Treehouse
Here's something that i've been workin on, it's from the game kingdom hearts.
Modeled in maya, basic physical sun and sky render with a sky map.
On to texturing now. cheers..
Modeled in maya, basic physical sun and sky render with a sky map.
On to texturing now. cheers..
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Also again, depending on the camera angle, although I think it probably applies all around considering the current scale, but you may want to thicken up the netting on the lower deck so it reads better from a distance.
@sipher3325: thanks bro.
@Xelan101: i will look into the net part for sure, thanks.
The only points of concern I see are:
The tree branches don't look as full and fluffy as they do in the concept, instead they look a lot more depressing and weighed down. They also seem pretty sparse and don't fill up the scene as much as the concept. What few branches you do have look to be using a lot of geometry, I think you could model some solid forms and get more out of the same amount of triangles. Also keep in mind that transparencies with accurate shadows bring render farms (and game engines) to their knees , especially if you stack a lot of them.
The roof, looks a lot like a jr high kid trying to grow a beard. I think you would be better off modeling the bundles of thatch rather than using a lot of geometry that is barely covering it. The same approach could be used for the tree branches.
It really is looking great, don't let these minor crits slow you down, finish this.
These are all nitpicks of course.
Then use the graphite modeling tools Push/Pull, Relax to inflate parts of the mesh and make it droopy.
Then delete the bottom and extrude some of the hanging parts. You can do the same thing in zbursh or mudbox but I the tools in max are more than enough to get this job done. You might want to take them into zbrush and do some leaf stamping or branch sculpting. If tri-count gets too high these are easy to optimize, they look a little dense to me.
For the Thatched roof I would model in some rough bumps to give it some character and then probably take that into a scupting app and sculpt the hay strands and ties. I would probably create a few clumps that I could place around the roof so I wasn't stuck having to create the whole thing as one unique piece.
thanks to everyone for ur support.