Jack's Improvement Thread

Jack M. · May 2018

I feel like I've started stagnating as an artist and as a result I want to start posting here more again. To start I'm creating this improvement thread to track my progress moving forward. I had a few friends suggest this as it makes seeing old work against new work a lot easier.

I'll start by posting my newest work, and then posting all of my personal work moving forward to track progress.

Let me know what you all think, crit, comment, etc.

Jack M. · May 2018

This piece is a kind of river rock with stagnant water material

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/iq/uuck7zx8uo75.jpg

A higher res version can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xGovX

Jack M. · May 2018

This is a sharp cliff rock type of material.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ni/p0mwptifzn4w.jpg

A higher res version can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VEkaN

Jack M. · May 2018

This is a rough rock type material that you might find in a cave.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/rz/k4pxrjg35n2c.jpg

A higher res version can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xGovr

Jack M. · May 2018

This is another piece, and while it's older I'm still quite proud of this one so I'll include it as I feel it's still representative of my skill level.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/h7/vnfpuop646a4.png

This piece has a lot more renders as well as a full breakdown here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VXl6P

In the future I'll post the breakdowns here as well, but I feel at the moment it's going to clog up the space with information that I don't feel is quite up to snuff anymore.

Jack M. · May 2018

I've recently released the Ultimate Rock Alpha Pack. You can check it out here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Yk62V?commentId=1544012

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/tx/grcdh1l8k3ik.jpg

Jack M. · Jun 2018

I posted a new tutorial earlier today on how to make stylized water in UE4. Originally i was going to make this using realistic water and a little environment, but for the tutorials purpose it wasn't really working out too well. So as an exercise I decided to make it a small stylized scene. Let me know what you all think.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/veV1a

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ff/z117skmki5ju.jpg

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Jack M. · Jun 2018

I created another quick tutorial for everyone. In this tutorial we'll cover how to make really nice naturalistic foliage wind and as a bonus I'll show you all how to modify vertex normals through a material in ue4. You can check out the tutorial here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ngQa9

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hx/sva1vggiv14m.jpg

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Jack M. · Jul 2018

Posted a new project today. I was working on a sort of tech demo remake of the elder scrolls IV oblivion and have since had to stop working on it.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/tv/bj0rxcbp0f8q.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/qo/y7wdkhckcal8.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/b8/lafhv1mlt0w0.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/xe/xuub181knkwz.jpg

You can find more renders on my artstation page here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/D0Kay

Jack M. · Jul 2018

I made a new environment to test out some vfx work I've been doing. Basically my vfx skills are borderline non-existent and in the future I'm going to be doing much more vfx work at my job, so I'm getting in some practice in the meantime. Here's a video and a couple renders showcasing things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-DXQ-1xGbI&lc=z23xz3yakw3ugx3bo04t1aokg33x0kxhuhqil0lm5nm3rk0h00410

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/1n/skpu0kk08zrk.jpg

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Jack M. · Oct 2018

I've been neglecting the thread a bit. Here's some new works.

Old Roof Tiles
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LDL0P

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/lh/dzvz2k53a2cp.jpg

Jack M. · Oct 2018

Here's some stylized bricks. I think they're more or less a success, but the more I look at them the less I like them.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/k4EllA

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ga/1yal7r2q2bhf.jpg

Jack M. · Oct 2018

Finally here's some procedural cliffs I made in Substance Designer.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2xl8aJ

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