Mike670 work thread

mike670

Hey there polycount,

So I'm currently trying to get better at texturing and materials and it would be sweet to get some feedback on them as I do them in one thread:).

Ill start out with these,

this one is my result of that popular tutorial





here I tried to apply the techniques I learned from that tutorial on something random



and finally a random block thing I made to test out materials, in this case metal



also,
if you could check out my new portfolio in my sig and give some feedback that would be great:thumbup:

DDuckworth

Hey Mike, you did a good job on the tut, looks great, the cases are ok but you need a specular map badly to help bring out the metal, the same goes for the last piece. However the biggest problem you have on the black piece is the seams on the hardened edges of your mesh, you need to seperate the UV's where the hard edges are before you bake your normal map so that you will get a smooth edge. Finally you need a specular map on it like i said, for a fully metal piece you'll want a fairly bright specular and turn up specularity pretty high in marmoset, you'll want to work towards a sharp highlight. Keep it up!

mike670

hey DDuckworth,

Thanks for the great tips!

I actually had spec maps on those :poly136:
but they were not configured correctly, I don't know why I didn't show maps.

separating the uv's made the normals much better!

so here we go,

here is the metal block thing, Getting better?



diffuse



normal



specular





and I bumped up the spec on that crate and removed some lumpy crap off the normal

here is marmoset



and udk



diffuse



normal



specular




Thanks alot for the kinds words and help!

mike670

Decided to redo the texture on the turret





if you want to see sheets just ask

DDuckworth

Turret looks pretty good, on that metal piece you've still got some normal errors in the circle cutout part, looks like the normals are hardened and you would just need to soften them. For the spec in marmoset you've just got to make sure you've got "use specular" checked in the mat tab of marmoset. The case is looking better but still weird to me, I think much of it is just that it's an odd shaped case. The green seems a little saturated and the scratches on the metal areas seem a little strong. Overall I really wouldn't worry about it, just because it's a strange case haha.

mike670

sorry that I Haven't been updating so here I go,

Made my first modular set from the 3D motive tutorial, but thats not to interesting I guess so no pic.

I managed to get that circular part looking correct on the block but I seem to have deleted it

here is a very simple panel thing





A whole bunch of paper airplanes for an iOS game



a city for another iOS game in development
diffuse only, one object



Mall level same game
diffuse only, one object



first handpainted object 350z, diffuse only



and lastly a high poly katana for fun







Thanks for looking!

-mike