Sketchbook: マルコ

マルコ · Jun 12 2026

My digital Sketchbook.

This is a place in which I track my progress and improvement over time.
Feel free to comment on my works and give feedback if you wish ^_^

マルコ · Jun 13 2026

Wood 1:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/3g/sykv5ksttpqg.png

Wood 2:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/y6/0nb23vbpzu1q.png

マルコ · Jun 14 2026

Wood 3:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ai/a2wee7jvo5wi.png

マルコ · Jun 19 2026

Table 01 w.i.p.:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/j7/zpqn3ymmw16t.png

HolySour · Jun 19 2026

wood 1 looks pretty sick to me! I like the table design aswell

マルコ · Jun 19 2026

HolySour said:

wood 1 looks pretty sick to me! I like the table design aswell

Thanks @HolySour

My only issue with it is that I don't have a reproducible workflow to get to the same result, every time is like I'm spinning the wood roulette... xD

HolySour · Jun 19 2026

Maybe you have already tried this? However, what I usually do to keep style. I have a hand full of alphas and brushes I always use for wood, metal, and or rocks. and I usually go about sculpting them in the same order each time. Clip curve > move topo > Trim dynamic on "edges" > the same 2 alphas every time > Orb flatten > and so on. I almost always do the same brushes in the same order every time for assets that go together.

You could try recording your self work on a sculpt (something i have done), and then break it down into steps after you find something you like, and just keep repeating it but on different shapes. Then bam, you have "this is my stylized wood workflow" and " this is my more realistic wood workflow"

My examples below. The difference between these two rock styles is the use of one brush. on #2 I used orb flatten alot more on the edges and in smaller scale, and kept the alphas a lot more visible. smooth rock to moon rock

#1smooth rock

https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/z2/41b2zhzcdvzq.jpg

#2 moon rock

https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/jn/c2nqvjshsxne.jpg

and again, sorry if you have tried this before. if not i hope it helps you in the same way its helped me.

マルコ · Jun 19 2026

I appreciate the tips @HolySour , although I'd prefer if you only included the links to the images - that's because this is a Sketchbook bearing my name, so including in it images not made by me feels wrong, the same way I wouldn't have other's images in my paper sketchbook (...if I did, I wouldn't really be able to regard it as my sketchbook anymore) ^_^'

マルコ · Jun 20 2026

Scroll 01 wip:

Image: https://i.postimg.cc/mgxTHwn7/Scroll-01.png

マルコ · Jun 21 2026

Applied a wood material to the 3 boards in the highpoly sculpt of the table to get a feel for the finished result, before making the low poly.
Only thing is, is this cheating if I'm not the one that made that material? (freely downloaded online)
Because I don't even know how would I go about making it from 0, given I have no camera nor nice wood to photograph, yet I need a table made of wood...

Eric Chadwick · Jun 21 2026

Using photo textures is fine, as long as you want photo style. Just make sure to align the edges of the boards in the photo to the edges of your geo. Right now it’s really odd seeing the crack between two boards in the middle of your geometry.

マルコ · Jun 22 2026

Retopologizing away, and I'm sick of it but I'll keep going xD
I'm trying my best to preserve the silouette, the hope being once textured it will be really hard to tell if low or high poly.
According to stats I've placed +1000 faces by hand one by one, and I'll be honest, this workflow feels medieval (link)... I wonder if there are better ways nowadays.

Sketchbook: マルコ

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