My first tree - review and advice request

viperex76 · Feb 2014

Hello! I would show you my first tree made using 3d max and Zbrush. It was made while watching online course but my final result is quite different then course result. Tree made at course was nice stylized tree with leafs and what I was going to make was kind of scary dead tree still more carton/stylized tree then realistic one and here is the result.

Well, at first I would like to hear if it looks like a tree or you just guessing it supposed to be tree made by some noob like me

Second thing is a painting which is very simple and I would like to hear how I can improve it? I haven't found many texturing tutorials specially stylized/mmo/cartoon style so painting is a pain for me stil. Third and last thing is making of it low poly version. How would you retopo it? I can take it to 3d coat and retopology taking care of bigger details or just bake maps to base mesh in max or lowest level in zbrush. What would be best in this case? I don't care it was fastest method I would get useful mesh but I have idea how many tris or quads would make something like it useable mesh with enough nice level of details.

Thanks for answers up front! Constructive critique mostly welcome

Viper

RobeOmega · Feb 2014

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dead+tree&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DkQGU7OeFOHD7AbzooGYCA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=949#imgdii=_

metric meditation · Feb 2014

before starting out with your model, take the time... even just 30 min. to sketch out various shapes and sizes... little thumbnails. this is part of the brain storming process that will help you think of interesting shapes. think about what kind of tree you are going to make. a pine tree? a maple tree in the winter or spring time? think how the silhouette would look interesting, and allow yourself to exaggerate your shapes

viperex76 · Feb 2014

Thank you for answers! I guess my tree didn't impress you

l was trying to follow what teacher was doing but I did left this path somehow improvising and came to what you see. Talking about sketching silhouette it is my biggest issue just because I'm disabled person and in my workflow I have to use mouse and voice control software for keystrokes only so my sketches look just like big mess so whatever I do I'm trying to base on photos as reference images. There is many great courses and tutorials to follow but none of is teaching how to sculpt or sketch using mouse not pen so I'm trying to adopt all techniques to my case but I haven't found successful methods for some things still, like sculpting wrinkles using just mouse but I gues it is not a place for asking such a question

My first tree - review and advice request

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