Spamtastic's Improvement Thread

Spamtastic · May 2018

Hello Polycounters,

I've been working in the industry for a little while now and I have noticed my ability level has become stagnant for some time now and probably lacking in many areas. I am making this thread to help me keep on track while improving myself as an artist. If you would like to help me out by giving tips or feedback, all comments are appreciated! This thread may become very image heavy, so I apologize if it takes a while to load everything.

To start things off, I have been chipping away at a project that I started last year. Based on the concept art by Imperial Boy. I'm not looking to replicate this 1 to 1 but instead capture the mood/feel of the environment.

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Spamtastic · May 2018

Here are some initial textures I made in Substance Designer. These are only first pass and will definitely need some adjusting to tone down some noise at the very least. I'd like the textures/shaders to lean more towards the stylized or exaggerated side to keep the fantasy and anime feel.

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Spamtastic · Aug 2018

Update: Midway point of texturing and first lighting pass. It has been hard finding time to work on this but when I get into it I am reminded why I love working in the this industry. I still have to get my foliage in and add more props/set pieces that haven't been unwrapped yet. I'm liking the look so far, however there is still lots to go. Unreal is fun as always, been a while since I have done any blueprinting.

If any community member has feedback or sees anything glaringly bad, please comment.

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Spamtastic · Nov 2018

Hello everyone,
It's been a while since I've updated this. This post is just me playing around in Substance Designer. I'll add more images of the environment hopefully within a week.

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Spamtastic · Nov 2018

Lighting update! Took a break from asset creation and set-dec to do a bit of lighting.

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Spamtastic · Nov 2018

Just some more substance stuff

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Spamtastic · Dec 2018

More substance stuff

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rexo12 · Dec 2018

These look fantastic! Keep it up!

Spamtastic · Dec 2018

This started as a basic carbon fiber material, then evolved into being your best friend. Say hello to Companion Ball. Substance Designer is so much fun.

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Spamtastic · Dec 2018

More substance designer fun. This time around I tried to create some moss on clay tiles.

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Spamtastic · Dec 2018

Just doing some experiments in Substance Designer again. This time the substance is the procedural structure generation. I made something similar to this for a production, but wanted to explore more design possibilities.

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Spamtastic · Dec 2018

Another one for the Substance practice series

Spamtastic · Dec 2018

This was a bit of fun. Hybrid of hand painted aesthetic with the pbr workflow.

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Spamtastic · Dec 2018

Finally calling it a wrap on this project. Stress was gained, knowledge was acquired, and fun was had. Though there is a lot I would like to change, I am happy with the final result. Time to put this one to bed. Merry Christmas!

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