Michael Milette's Portfolio

michaelmilette

Hey guys just working on some stuff for my portfolio i will be starting off small with a couple of assets (ammo box, old dentist chair). Afterwards I will start working on some scenes for a little fun XD.

so here is my progress so far started with the ammo box so far

Reference picture


Highpoly

Eric Chadwick

Good start.

The reference uses stamped metal parts, which gives it a utilitarian feel. But your model is diverging from this a bit, which kind of kills the style. The left/right creases on the top piece are simple indents in the reference. The locks on the front have "bumpers" pushing outwards, but you made them indents intead. The back piece between the hinges looks pasted on rather than pressed from the same steel piece. No seams and screws on the corners. Not a big deal, but makes a difference in communicating how this thing was made.

michaelmilette

thanks for the input Eric! appreciate it. I will make some changes asap and re-post

michaelmilette

Hey guys here is a new highpoly with a couple of fixes suggested by Eric Chadwick. Fixed lock bumpers they where indented made them extrude, made indented holes for screw details, made a seam on the sides of the ammo box like the reference suggested.


New highpoly with Fixes

michaelmilette

Hey guys so I have been working pretty hard on this and here is where I am right now I have completed my low poly and unwrapped also started working on textures YEAW!

here is my progress thus far



unwrapp

Tobbo

Some of the chipped away paint around some of the edges doesn't quite read as natural. It almost looks forced. Maybe the reasoning is that in some areas the spacing between the chipped parts are almost the same, and it looks like it is applied too uniformly.

michaelmilette

I see what you mean I will break it up a bit. I am also going to beat it up a bit more add some more imperfections so it looks like it was used and and little worn down. There are also some errors i need to fix and am working on right now. Currently fixing the handle on the side (not shown will make another render) and the latch for the front locks the normal map on them is not centered. will post soon guys. thanks for the input Tobbo!!!!

michaelmilette

Also going to add a gloss map so the name and caution stickers really differentiate from the spec reflection of the metal and scratches!

michaelmilette

PS. working on my dentist chair right now so expect a first pass of my high poly soon!

Here is my reference pic

PPS. I am still working on my ammo box it's no where near done but I only have a good solid week to do some modeling because work is lame so going to do the heavy lifting during this week and will fix everything after work will keep posting.

BenStrasser

Excited to see where you take the chair! Some sweet little details involved.

michaelmilette

Thanks man will have a high poly soon working on it right now .

michaelmilette

Hey guys here is my current progress on my Dentist chair!

render


Stuff I need to fix

michaelmilette

Here is an update on my highpoly

danielkirk

This looks awesome man! Can we see some low poly and wireframes?

Blaisoid

lookin' good.

-those pads for head should embrace the head shape more, at the moment they are facing forward

-those leather seams that look like
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are connected to each other on photo, on your version they kinda fade away in a weird way

michaelmilette

@danielkirk :Hey man thanks! I do have my low poly completed and ready to go wanted to wait untill the morning to post just woke up so will be up very soon XD.

@Blaisoid good point on the head rests man will change those asap also will fix up the high poly for the back seat of the chair you where right about the connections they are seamed together. I modeled it so that it was one seam I don't know why it is fading out?

alright guys I will fix up my high poly issues then will post my revised high poyl along with my low poly and low poly wire frames

michaelmilette

Hey guys sorry this took so long for me to update been busy this morning/afternoon :P

Here is my updated high poly will post my low poly in just a few mins

AZelenski94

I like the fact that you leave yourself little notes to fix i might end up doing that on some of my digital paintings. Overall nice stuff

michaelmilette

Thanks AZelenski94 it really helps me stay organized and makes it easier for people checking out my thread to get the main idea of what I am doing.

michaelmilette

Here is my low poly with wireframes!

BenStrasser

Looking good, now lets see some textures

tristamus

Nice work!

njc6425

Good job modelling, and i second the request for textures

TaylorAnimated

I know you're probably not trying to do this exactly, but just some details that were bugging me.



Aesthetically: The curves of the back are fairly specific, they make a very classic shape, similar to a Fleur-de-lis almost. Also the seat you have modelled is very round, this would be fine if you're making the chair new, but if it is worn in like the reference it should be flattened due to use.

Mechanically: The hinges holding the back of the chair seem very flimsy. It is hard to tell in the reference exactly how but there is some sort of extra support. Possible the arms coming from the back of the chair extend passed the hinge and press on the bottom of the seat, giving the whole chair the ability to fold forward. There also seems to be a large screw underneath for changing the height of the seat, as well as a mechanism for the height of the head rests. I think your version is also a bit more stretched out, like you would be lying back much more, but that works fine.

michaelmilette

Hey guys took a quick break from the chair will be working on it tomorrow but here is an update on my Ammo box which I said I would work on.

ZacD

Does your textures for the metal box look anything like the reference image? Do the scrapped corners look anything like that?

michaelmilette

Hey everyone here is a preview of what I did have for textures and what I have now



here are the meaning of the numbers on my pciture

1=normal map
2=diffuse texture
3=my gloss map (the spec maps alpha layer)
4=Spec map

Finally added a gloss map so that the glossyness of the caution stickers and text stickers would be greater than the dull-ish metal

I also fixed my uv unwrap as well before on my old ammo box the lid was high res the lid rim was blurry and then the rest was high res which made it look terrible you can clearly see this on my previous post so I re-unwrapped my lid to make sure everything had even pixel density.

michaelmilette

@ TaylorAnimated My apologies for not getting back to you sooner thanks for the great advice i noticed that my high poly was stretching out as well I have fixed this in my low poly (which i have not uploaded the newest version of ). As for the curvature for the back seat and butt cushion good call I will fix that asap on my low poly and post asap.

I will be working on my chair tomorrow so hopefully depending on how much time I get to work on it I may be busy tomorrow I will have something for you guys fingers crossed .

michaelmilette

@Zacd you are correct my models texture in direct contrast to the reference provided is over done to much wear in tear. However I found that the reference I provided was boring not much life to it I really only used that reference for the forum/shape of the box. the reference I used to texture my scratches after was this one.

I do agree however my scratches on the main seam which separated the top lid and the main body are a little extreme :P so will tone those down a bit and re post tomorrow I think I am going to call it a night.

Mistry10

michaelmilette wrote: »

... I found that the reference I provided was boring not much life to it I really only used that reference for the forum/shape of the box....
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IMO find better reference of an ammo box with interesting scratches and storytelling.

Check out this flick group. Ur gonna be searching for a while..

http://www.flickr.com/groups/indecay/pool/with/6782037063/

gilesruscoe

Darken the scratches in the diffuse and brighten them a lot in the specular to make them read better. Here's an example, i also removed the specular from the text (as paint on paint doesn't make it any more shiny) and added some dark patches to the spec aswell to vary it a little. Very rough but you get the idea.

michaelmilette

Thanks Hiten for the reference link Going to take a good look at that and repost

@ gilesruscoe
thanks very much for the paint over will give that a shot for sure will re post that with the re look on textures

cheers

Blaisoid

it seems you've mistaken glossiness map for specular map, gilesruscoe. other than that i agree with your points.

michaelmilette

Hey guys so I have taken a good look at the reference and changed a lot about this ammo box. I didn't know how wrong I was with the texture so I did a complete overhaul.

Thanks to Hiten for the great reference link

So I have darkened the scratches greatly on my diffuse and made them mainly appear on my spec map. I added in chipped paint and where the paint has been chipped off the metal underneath has rusted due to moisture and weathering.

here is an update

michaelmilette

Hey everyone I am now working on a new prop I am OK with how the ammo box came out so going to call that one complete

I am working on a shipping container going to be a yellow painted one with some wicket graffiti and grunge .

here is my progress so far

michaelmilette

Hey everyone here is the low poly for my shipping crate!

michaelmilette

Unwrap and textures coming shortly promise

michaelmilette

Hey everyone here is my latest progress on my shipping crate! I am going to add a bunch of graffiti to the scene to liven it up a lot it seems very bland right now.

what can I do to liven things up a bit? any suggestions

will post uvw unwrapps tomorrow I am off to bed

Mistry10

Hey can you post ur texture flats for these assets ?
i wanna do some paint overs. Just diff and spec.

michaelmilette

You got it man I didn't post before because I was like super tired but I am alive and kicking again YAY!

also I will post my udk render this one here is marmoset the reason for switching is because I will be doing some projection mapping just give me like 20 -30 mins and they will be up dude cheers.

michaelmilette

Hey hiten here is my udk render plus texture maps

michaelmilette

I need some help refining the container's texture it feels generic and washed out not ever crisp any ideas I am going to play around with it

michaelmilette

Here is another update!

michaelmilette

Mistry10

Hey, i did a quick paint over of some areas that could use the most improvement.
Basically avoid the hand painted look, and stick w/ photo sourced images. That includes areas like paint chipping and rust details. Also make sure your not dipping too dark into some areas of your diff map. adding "black" its the best way to achieve an ao backed look. i hope this helps you out.

Justin3d

Looking good, but I think the grass is taking away. It's very messy looking, over bright in the lit areas, and black in shadows.

Rednaz

Nice scene, the graffiti looks great Are you going to add more scrap? I think a car wreck or something similair would fit great in this scene.

michaelmilette

thanks everyone for the great comments!

@Mistry10 : thanks dude very much I really appreciate when you do paint overs of my stuff really helps out I have redone my barrel and am working on my shipping container right now I will post my new textures very soon!

@rednaz I don't think I am going to add too much more to this it was meant to be just a Small vinyet of sorts. However I am working on a full on scene next I have the concept art and everything going to start blocking out that very very soon today after I get this piece completed! . i will post my scene concept art today I am very excited to finally get into something larger in scale I used these props as practice and a kind of fine tuning to get myself ready and amped up for it .

@justin 3d: I completely agreed with you on the grass It is something I actually already fixed last night just haven't posted it yet. My layer mash clipping in udk was to low so the alpha was WAY to harsh so i made the clipping setting from 1.33 to like 3-4 and that seemed to fix the tackiness up. As for how the light hits it I am not sure why the light is not blending i am sure there is a setting within the material editor that i am missing I will check that out

thanks for all of the comments keep em coming LOL

michaelmilette

Hey guys here is a texture update!



thanks again Hiten for the advice!

michaelmilette

Hey everyone I am finally going to start on A scene YAY!

here is the concept I am going to base it off of

AZelenski94

that is a sweet concept. Hopefully you can pull it off youre on the right track for sure