materials have issues though.
environments:
1) swamp scene has texel density issue. Ground is too low res compared to the rest of textures.
Fire and smoke not working. They r too harsh, smoke is strangely white and fire looks like stars.
Maybe just replace it with oil lamp or something like that.
Foliage texture is too simple and needs work.
2) sci-fi facilities - glows r overused. Hard to actually see actual environment and textures because of strong and frequent glows. It is easy to put glow everywhere, but they hide your work from viewer
props:
1) bus's texture looks off. Wheels feel pumped like a swimming pool ring.
Front of the bus lacks engine grid. Contrast between rust and paint is too harsh. That leaking rust thing looks too contrasted.
Boards and flags covering windows look wierd. Some times it is hard to see if there is some glass or no. Some dark low-res interior would be way better.
Btw, if that bus would be so old and not used it's tires would be empty
Get rid of the circular thumbs and replace them with something bigger that give a better preview at what where looking at. I found i really hard to recognize what some things where by just looking at the thumbs, making it a game of trail and error clicking.
Not a fan of lightbox either but that mealy my opinion.
Add more breakdown shot of the environments like: Texture sheets, wireframe shots, lighting shots and triangle counts.
FUCKING.
HATE.
LIGHTBOX.
I want to click on your images and be taken to a page with them on it. I want the ability to middle-click and open them in new tabs. Instead, I'm forced to wait for the slow-as-shit viewer to open up and do its little animation before I can look at the stuff on your website.
The first time I tried to open an image and had to wait for the viewer to open up, I almost left the site out of annoyance. The only reason I stayed was because you were looking for feedback and I felt obligated. That's a really bad sign.
i agree with the lightbox stuff. i dont like it at all.
also, you`re resume is brutal. research resumes and fix it. the second page only has 2 lines on it! thats a HUUGE no no. and the layout is just bad.
all in all, the problems you have are good problems. easy problems to fix. the work you have is good, so you just gotta fix the presentation. now get to it!
Also your lighting is really good in your environments, but your still shots look really dark, I think some of that is coming from your textures too. You can loose a lot of detail by not having enough contrast, and muddying things. I noticed this in your motorcycle, when I saw the thumbnail I didnt think it had too many details, then I was surprised when I saw the highpoly. You need play with your lighting and try some things with your textures so you can really show off the details.
seconded on the resume and lightboxes though. my computer is a beast and for some reason they lag ffox for me first load. that and I hate them.
so again, updated layout is excellent.. oh and rework that dagger/knife thing, it's too washed out with the high spec and your metal base is way too noisy (even if it is supposed to look worn).
EDIT: One more thing, you might want to change your resume download file name to something like "Jaxon Keller 3D Artist Resume.doc". I downloaded it to take a look, and I lost it among the many other "resume.doc" files that I've downloaded, and you probably wouldn't want a potential employer to do that.