[UDK] Forgotten Keep - Hand painted Dungeon

Sayanora

Hey guys, just wanted to share my latest environment I've been working on

The back story is pretty basic. It's a keep/dungeon built into a mountain side in some remote corner of the world. Thanks to some travelers/monks/pilgrims etc, the place is lit almost as if it were in use by its former inhabitants. What all this really means is I was inspired by Diablo 3's sweet art style after loggin some hours in the beta. Gripping, I know

*Updated in the year 2013*

So...while I was reorganizing my dropbox to save space, I deleted everything (relocated from my dropbox folder) from this thread like a noob, so I'm fixing the glitch and adding some extra stuff!

Seirei

Also hoping for a tutorial over here.

/sign

sybrix

I would LOVE to see a tutorial as well!

Veizer

Awesome environment piece!! Love the textures and would love to see a tutorial of your texture workflow!

Shigebon

I'm beginning to learn hand painted texture as well and this by far has been the best texture so far! tutorial would be a great help!

Clark Coots

wowww gorgeous work

dinfet

Looks like you are creating a fun world that I would love to run around in.

Pix

I already said earlier about tutorial, but will say it again, tutorial!

vpcreis

A Tutorial would be awesome!

jeremiah_bigley

Sayanora wrote: »

Also, how many of you want to see a tutorial on my texturing approach? I'd like to gauge the level of interest before I go through with it.

one here! Would be awesome in vid format. And you killed my dungeon btw.. lol
I think yours is closer to what I was trying to achieve.

ScudzAlmighty

Nothing constructive to say at all, this is just awesome.

+1 for tutorials

walterlow

awesome textures! another +1 for tutorials

kelli

Really nicely done. I love the mood, and the textures and color palette are great. The lit fog(?) coming up from the ground near the interior doorways looks like it fades off too quickly though, and it's reading strangely to me, like there are floating stone tiles or the pieces of ground underneath them are missing or too low.

Chriss

This is really really nice, a tutorial would be amazing

romy

Stunning work, congrats Could you share some wires ?

toxic_h2o

+500 for tutorial.

ablaine

Incredible work... those textures are beautiful.

CandyStripes05

tutorial? do you really need to ask lol i dont think iv ever seen a tutorial offer declined around here : )

Target_Renegade

Awesome, I really like the 6th from last shot, with the light coming from above the arch. Very Diablo 3 looking and reminds me of Skyrim in a way. Great work.

Sayanora

Alright, looks like you guys want a tutorial I've been busy helping my family with some home renovating, so it might be awhile longer before I put it together. For now, I've got most of my breakdowns assembled. I tried to keep everything on one shot, but that didn't work out at all..

My process is mostly basic poly modeling with a few 'tricks' like commonly used modifiers (bend, taper, ffd, push, noise etc). I also used path deform(world space) to wrap the vines and bramble around some of the pillars and fountains. It can be a little tricky to get it working the way you want, but it saved me a lot of time and frustration on what could have been a more time consuming task.











If you guys want to know more, please feel free to ask Tutorial's on the way.

Lee3dee

amazing work! Looking forward to seeing some tutorials

Jessica Dinh

It's so great to see the breakdowns! Thanks much for sharing :]

Scythe

this is some fantastic work ! you texturing skills are really impressive! love the diablo 3 feeling

keep on keep on ! thanks for the breakdown

Pix

I'm trying to figure out how you painted this grass, my mind breaks each time I try to paint anything similar.

Sayanora

Dead links

Kurry

Thanks for putting in the effort to provide us with your breakdowns.
loving it!

Tokoya

Oh man...I can't wait to see these tuts!

divi

good thing you had to re-do the scene. imho it looks way better in terms of structure, composition and shit.

do more stuff nao!

Crash

dunno what to say man. wth are you doing? le terrible!
nah, seriously. you know i digs.

SirCalalot

Cheers for the breakdowns, you legend!

choco

Good job, stunning texture work, keep it up !

Dim

This stuff is so gorgeous!

pseudoBug

Tasty. Very tasty.

Darkleopard

Love it

MalovicMak

Great stuff man, really inspired right now!

Oranghe

not sure if i have commented on here before or not but still really loving this! thank you

SimonT

wow the textures really looks awesome! im sure the guys here said already that a tutorial would be cool

KennyTies

The textures are awesome and truly inspiring! One critique the environment effects could be pushed a bit more. Thank you for the breakdowns it helps me out alot. Also after checking out your website I realized that you went to the same school as me which is truly inspiring in itself. Cant wait to see the tutorial on this!

specsowl

I am beyond impressed with this work. I also happened to look at your portfolio and found that all of your environment art is inspiring. In fact I was in Gamestop today and talking about your art XD. I'm very much looking for the tutorial to learn more about your method.

sybrix

Thanks for putting the time into these breakdowns and insights into some of your methods. Can't wait for the tut, I'm especially interested in how you approached lighting this gorgeous scene the way you did.

Amazing work!

aminos

Just want to say I love your work and thanks a lot for the break down. I am looking forward for some more tutorial on your texture painting. Amazing work.

Zeldrak

those textures look amazing! I can't wait for that tutorial of yours

Moutrave

Excellent !

+100 for the tuts ! Would love to start handpainting myself too ! Also it would take years to hope to achieve this level of quality !

really neat job

Sayanora

Hey guys, thank you all again for the kind words. I haven't forgotten...about the tutorials; they're still on the way, but it might be awhile still since I'm trying to find a job at the moment. That's right potential employers, I am available for work if anyone needs a highly motivated artist for their project

@ Moutrave: It took me more than a few years to get to the level I'm at now :P

Kungfoowiz

Dude this is ace, thank you for showing us some of your break downs of stuff.. really inspiring.. thank you man

Ttymx

Impressive work! How did you handle the lighting, giving the whole scene a blue color while your textures are not baked?

R00

Some of the best texture work i've seen in a loooong time! Can't wait for the tutorial too! You should have no problem finding work

Sayanora

Heyoo! Figured now is as good a time as any to add the long awaited lighting/fog breakdown. I made these for a fellow artist who had asked to use some of my keep screenshots in a series of game art presentations he was giving to students, so if it weren't for him, I might not have done this!

Not sure if this counts as a late xmas gift since this stuff's pretty common knowledge to any and all udk practitioners, but here it is, my lighting and fog breakdowns.

Spudnik

Absolutely, breathtakingly gorgeous!

The images in your post #77 aren't showing for me unfortunately T.T

serriffe

- awesome work

Tobbo

Thank you for the breakdown! Looks really good.