Isabelle's WIPs

A blog to show my art projects and challenges before they reach their final state

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Finished the UV’s for a stack of the store/cafe set dressing.  Still need things to fill those tables and cabinets.

Each grey rectangle signifies what is on the same uv map so when I get to texturing I know what goes with what.

I learnt so much and gained so much speed at this while working on these.  The first item I did was the umbrella’s and for something with such a relatively simple shape, it took me a couple of hours to do.  The final item I did was the icecream fridge (seen in the gif (so may extra poly’s in that one for when I learn to normal map...))  took me around 45minnutes.  

Now to texturing

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Long time no post.  I’ve finally had some time to get stuck into some of the asset’s UV’s.

  In the top picture, the objects with the checker pattern have the uv’s finished and ready to texture while the brown stuff are still wip’s. While the gif is of the first finished asset I’m really happy with.

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this morning's work was a set of matching furniture to fit out some stores and probably some homes

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adding the extra details and flourishes to a store and interior set dressing objects in my window of free time before work

(poly count is higher due to multiple versions of the same building and different states of detail in the scene)

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Slow progress as I’ve had so much work to do at my actual job and taking care of and training my two new rescue kittens.  Currently working on sets of the sort of things you may find in a cafe/bakery/restaurant.

Currently at; three different display cases, one chair and two table types commonly found in rural cafe’s.

Some have extra edges that will be removed later that currently exist as a marker for where I want a specific piece of detail.  As work moves back to slightly more normality I should be able to get more of such things done. 

(seen overall poly count includes a character model being used for scale refrence)

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Slowly getting pieces finished.  I won’t lie I've been avoiding some of the UV’s. But now they’re almost compleat so I’ve arranged everything in a quick street setup. Getting there :D

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1 simple detail adds so much

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And I’m back at it now that the busy period at work is over for a few weeks.

The finished and UV’d the model of the classic Aussie Hills Hoist clothesline famed for drying clothes and strength that allows kids (and Adults) to swing from the wire cabling for fun.

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Still working on textures today so throwback to the first bit of concept art i made for this project.

Gouache and watercolour

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Today, making tilable textures to save time.  Once these are on the chosen objects I can modify them to add weathering, different textures, patterns and colour variations to various areas but starting with tileable panels saves me allot of time.  

This particular texture is Snowgum wood panelling 

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UV’s laid out and ready for textures.   I always forget how big of a job UV mapping can be especially on organic objects.

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Today it’s time to work on the landscape a little.  

To emulate the Australian high country I have to make lots of use of unity’s terrain smooth tool to level out the hill/mountain tops.  Unlike the young alps of Europe and the Americas which are currently still growing.  The truly ancient Australian Alps have been eroding for thousands of years, often giving them unique flat tops rather than the peaks we are so used to in media, and leaving behind outcrops of granite the cooled remnants from back when Australia sported volcanic activity, such as Falls Creek’s Ruined Castle.  

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Progress of a digital portrait 

Final image at; http://isabellebpattison.weebly.com/art.html

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I’ve challenged myself to make a game demo set in an area that is clearly Australian from the moment you look at it.  Taking inspiration from the high country and it’s iconic and unique flora, fauna and landscapes.