Sketchbook: Alex K

Emeriastone

So after browsing these forums for a little over a week I have decided to break silence and join you guys, what an awesome community--just the kind of place I should have been a member of a long time ago. I certainly would have learned more by now had I done so.

I welcome comments and criticism, as it only makes you stronger, and any advice you can give me is welcome as well.

I love Team Fortress 2 and other Source games, my dream job is to be an environment artist.

This is a model I finished this morning, so here's the skinny:

Reference image

In-game screenshot

HLMV Screencap

aesir

i feel the tf2 style oozing from it, very cool. welcome to polycount.

marlfox8

that awesome!! how about some dirt and scratched paint later on?

vatsel

3d stuff looks great!

too bad i know nothing about it so I cant give any crits :P

vofff

wow I see a tf2 van

Uly

looking good man, great texturing.

Emeriastone

High polycount! Didn't think I'd manage to break as high as 4000 triangles, but I'm not too concerned, level of detail models will help out. Any thoughts so far?

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ZacD

You could shave off some tris on the cylinder thing on the desk, the middle is kinda dense.

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I forgot to post when I stopped working today, but here's the result, I still need to paint out some pesky baked AO seams. @ ZacD, The polycount is high, but the way the source engine works with LOD versions, I can get away with going from 4144 tri to 1764 tri at 25 units distanced. And other versions bring it to 993 triangles. The detail change is very minimal.



I'll get some in-game renders as soon as the level author compiles a fully lit version.

vofff

nice, more tf2 stuff^^

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Finishing up a vending machine model today, based on the tf2 material poster, Cracky Pop Brand Sodapop,



More in a bit...

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In-game screenshots:

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A few updates,

Added blue skin for this fancy vending machine:



And working on a very stylized TF2 skull, for a mayan theme set. Just one part of many.

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And now some mindless fun, jiggle bones
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlDg7z3KBWo[/ame]

willy-wilson

thats awesome, now i wanna seem someone make a jello cube hat.

ENODMI

Really cool work! I hate you.

VianReps

^^ awesome

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Some more sculptris fun, no purpose:


Also, I took up working turning the tf2 overlay concept into a detail model:


More to come

marlfox8

the skull eye sockets are way too big. you did the skull kinda carytoony right?

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marlfox8 wrote: »

the skull eye sockets are way too big. you did the skull kinda carytoony right?

It's stylized for tf2, where sometimes proportions are exaggerated. The polygon reduction and the ambient occlusion really pull out how big they are though. In game, it looks pretty good.

POFFINGTON

jellomachine...best thing I have seen today.

made me laugh real bad

and for TF2 the skull is fine.

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Still kicking, it's all unwrapped, I just need to pack it. Glass not shown. Too tired to finish today, maybe tomorrow. More to come.

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Some seams still to paint out, but otherwise doing well.

marlfox8

nice. looks like a gangsta car lol

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And some texture work, and an in-game screenshot:

A.Kincade

Damn. That thing turned out pretty sweet. Good stuff.

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It's been a while since I last updated. I just finished this C45 Beechcraft plane model for my on going theme set project.

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Today I made a quick decal sign to compliment the vending machine model.