This is a thread to document my progress for the 2021 Collab Project! So excited to share my work and totally open for any feedback!
Homework Submission - Week 2 - Lantern
@theluthier 
phoenix4690
This is my sculpting homework submission! Never done sculpting before, but it's so much fun so I've injoyed it a lot! Tried to make the lantern as close to handcrafted as possible without disruption to geometry! I know that some of details wont be visible so much, because it is so small on the whole picture, but it was fun to add some character to it :)
Wonderful sculpting mmishag! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the process too 🙌
No constructive criticism from me - You did great! Can't wait to see this textured now :)
Homework Submission - Week 3 - Lantern
@theluthier phoenix4690
It was really tough week for me due to being sick, so I had no possibility to work a lot on the project.
This is the result of one day working and probably not the best result overall, but good enough for now. I'll definetelly twick some things during Monday-Tuesday for sure.
1) So I've waisted 2 hours to find out why the background on the Normal Map is black, found no solution. Don't know if it is a problem, because everithing is working fine overall.
2) I have some weird yellowish artifacts, again I'm not sure how crucial is it.
3) On the Cavity Map I have 2 much darker areas on the top part of the lantern. I guess it is due to my sculpt, I made those areas to thin probably, but again the end result is great!
Another thing that bothers me a bit is transparancy of the glass, because I can see no top face on the bottom part of the lantern through it (deleted it long time before to save some geometry).
Probably I should play with Cavity Map ColorRamp to make less contrast.
Can't wait for your feedback! Big thx!
I think you've done a great job mmishag! You're finished as far as I'm concerned. If you want to push it further, I'd suggest a layer of dust / grime in the crevices and on the glass similar to these:
It may not show up super well on the dark metal but especially the glass could benefit from the breakup. Again, these updates are optional. You could kick back and relax for week 4!
mmishag One more reminder: Can you ensure your textures are synced on google drive? If not I won't be able to include your asset in the final 😕
To close out this thread: You did a great job on your lantern mmishag! It looks great in the assembly:
I added a little gradient to the glass's transparency and slightly tweaked the metal's material attributes. Very small tweaks to a lovely asset! Thanks for joining collab2021. It's been a pleasure working with you 🤝