Sci Mall

Captain Narway

Hey folks, just starting to put together a Sci-fi scene and thought I'd try and get some feedback. It's meant to be a public space, sort of an in-between area where people might be walking through to get to other areas of a larger building/cityscape. Basically a mall area, but it will have signs of just being deserted, due to some buildings being bombed nearby which can be seen in the distance through windows in the ceiling.

Here are some screenshots of my block out thus far:





I'm trying to focus on some solid tileable texturing (seems to be a commmon theme around here lately) since I have yet to do very efficient environment texturing in my work.

I'm still looking to add/modify a few parts, but this is the overall space I'm planning on making. The ceiling will be made up of glass panes to add to the lighting and to display the scene outside of the mall area.

I'm having a bit of trouble deciding what to do with the area under the arches; I added the indentation, but don't really have a function in mind for it and the stairs that lead to it don't line up with the stairs leading to the second floor, making for a bit of an awkward layout.

Thoughts? I'll be working on this for a while, would love any input.

nick2730

Not much to go on

Captain Narway

So it's been...a while since I updated this, but here's where I'm at now. A lot of stuff (particularly textures) isn't final and I'm still fiddling with materials.

chrisradsby

Sweet! Starting to look pretty cool, is it a mall though? Looks like a central station. From the screenshot: I like the shapes, feels a little bit cramped though but it probably isn't, probably just the angle of the shot.

Stromberg90

Really nice improvment, wish you had posted some more troughout the project so we could have criticed earlier on

_Erik

Cool idea! Really like it how you break up the scene with those angular supports. The only thing I'd change is to have more windows in it. You have a couple of them on the right, which is nice, but the scene would open/lighten up more if you would add some more of them.

Visceral

It need moore tacky signs and shops. Im not gonna critizise your work since it looks very promising! Keep us updated plx!

passerby

i like your supports really remind me of Mirrors edge, when playing in both the mall and in the shard

Bibendum

I agree that it looks like a train station.

Probably because of the big sign that says "Rail Station".

Captain Narway

Haha yeah you guys are spot-on. Forgot to mention that I decided to go in the futuristic "space-port" direction, with signage that points to other terminals and a rail station. Yeah. Not so mall-ish anymore. Thread title is now misleading.

johnnybrach

The slanted support pillars really break up the composition nicely

Captain Narway

Skadoosh. Thread from the dead. Finally got back to working on this a bit more after getting sidetracked with some other projects and that whole graduating from college thing. C&C always welcome!

ShootandRun

I really like the coloring you have done on the doors, HOLA COLA!!!

Gannon

This definitely looks more like an airport, good idea on the switch.

DeadlyFreeze

The scale and size of the scene reads really well which I like. Needs some more material variations to get away from all the matte plastic gray, I imagine this is something your probably working on.

Keep chipping away at it, your doing awesome so far.

Lucas Annunziata

Shaping up real nice like. Looks like your having some baked lighting issues in some areas, but its okay because we've got root bear.

Broken_Lawnmower

Why isn't Root Bear a thing?

Regardless, it's lookin good. You've got some pretty sweet architecture going on. And those funky shadows seem like just a lightmap thing, try cranking up the res on the meshes that are giving you problems.

ScoobyDoofus

I have to say the red & yellow on the doors + the arch makes me think "McDonalds" or Ketchup & Mustard, or...just fast food in general. I think if you switched that yellow to a dark gunmetal, it might work better (for me at least).

praetor187

i really like where this scene is going. but I feel that its a little barren. Maybe its just because there isnt much in the scene right now that would suggest that its been lived in if that makes sense. I would put in some posters and other things that can really give that scene some personality. But its coming along great.

Captain Narway

@DeadlyFreeze-yeah, the materials need some work and variation. Especially the monitors/vending machines, I haven't spent much time on them at all. Very good point.

@lightmap issues-I've been messing with those fothermuckers a lot, and still can't fix some of them. I swear a few of the meshes looked nicer without the lighmaps...

@ScoobyDoofus-yeah, the door colors/yellow has been bothering me a lot. I'll either go with your suggetsion of gun metal or make it into a light, pleasant emissive.
@praetor-agreed. Needs more stuffs.

Thanks for the C&C so far folks!