What I would do right now is to focus on the diffuse, put everything else aside for now. Focus only on the diffuse. Ask yourself questions like: Where would the wear/tear be on this particular object? On the gloves it might be light on the knockles from punching people in the face. The boots might have some damage,…
A little trick i use sometimes is overlaying something like this over everything at very low opacity (2-5%). It gives almost unnoticeable color variance to the diffuse making it less boring. Also, I agree with the rest :poly124:
I think the overall color on diffuse it´s ok but it needs some detailing, maybe a little dirty here and there, some overlays of fabric appearance in the clothes, maybe a tatoo for the skin. The details make the difference, a little more work and you´ll have it.
thanks Chris, wear and material definition, two things that just bake my noggin, believe it or not I spent a good 40 hrs on that diffuse, but I feel that a lot of the time I am just doing things that I then change back y'know? Do you skype at all? I'm not a fan of MSN. Oh yeah rv_el's Guile.....I have loved that piece for…