Ascension

turpedo · Jan 2010

Hi guys,

I'm starting up another environment piece. I've been doing quite a bit of fantasy lately so I thought it would be fun to change it up and do some science fiction style work.

Here is a highpoly of a pillar that I have done so far.

I'm pretty sure my color choices are going to change over the course of this project, but I hope to get some better contrast with all of the metal plates.

I'll post the blockout of the scene in a little bit.

Ben Apuna · Jan 2010

That's a nice bit of high poly work you have there.

How big is it in relation to a person? As a pillar it seems a bit too short. Though I'm probably not thinking on a grand enough scale, it could be the banner that's throwing it off for me. And of course the size doesn't really matter, it's how you intend to use it

I look forward to seeing your blockout.

turpedo · Jan 2010

These pillars are pretty big in comparison to a person. A human is about a quarter or less of the size of these pillars.

Glad you like it so far

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PredatorGSR · Jan 2010

The fleshcolored pieces are throwing me off. Looks great though. The only suggestion I have is to maybe harden up some of the creases so it feels a little less soft. Primarily the tubes on the sides, and the banner rod.

Cyrael · Jan 2010

wow this is really cool, but i agree with the previous crit that some areas could be hardened up.. also maybe get some bolts or something going on, looks a little bare atm. really great though. my initial impression when i first saw it was that it was like 60 or 70 feet tall, not like 24 or so though..

turpedo · Jan 2010

Hey guys,

Here is a really delayed update hehe, thanks for all the crits.

seforin · Jan 2010

ah a very nice update sir, lets see some flats to go along with this. (I think some polys near the top and bottom can be shaved down quite a bit...but lets see some closer shots and flats before I say that 100 %)

turpedo · Jan 2010

Thanks Seforin,

You're right, I'm going to trim it down some more and will post an update fairly soon.

Hazardous · Jan 2010

Dude, NICE pillar, the flag adds a cool regal feel to the piece too ! I want to see what kinda hallway this badboy fits into *hint*

MRico · Jan 2010

Looking pretty awesome dude! More updates!

bbob · Jan 2010

Very clean feel, awesome.

[HP] · Jan 2010

Nice pick of colour, orange ftw!

turpedo · Jan 2010

Thanks everyone! I updated the original picture with the trimmed down version. I took about 2,500 to 3,000 triangles out of it.

As far as the rest of the scene goes, I am planning it to be of a throne room. I'll post more updates as they come.

Nistrum · Jan 2010

very cool i like the colour choices i really love the feel of it.

turpedo · Feb 2010

Thanks Nistrum!

I've been moving really slow here, but I got another highpoly model done. This is going to be a corner support piece to hide those 90 degree angles in the walls.

Shogun3d · Feb 2010

Simply awesome

Racer445 · Feb 2010

Fantastic modeling and color choices. Kudos sir.

roosterMAP · Feb 2010

wow, good job!

Anuxinamoon · Feb 2010

I want that pillar on my desk =O

Love this stuff. Make some more!

Snefer · Feb 2010

is nice. I like. Only thing i dont like about the first pillar is the cloth, it feels a bit like a bag or something, because of the thickness, other than that, it looks spiffy :]

Nistrum · Feb 2010

im siriously loving the feel.. almost sort of starcraft terran feel to it.. great work man

turpedo · Feb 2010

Thanks everyone!

I got a crit about the banner from my friend about the thickness as well Snefer. Is it still giving off that thick look in the low poly model I posted earlier? I can thin it up some more if so.

Thanks Nistrum, I am a huge fan of Blizzard art so that means a lot

Thanks.

Will have some more progress shots shortly.

turpedo · Feb 2010

Hi guys,

I have another tiny update. I finished the support piece and trimmed down some more triangles off of the first pillar. I've got a lot of stuff in engine, and I'll be ready to show these things together really soon.

Autocon · Feb 2010

Hey Kelvin these are looking really great. I am really diggin the style/texture work on them. Colors are looking great too.

That being said I think you really need to go back and re-address your low polys. Right now your not letting your normals work for you to create the illusion of all the detail. Instead you have most things that should be normal mapped as fully modeled out sections.

The point of a low poly is be the silhouette of the model and have the normals take care of everything that isnt creating a distinct silhouette feature. Even some small silhouette changes can be taken care of by your normal instead of having them all modeled out like you do now.

When looking at your low textured version now I would never guess it was that tri intensive as most of that inner detail I assumed was normal ripped on there. Those pipes, bolts, many cylinder shapes are not creating distinctive silhouette changes and can be done in normals fine. Even your overlapping plating is modeled out when most of that should be normal mapped.

As for these assets I think they look nice and are finished enough that you should just move on and remember these things when starting on your next asset. You dont want to spend all your time trying to fix up things when they are good enough to move on.

Again I really think they look nice just make your normals work for you!

turpedo · Feb 2010

Hey Autocon,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to give me some feedback. I do tend to get a little crazy with my tri count sometimes. I'll definitely keep your advice for the remainder of the project and onward, good heads up!

mikezoo · Feb 2010

hellla killer prop. Would love to see what else you got in engine.

My only crit would be of wasted tris, but its already been said.

Its looking damn fine.

Jesse Moody · Feb 2010

Sorry its so rough but this might be helpful...

turpedo · Feb 2010

Mikezoo - Thanks! Ya I'll have more stuff to show really soon, stay tuned!

Jesse Moody - Hey thanks for the paintover, it helps a lot

. I think the biggest lesson that I have learned from this scene so far is being more efficient with my tri count when it comes to projection mapping. I can already see a lot of things that I could of just baked in from your paintover, thanks again!

turpedo · Mar 2010

Heres another update on my progress.

I got a lot of things into UDK, but I still have a lot of work ahead of me.

Upcoming Changes

-More curtain drapery
-Work on throne area
-Flesh out the ceiling
-Proper skydome
-Fix the lighting
-Possibly add lanterns hanging on the sides of the room

I want this scene to be a full 360 environment so I have plans to create an entrance way. As of right now its just a flat wall behind the camera hehe.

Envelope · Mar 2010

Maybe go with a little more neutral lighting for now. You have such awesome colors being used in your assets and they are getting completely covered up by the temp red lighting. I'd go colder or nearly neutral!

Great stuff!

Any special shader work going on?

MikeF · Mar 2010

looking really good. Something about the two diagonal columns is bugging me. I think its that the back is kind of empty. Maybe running some more drapes from the top to the back corner would help fill it in more and still allow enough headspace to walk behind ingame.

turpedo · Mar 2010

Envelope - Thanks! Ya I'll definitely tone those lights down, they are on pretty strong right now. As for the shader, I'm using a subtle cube map on certain objects, and a fresnel shader to get some rim lighting. I got the rim lighting expressions from a post Crazyfingers made(thanks!).

MikeF - Hey Mike, thanks for the crit. I'm not quite sure if I understand what you mean. Do you mind doing a quick paintover for me?

CJE · Mar 2010

Aces man, Aces.

MikeF · Mar 2010

sorry, not that great at using my wacom yet, i still love a mouse. But this is what i'm getting at

Just something to help tie the top of the pillar into the ceiling a bit better....
Just a suggestion though, dont know what you've got in mind for the ceiling yet

s0id3 · Mar 2010

Looking pretty cool kelvin! Can we see some texture sheets, I really like the texture work you've done!
Though in my opinion I feel like the scene is too saturated with reds. Maybe adding some assets/lighting with more complimentary colors to it?

turpedo · Mar 2010

MikeF - Hey thanks for the example. I was thinking about doing something like that before.

s0id3 - Hey Ryan, thanks for the crits. I went ahead and posted up a couple texture sheets from the scene.

here is another WIP shot of the scene so far, the lighting is still really rough as well as the throne area.

Cody · Mar 2010

FANTASTIC textures. So crisp and clean. The middle needs something. I see you have a throne over there, how about some places for all his minions?

SimonT · Mar 2010

great work! for me it looks a bit like sci fi wow

go on!

DrunkShaman · Mar 2010

bbob wrote: »

Very clean feel, awesome.

This.

Mistry10 · Mar 2010

This is really, really great work !

duxun · Mar 2010

great work...

Envelope · Mar 2010

nice! even those subtle changes in lighting made a huge difference. Looking forward to seeing more.

Nistrum · Mar 2010

UBER

really really cool dude.. love the style

AnimeAngel · Mar 2010

coming along nicely, looking good

turpedo · Mar 2010

Thanks guys

I've been getting a little burnt out on this project, but your guy's comments have given me a boost of motivation, thanks!

A.Kincade · Mar 2010

Pure awesomeness!!!

turpedo · Mar 2010

I'm getting ready to wrap this up. I'm going to have to come back later on to finish the rest of the stuff that will make this a full 360 environment.

Here are a couple more progress shots.

SimonT · Mar 2010

looks really cool. my advice would be: add more occlusion between the bottom of pillars/walls and floor. Especial the both pillars look a bit floating to me.

divi · Mar 2010

alexl · Mar 2010

This looks so good, awesome work.

duxun · Mar 2010

loving this... one thing about your ceiling shadows i feel like they too straight.. maybe rotate the light or change the shape of your ceiling geometry so the shadows are cast differently.. just a thought..

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