School Assignment - Various Projects

Wiktor

Hey all!
Today our new course started, which means that every week we'll get a new assignment to create in a few days.

I'll use this thread as some sort of a sketchbook during the course.

This week we got asked to create a low poly object. 500 tris and 128x128 Diffuse.

Never worked with these kinds of specs, so I'm really looking forward to start working on it!

Here's a quick concept I made just now.



I'm not a great concept artist, but I'm pretty sure I can get a good 3D model from it, even though it doesn't have depth.

Cheers!

Rilem

I'd say the sword handle is too small, it doesn't look very comfortable to hold.
Also the rotating sprocket doesn't make sense, what is that for?

Wiktor

Rilem wrote: »

I'd say the sword handle is too small, it doesn't look very comfortable to hold.
Also the rotating sprocket doesn't make sense, what is that for?

Haha, I definate agree about the handle!
The sprockets are simply flare. I pay no attention to functionality this time. All I want is a really cartoony and stylized sword ala Blizzard or something. ^^

Mcejn

I personally find number 1 to be the most interesting of the three. As for functionality, even in Blizzard style weapons, it has to have a purpose, especially for something that big. Whether it's for balance or flare, it should be more fleshed out.

I would definitely try and play with the proportions a bit more. Pump out a few more shapes and see if you can get any other really interesting silhouettes.

Here are some of their own assets as an example:



Keep it going, man!

-m

Wiktor

Thank you so much for posting that image!
Will definately keep working on the shapes!

Cheers!

Wiktor

Made 3 quick thumbs.

What do you think?

Wiktor

Alright.. I don't have time to concept anymore I'm afraid..
Gonna have to go with this:

ceebee

I would suggest using more tapered shapes in the beveling of the blades and other parts to add interest. It looks very boring with equidistant beveling/sharpness.

Wiktor

ceebee wrote: »

I would suggest using more tapered shapes in the beveling of the blades and other parts to add interest. It looks very boring with equidistant beveling/sharpness.

I understand what you mean, and I agree completely!

And I really don't hope I look like a total douche for not taking all you guys' advices into account..
I'm just really panicing here, hoping that I will make it to the deadline!

I am listening to what you have to say though!

Wiktor

WIP shot of the model and texture:

Wiktor

And here is an update version in 128x128.

Wiktor

My first hand painted wood texture!
Woo!

Wiktor

Here's another attempt...

128x128 Diffuse.

Wiktor

I think I'm done with this dagger now.

TomDeVis

I wouldn't attach a scarf on a sword handle also there is some weird grey dots on the leather of the handle (of the first sword).

What school are you attending?

Wiktor

TomDeVis wrote: »

I wouldn't attach a scarf on a sword handle also there is some weird grey dots on the leather of the handle (of the first sword).

What school are you attending?

Thanks for the feedback!

I go to The Game Assembly. ^^

Wiktor

And here's a quick bow I made:


128x128 Diffuse.

Wiktor

And here's what I'll hand in tomorrow!

Wiktor

This is my latest piece for school.
It's already done, so unfortunately I can't really do anything with possible feedback until my next project.
But please, feel free to crit away!

The assignment was to create a First Person weapon under 3'000 triangles, 1024x1024 Diffuse, Spec and Normal map.
We had 4 days to complete it.

There are some areas that I know lack some love, but I decided to focus mainly on the areas that are eye catching, seeing as I really stressed this out.



Oh, and also! I know that wood isn't NEARLY as shiny as it is on my crossbow. I just decided to crank up the spec on it to make it look cool. And personally I think it does. ^^

Hope you like it!

uncle

It looks very nice overall but maybe I'd lower specular on metal parts a bit.
And string looks kind of strange It doesn't resemble a rope at all, it should be wrapped around more tightly.

1st post, yay

Wiktor

This is the latest project at school.
We got a concept made by our teacher (shown in bottom of picture) and from that we had to make a game-ready model.
We were free to twiest it into our own style and liking, or even make a new concept based on his concept.

I took a lot of inspiration from Tank Girl when making this, and I'm pretty happy with it. I could have worked more on the texturing, but unfortunately time isn't something we have a lot of here at The Game Assembly. ^^

Here we go:


Hope you like it!

Cheese_Shinobi

Really nice work!
I hear the Game Assembly is a good school! Went to Playground Squad myself if you´ve heard of it.
Keep up the good work, look forward to see more stuff!

Wiktor

Thank you!
Yeah, The Game Assembly is a great school if you ask me. I went to School of Future Entertainment (SOFE) before, and TGA is way better. Learning new stuff everyday.

Wiktor

Alright, here goes. Never thought I'd dare to post concept art here at PC. However, I am, for once, sort of happy with a concept, so I'm going to share it here.

It's for a school class, where we got a task to turn an animal into a character, and I chose a japanese (?) rhino bug.



Feel free to crit all you want! I wanna learn!

Cheers!

Matroskin

as for the weapons check otu this thread - some good textures and he also explains a bit of the process as well

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69298

Wiktor

Matroskin wrote: »

as for the weapons check otu this thread - some good textures and he also explains a bit of the process as well

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69298

Thank you very much for linking that thread! I'm sure it'll come in handy in the future, but the assignment to create the weapon ended a long time ago, so there's not much I can do about it. I got a good grade on it though. ^^

Cheers!

Wiktor

Hey all! I thought I'd share what I'm working on at school at the moment.
We got an assignment to texture the Goblin MoP shared here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69806

And this is what I have so far:



Not done yet, but I'm almost there I think.
Hit me with some crits if you want!

Wiktor

Alright.. And an update before I go home. Will finish it up on monday.