hey, really cool project, awesome to see the learning process just adding on to what michael has said, a few tips to make modeling go a little easier: you only need edges to define the silhouette. It can help to use flat shading in the viewport so that the only thing you can see is the silhouette. Orbit around the model…
i'm not much of a hard surface modeler, but my first hunch for the panels might be to model them and bake them as floaters. I think that would just be simpler to do rather than try to paint it in texturing. And if you bake it you can get curvature maps and so on which can give you more flexibility in texturing. you might…
Bad news, and I assume your teachers will tell you the same: This still isn't 'lowpoly'. Anything you use a Subdivision modifier on is a subdivision mesh. I'd block it out in a very simplistic way, and then bevel (with a modifier, preferably) any edges that need it. You can use your highpoly mesh as reference, but a…
is this is intended for games? If so, I might ask around a bit about UDIMs. I thought that was something only used in film (or at least not games). To finish the assignment probably best to just do whatever teacher wants but if trying to get a job in games it's going to be good to know what workflows work and won't for…
I really needed to get on with other bits of the project but I really couldnt help myself, I had to see if I could do this mesh better (yet again) using the ways you mentioned. Here's what I've done in about 10 mins!
Hello all, This is my progression thread where I will be sharing the work of my final major project at University. I study Masters in Games Art & Design with a previous background in Architecture. This project is aimed to showcase a concise variety of technical skills based on a game concept I developed within the Star…
I'd been dreading this part of the build and I was in split minds on the method to model this. Do I refine the edge by adding more loop cuts and make the model higher poly? Or do I do a Boolean difference and suffer the affects of N-gons? I asked my class mates on our discord (a really brilliant group and I'm very lucking…
Thanks again for everyones help[ thus far. I looked into Floater island baking and I gave it ago with mixed results. I'd like some critique on my texturing so far. I am putting this down now for a bit to get on with other parts of the project. But I'd like to be able to come back to this at a later date with a clear idea…