Art Deco Statue

Dim

Hey guys, another asset. This time loosely modeled off of the statues on the Hoover dam. Here's the sculpt, about halfway done, still no surface on it. Sculpted in ZBrush.



This is the low poly with 3100 tris and the very beginnings of 3x(1024x512) maps. Rendered in marmo. Bronze is a fairly complex mat.....





Would love any and all feedback!

felipefrango

Looking good so far, but its proportions could use a few tweaks IMHO. Head seems a bit big and the overall silhouette from the belly down seems flat and straight. Maybe it's just the way these statues go, I don't now, could you post some of your reference? Also face could use some adjustments, it reads as sad and the lips are protruding a bit much in my opinion.

Dim

I definitely agree with you about the head size.

Here's my main ref: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Hoover_Dam_Statue.jpg

And here's a 3/4 shot of it so you can better see the legs, etc.

Kratilim

Looking promising, though I think the ribbs are a bit to strong since you don't accent the bone structure that much in the rest of the model. Also, the feet seem slightly too small. And the head, but felipefrango allready mentioned that.

Keep it up!

Edit: Never mind about the feet. the 3/4 shows they are fine.

Emulsion

that would be a great static mesh for UDK, very very nice.

JacqueChoi

mmmm..

A nice way to get Bronze, is a very dark reddish/brown diffuse, with a copper/yellow-ish spec.

Seems like a lot of the grout and surface materials aren't really matching up IMHO. I really think the flatter/exposed areas should be cleaner, while the recessed areas are the parts that should accumulate the grout.

essentially ambient occlusion but a bit rougher.


Oh, and it could stand to use a bit more scratching in the surface, and just overall more contrast in the shininess/dullness. Possibly even some more discoloration (throw random washes of blues yellows, and greens in the spec and diffuse using a large pencil tool at 3% opacity).



Great jerb tho Mr. Dim.

Dim

Ok, I think I incorporated almost everyone's feedback (I hope). Here's the finals. 3100 triangles with 1024x512 diffuse, normal, and specular maps. For UDK, I also included a 512^2 detail texture.

In Marmo:



In UDK:





Some light polypaint:







Thanks for the help everyone! Some really useful suggestions.

JacqueChoi

Dude, edge Map at 100% white in the spec map would be absolutely killer.


TROST ME! IM CEREAL!!!

Dim

Sorry for the necro thread. I realized I never put the proper finals for this guy up, so here goes. Rendered in Marmoset, 3100 tris, 2048

ShootandRun

really good job with the spec and gloss, personally i liked the statue when it was a little more gold, I see why you went with a darker diffuse, but I think it's a little too dark.

bronze coins \/

Dim

Perhaps you're right, but I definitely like the green. Maybe it's because I enjoy putting inappropriate amounts of color into everything

Alberto Rdrgz

i like what you have going on here, but it just needs darker tones.



lovely work.

pseudoBug

Pretty cool.


Inspiring.

Dim

@Alberto: You mean on the underlaying diffuse? Or just more contrast in general?

Alberto Rdrgz

both, but mainly in general. it would help a whole lot, you already pretty much nailed the highlights, just need something to balance it, i thinks...

Dim

I think you're probably right. I'll make the tweak when I get back from GDC. Thanks for the help!