Weirdboy's Low Poly Thread

Weirdboy

I haven't been making that much stuff lately, so I decided to make some low poly stuff to get back into practice.

Current batch still needs to be UV mapped and textured. Not sure if I want to use normal maps, do you guys thik I should?

Concept:

I'm interested in any advice you guys have regarding concept work



Axe:



Sword:



Halberd:

Weirdboy

An update on the Sword:



And an evil counterpart to go along with it:

lloyd

the designs look aright and the modeling seems solid. however its all a bit flat.

you should look at other hand painted weapons and how they are textured, more scratches, stains, dents etc

also this is amazing and well worth the money:

http://www.3dmotive.com/training/photoshop/hand-painted-weapon-texturing/

Weirdboy

When you say flat, what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about the textures or the model?

That link looks interesting, but it looks like I have to buy a subscription to the site for at least a month. Will it allow me to download the video series off their site, or would I have to either resubscribe or get a longer membership if I wanted to watch this again a few months down the road?

Weirdboy

Saman

The textures are very flat. There is hardly any lighting information, no color variations, just some matte colors. Check this tutorial out by Jfletcher;
http://imageshack.us/f/156/painttut.jpg/

Stromberg90

^^
Agreed, to make handpainted textures work you really should paint in lighting information.
Take a look at das wikki http://wiki.polycount.com/TexturingTutorials#Painting_Stylistic_Textures

Good luck

Weirdboy

Is this better?

Stromberg90

Way better
I have no clue about handpainting myself, you should look around on the forum for handpainted scenes, a lot of amazing stuff there

This is a nice site for some painting tips.
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/

Blaisoid

geez, what kind of sick bastard would attack a poor innocent barrel?
he damaged only metal rims which means getting the content out wasn't his goal.
he did it for pure twisted pleasure of hurting others, didn't he?

on a more serious note, barrel could use more edge wear on the top and bottom. at the moment only top part is worn and it still could use more definition.

the texture could also use more variety of hues, but this depends on stylization that you're going for. i'm not very experienced in making hand painted textures but i've seen all kinds of different styles used in them.

Saman

That looks much better. You've painted in the light source on the metallic parts but the wood is missing it. You should paint a gradient where it goes darker the lower it goes. Use a different UV shell for the bottom part as well so that you can darken that too. Also the edges of those wooden planks aren't defined at all.