#3d-coat

[pandan3d]

Every time I complete a prop, my level of quality increases.. which means by the end I will have to redo the first half of the props. But i guess that’s the point

Keg of ale done, tried to not obsess over it, only spent 3 hours total on it.. That’s like my limit before I start to make it worse.

[ericscottpfeiffer]

Apophis’s Mask

The goal behind this was to create a mask for the character that summed up the idea of an old AI machine that was striving to relate and live among humans but was still fighting with its instinct to be ultimately self serving. The character’s mask would swamp out different emotions depending on the player’s behavior as an attempt to communicate.

More notes on this character in the previous post.

[riwonaart]

(via Humanoid 3d exam by lisa-emilie - 3D model)

This is my second exam, the task was to make a humanoid character with focus on anatomy and landmarks, and exaggerate these features as wanted.

this is the concept art I made and final 3d product :)

[framepen]

Sci-fi cyborg pilot | Shot

[unmappedgame]

Devlog #14 - 3D-Coat

So I finally bought 3D-Coat so this week I spent most of the time reserved to unmapped dev learning how to use it. 

Book

To try painting textures I decided to make some tests on a book. I think that PBR with simple textures without much noise is a good look for the game, but to be honest I’m not sure. I’m lacking direction and it’s not helping with the motivation.

It was supposed to look old, but lets say the cartographer keeps their books in very good conditions.

Is there any need to have a leather normal map texture that you can barely seen unless the book is extremely close? Probability not, I’ll have to change it.

I did this just to try making all the maps (albedo, normal, metalness, smoothness), it’s not necessarily going to be in the game.

Weird Cube Tree

I hate sculpting. In every sculpting software I tried. 3D-Coat was not an exception. I don’t just hate it, I suck at it.

Here’s the hideous weird cube tree after 2h30 and 3 start overs. And this is the best side! The other sides looked like a slug with tentacles.

This side also looks like a slug with tentacles

It ended up looking a little bit better. If I’m using it for retopo and AO baking I’ll leave it like this, maybe just making the branches look more branches and less tentacles, but if I’m using it to bake normals I need to clean it up a bit.

It’s not going to be green,  I just used a random material

Next Week

I’m seriously reconsidering writing weekly devlogs. I want to reduce the time I dedicate to this project, and I’m not sure if I should write devlogs with: this week I did one asset. I started this weekly devlog to force me to do something every week, and it’s working, but I need to keep my priorities elsewhere. 

I’ll keep writing every week for now, even if I only make one asset.

Next week I’ll keep making textures, for the furniture or tools. And/or retopo the weird cube tree.

[pandan3d]

The star players are the Ale Keg, and the Table for sure. Going to keep going, I’m getting better at this I believe. I did these practice pieces in 4 days, 4 hours each. (Mugs together) I worked in this order; Mugs, Candle, Table, Keg. They progressively improved, so I guess practice makes perfect isn’t a myth. :)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QAKZB

[riwonaart]

(via Character design exam by lisa-emilie - 3D model)

This is the final result of my first 3d exam. Myself as a splatoon character, modeled in maya, and sculpted in 3d-coat. This was the first time I ever made a humanoid 3d character, so I’m pretty happy with it. Open post or click the link to view entire 3d model 

[framepen]

UV MAPPING

WIP