[critique] canyon rock modelling
polycounter lvl 10
Hey polycounters,
I've been posting here and there for a while now and thought it would be time to have a proper workflow and critics thread myself. I will also use this thread for posting my further workflow.
I'm a game arts student in Berlin, currently in my 5th semester (of seven). I have just started a new group project, a coop action hack & slay settled in a desert/canyon/oasis setting, roughly based on the Mad Max series, in which I will be responsible for the environment art pipeline.
As far as the levels are concerned we are currently in the blockout phase, so I thought I'd throw you some rough canyon rock sculpts I made. As for now, they will only be decimated and used to block out the levels' rock formations. So as for now they are just detailed enough to give me a hint of how the highpoly should look like. A detail pass on the sculpt is to follow later when the level designers give me the OK that everything works fine.
The style is inspired by Uncharted 3 as well as some odd and interesting looking rock formations from real life, but as the game itself will not be a realistic one, please don't mind that you probably wouldn't see these rocks as is anywhere in your surroundings :poly124:
So if you have any concerns regarding the silhouettes and overall shapes and volumes, please shoot me everything you've got! Please also note that the rocks are heavily layed out for modularity, so I tried to make them stand out as less as possible. Where can I improve?
I've been posting here and there for a while now and thought it would be time to have a proper workflow and critics thread myself. I will also use this thread for posting my further workflow.
I'm a game arts student in Berlin, currently in my 5th semester (of seven). I have just started a new group project, a coop action hack & slay settled in a desert/canyon/oasis setting, roughly based on the Mad Max series, in which I will be responsible for the environment art pipeline.
As far as the levels are concerned we are currently in the blockout phase, so I thought I'd throw you some rough canyon rock sculpts I made. As for now, they will only be decimated and used to block out the levels' rock formations. So as for now they are just detailed enough to give me a hint of how the highpoly should look like. A detail pass on the sculpt is to follow later when the level designers give me the OK that everything works fine.
The style is inspired by Uncharted 3 as well as some odd and interesting looking rock formations from real life, but as the game itself will not be a realistic one, please don't mind that you probably wouldn't see these rocks as is anywhere in your surroundings :poly124:
So if you have any concerns regarding the silhouettes and overall shapes and volumes, please shoot me everything you've got! Please also note that the rocks are heavily layed out for modularity, so I tried to make them stand out as less as possible. Where can I improve?
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m1neh, probably 3ds max. I've grown pretty fond of its retopo tools.
nedwork, as said, this is only a rough blockout. Of course I will spend a lot more time in zbrush when it comes to the real highpoly modelling.
I'd be interested in what you think of the shapes and silhouettes because that's what I'd like to nail down as quickly as possible.
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/008/cache/arizona-rock_824_990x742.jpg
http://www.smashinglists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Red-Rock-Canyon.jpg
http://www.kapplemultimedia.com/images/white_rock_canyon.jpg
Canyons tend to have HUGE super flat parts, that's something you should try to get in first of
Keep it up!