Newbie texture exercise

Newbie texture exercise#207294

By bunkiojo - Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:26 am

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:26 am #207294

Hi! First post of work here. Just beginning to learn about textures and the like. Would like a little feedback on how to improve the reality of the 'paintjob' on the cubes. need help spotting elements that yell 'CG'.

Thanks!

Bunkiojo

#207299

By Mihai - Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:29 am

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:29 am #207299

The checkered floor?

It's a good image and texture, just that an object is never worn out exactly the same all over it's surface. The scratches here are uniform. In reality some corners would be more worn, others less.

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#207319

By tom - Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:10 am

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:10 am #207319

Very nice! Maybe you could round the corners more and add some scratches to facets. The ground looks a bit boring. I'm not against the checkers but if you can make them larger and model/map them like aged tiles with an uneven specularity, that'd also look much better.

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#207320

By -Adrian - Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:19 am

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:19 am #207320

Mihai wrote:The checkered floor?

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe
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#207350

By bunkiojo - Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:45 pm

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:45 pm #207350

Mihai-
Okay, I will 'uneven' the scratches more. I have applied a noise-ish texture to the roughness map to indicate uneven wear, but it doesn't appear to show up very well here. I'll see to that, too. Thanks!

Tom-
Ahh, maybe round one corner more than another, yes? that would look better. I like the tile idea. I'll give that a try as well.

Thank you, gentlemen. I will give those suggestions a go!

-B

#207351

By Leonardo - Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:54 pm

- Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:54 pm #207351

I'm not an expert but the roughness and reflectance in the cube looks pretty even... I would think there should be a differenc between the metal and paint area

but I really don't know what I'm talking about so wait for confirmation from other members

#207397

By superbad - Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:06 am

- Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:06 am #207397

It looks pretty good to me! I would agree with these other comments, but that's still nice work. I'd say that the paint should probably have some thickness, but I guess that would have to be modeled.

We're going to need to start a Denver users' group soon. There's at least 3 or 4 of us that I've seen.

#207404

By bunkiojo - Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:34 am

- Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:34 am #207404

superbad wrote:We're going to need to start a Denver users' group soon. There's at least 3 or 4 of us that I've seen.

Yeah, that sounds good, though calling me a 'user' is a bit of a stretch; I hit 'render' now and again, but I don't really know what I am doing, nor do I have a reason to do it. I fool around with it, but that's about it