Latest attempt at wooden planks, any feedback?

capone · Jan 2017

Hope to revisit this, it isn't quite there yet but right now can't figure out what needs improving exactly. Been looking at it too long

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/E451q

Chimp · Jan 2017

nice. very little sense of grain though, and you've ignored the spec channel?

capone · Jan 2017

Thanks, I've since updated it (below) but the spec is still black. I'm guessing you mean reflection channel? In this case I'm using PBR roughness/Metal and since wood isn't metal I've made it pure black. I'm 99% sure that map should be pure black but if not please let me know.

Indigo · Jan 2017

Wood tends to polish itself with wear. You have these nice lighter splotches across the wood that indicates this wear and would be a great place to reduce the roughness to reflect the light just a bit more. These sorts of subtle things adds so much more believability to a material. Rarely should a channel be completely black or completely white.

capone · Jan 2017

Latest,

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/re6la

capone · Jan 2017

New update

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9XJlN

noosence · Jan 2017

I really like the colors in your newest one. The fine noise on the wood grain is great, but I don't really feel like the knots work very well. Look at the grain on this, it has a few less actual knots, but they all integrate better into the overall grain pattern. Or if you're going for wood that has been much more abused I would emphasize the large breaks in the grain like in this. Also maybe add some displacement to give it a bit more flair? Other than that keep it up! =D

capone · Jan 2017

Thanks for the tips and reference noosense, I revisited the grain again. This time I managed to get the knots and straight lines working much better together. There is a lot of cool stuff going on here but again I'm not selling it very well through marmoset viewer. I keep wanting to add gloss but this is old wood, so it doesn't have gloss. So it looks flat and dull? I'm going to take a look and figure out how others present their wooden substances.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QPdBZ

Latest attempt at wooden planks, any feedback?

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