finish!
(same amount of vertexes as my entire character from the previous post)
all quads
update: added textures. Read more…
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16Feb
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10Feb
Just trying out new stuff. Read more…
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06Feb
I really need a new system to display this stuff. Rigging continues:
(placeholder) …
meet the invicible hero. yay
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30Jan
set the scene, and all that implies.
(more to come later)click on the image for a bigger view.
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28Jan
2010 earth features level of detail maps! yay
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18Jan
Textures still need work, but there are many areas that need to be developed.
humor? I think I saw a commercial with armored guys before.
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11Jan
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09Jan
Since the 2048×2048px images were giving unsatisfactory results in certain conditions (extreme close ups) Ive decided to scale everything up to 4096×4096px. Hopefully this will be enough.
I’m expecting a fourfold increase in resolution.
So Ill see how this works out.
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04Jan
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30Dec
If this method gets me the great results I’m anticipating…..
so heres to outline the process:
- model the object
- set up 6 orthographic cameras.
- obtain screenshots from all six directions (it helps to do it with a naming convention, Example: [Obj].[camRaw].[position]).
- Do a rough paintover of each screenshot
- project each paintover from the appropriate camera (each to its own individual UV layer).
- do a regular high quality unwrap, and bake 6 high res images from the projection UV layers.
- Use a dedicated Image manipulation program to merge the six layers correctly.
- (optional) refine the result, bake a global based normal map and/or use the UV outline script.
- isolate layers that you think would make the surface bumpy, and save it with a flat background. Then use gimp or whatever you use to convert an image into a tangent normal map.
- (another optional*) sculpt your object, and bake a tangent normal map to the non-projection UV layout.
- overlay your image based tangent normal map over your baked tangent normal map.
- create a specular map, a reflection map, LOD maps, material stencils, and your done
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so… that’s the workflow I’m testing right now.
front projection
the design continues to evolve
UVs still being polished, test of baking capabilities.
saved in cinematic resolution.
