Sketchbook: [HP]
polycounter lvl 13
hey guys, here's my thread! 
I'll try to update it regularly with my work!
here's my first piece, nothing major or special, since I'm just getting started on this whole next gen prop modeling stuff, so here we go!
I'll try to update it regularly with my work!
here's my first piece, nothing major or special, since I'm just getting started on this whole next gen prop modeling stuff, so here we go!
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It's not perfect, obviously. But I learn't a lot with it! So I'm confident the next ones will be much better.
LowPoly: 3dsmax
High Poly sculpting: MudBox
Textures: Photoshop
thanks
Maps:
This one is my entry for speed texturing #27 at game-artist.net, some of the stuff have been rushed like the normal map, but I'm fairly satisfied with the quick results.
I like your stuff, a shame nobody commented you so far because it's great work.
Just a thumbs up here!
Another STC entry.
The piller looks like its made out of chalkstone, but you have steel wires going through it, so im guessing it should be concrete.
The water well,
First reaction is that the roof is really blurry.
What an option was, was to cut the circle or stones in two, since i dont see the dirt coming back in the model, and hook those C shapes into eachother, giving you some more space to work with.
Then id probably folded the UV of the roof, once again you would have a bit more space to work with.
Also you have two stone walls in the texture, the upper one is probably the inside, wich you could have used the 1st wall for, ... giving you again a bit more space.
Set priorities, what needs the most space? what next?
Also the wooden beams looks really clean, give the ends and contact places more contrast.
Overall the texture could use more contrast and color, its all looking really grey.
The wheel, the inner circle, the wires run all towards 1 point, its cleaner to let them go across.
- keep in mind what needs the most space on the texture
- watch out that the texture is not getting too grey, and that it has enough contrast
- mind the inside edges of things, they mostly contain more dirt then other spots ( study the material)
Overal its looking good man, keep going
I'm still very very noobish in hard-surface high polys, so, I need to practice!:)
Here's the first try, decided to make the pulse rife from aliens. HighP still not finished, but I'm posting the WIP here anyways.
I'll see if I can find the time to texture it next week.
Now onto the specular, and It's done!
I'm always looking to improve and evolve, so please drop me some feedback and crits, don't hold back!
Once again, inspired by d3, here's a wall texture I decided to make, I finished the high poly, and tested into into a single polygon, see how the normals behaved:
Here's more.
Normal map, applied to 2 tris faces:
Render:
Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/249054816/HP_STC_wall.rar
PS. .MAX will only work in 3DsMax2010.
dunno if you did or not on the final, but you could add a slight bump in the normal map around where the paint has come off and the metal is exposed, seems like it might be thick enough to cause a little bit of displacment.
Anyways, cool stuff
this is just something I did at home in a couple of days. the coder I'm living with needs a few sci-fi textures so I'm helping him out.
This one in particular It's nothing I'm extremely proud of, still here it is.