Hard surface prop critique. Drill
polycounter lvl 4
Hi All,
I am close to finishing a model using lots of help from the forum.
https://sketchfab.com/models/083b67e592664d3c986113ef13b09bea
Could you please give me a feedback?
There was tons of work improving my workflow.
Questions is, Is it a good enough piece for portfolio of an aspiring Enviro/Prop artist in game idustry?
thanks!
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It would be helpful for critique if you can post wireframe renders of your models and texture flats in the thread as well.
Are you using any reference to help you with the textures? It's easier to give an accurate critique if we have a better understanding of what you intend for this to look like.
Try to find some good, high-res photos of cordless drills or tools with similar materials and then work toward matching each material one at a time.
Something like this:
Then you can also pick and choose details from your reference images that you think are cool and add some similar details to yours to give it more character. Notice how dirt and dust tend to settle in crevices and insets. The silver part on the front has a thin layer on top that's starting to chip and peel away along some of the exposed edges. The plastic grip is wearing/peeling away almost in layers.
There's a lot of rather random dirt and damage too, but you should mix that with realistically placed wear specific to the tool.
Work on trying to add a lot more different "layers" of wear to give it a more naturally aged look as well. At the moment your drill sort of looks like it's almost brand new but someone with greasy hands used it once. (Unless that is the look you're shooting for)
https://artisaverb.info/PBT.html
The most important details are pushed in the roughness and normal maps. The diffuse often looks very simple in comparison.
Also, looking at the model viewer, I'm not sure why the black rubber/plastic grip is so wet. That feels like a safety hazard for a tool that is suppose to be electric.
My goals are:
-*- Clean wireframe, no artifacts on maps.
is to create clean model, A quality product that i can show with without the fear to my potential employer.
-*- Get much better with High Poly in Zbrush.
create a prop using techniques suggested to me by @Zi0 and presented in full by course of Simon Fuch ( military radio https://gumroad.com/simonfuchs).
-*- Realistic
Lastly, create a prop that will be as close to the original drill as possible. The main goal was to create a clean model though.
@CrackRockSteady
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I am posting my maps below however i enabled texture inspection in sketchfab model.
AO
Albedo
Roughness
NM
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Wireframe
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As a reference i am using my own drill.
It is not roughted up though. So i had to came up with the oil/grease idea because i wanted to play with light difusion and specularity. like below:
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Thanks for that ref. Now i know where to go with more weared look. I think i will texture it again soon.
@JordanW
Thank you! Andrew Maximov is amazin artist. He is one of my favorites!
The weatness is actually an oil like substance.
Thank you guys!!
I though my model is so crapy that people do not ever bother answering:)