Torii Gate
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Here is the first prop I've made for an environment I am making. Let me know what you think! I can try to get some better views/pictures, imageshack sometimes likes to make my pictures a little fuzzy.
I am aiming to make a very abandoned environment. The time of year is spring, so I am trying to make the wood look humid, and the vegetation lush.
Note: I haven't done a specular or normal map yet, which is why it looks sort of flat.
All crits and comments welcome (actually, make that encouraged!)
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE!
So I finished the normal and spec maps and it looks MUCH better now! Still new to lighting, so it's not the best I know.
I am aiming to make a very abandoned environment. The time of year is spring, so I am trying to make the wood look humid, and the vegetation lush.
Note: I haven't done a specular or normal map yet, which is why it looks sort of flat.
All crits and comments welcome (actually, make that encouraged!)
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE!
So I finished the normal and spec maps and it looks MUCH better now! Still new to lighting, so it's not the best I know.
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Japanese arch http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/653795.jpg
I know what you mean though, and thanks for pointing that out. I will be sure to keep that in mind! Greatly appreciated!
Just finished the spec and normal maps. Let me know what you think! I'm very new at lighting so obviously, it isn't the best and it is clearly affecting my diffuse, but you get the idea
One thing that does jump out at me though is that the grain on your beams is vertical... thats an enormously wide tree.
Also, traditionally, the uppermost beam is black (probably covered with lead or some other such metal or treatment) and wood is only painted red, so it would be pealing to reveal a wooden base.
If you're looking for a bit more grunge, I would suggest putting stickers all over the lower parts of the pillars. In Japan, most torii are covered in these.
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/12/e8/9d8b3042b0390833a21570135e09affc.png
hope this helps.
(BTW orange is just sun damaged red, there's a freakish amount of sun-weathering here)
lower res textures =/= higher framerates.
It does use less memory, which is a different but also beneficial thing.
There, the base is black. Seeing you are from japan, you most likely have more knowledge about how torii's look than me. From the references I have used, not all of them had a black top beam. Perhaps it is only the traditional ones?
About the red, I did some research as to how the red looked whence sun-bleached. And this is what I came up with pretty much: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1087/946317886_dc6471ec32.jpg
Now, I do not know if the Japanese used a different kind of paint, one that would tone down differently than others around the world. If this is the case, please let me know! Also, My lighting may give that impression that it is more toned down than it should, I'm not great at lighting, yet.
As for the beams with a vertical grain, perhaps you saw wrong? The only parts with vertical grain are the Vertical pillars. The rest all have horizontal grain. Maybe I just misunderstood what you meant?
Nevertheless, thanks alot to all of you! Very much appreciated!
Not to change the track of your project but I found a good reference of a damaged torii http://www.muza-chan.net/aj/poze-weblog/washinomiya-shrine-01.jpg As you can see, we are under the force of a lot of elements here. I would imagine that after just a few years of neglect, quite a lot of damage can be done.
I'm not actually from here but do live here.
If you're looking for more ref, try using this word in google images / flickr: 鳥居
(I believe the bases are black on the Fushimi Inari-taisha torii in kyoto above, is because they are quite tiny, and subject to abuse)
coming along very nicely, looking forward to rest of the scene.