This is an on-going thread documenting my progress through the 2021 Collab Project.
I decided to work on the stones.
Hi Martin, looks great, but personally I would prefer the earlier version as this is more in line with the artwork..
Maybe find an in-between...some of this new detail (I'd say about 20-30%), but mostly keeping the stylized look from before.
But, Jonathan is the one deciding, so better wait for what he has to say.
Anyway, they are both looking great, it is mostly a matter of what style we want to achieve...
Wow, that's a sweet procedural texture! I like it, and I agree with spikeyxxx that it's a bit too strong. This would be excellent as a subtle detail to support the nicely painted map you did earlier with the highlighted edges like below. It doesn't have to be exactly like this, but just as an example:
hhoidolario, it looks like you are finishing up with your project. And, your rocks look great. I'd love to post your artwork in the TSMF Blog. Please let me know if you create a money shot.
Hi splat21. You are right, the rocks are finished. I worked on the shaders after Kents live Stream and incorporated his suggestions. I will post a final render today as a Homework submission, and I am working on a money shot thought I have no idea how to present the rocks in an interesting way til now. Feel free to take the final render in your blog once I have uploaded it today.
Homework Submission - Week 4 - Nature-Rocks
@jlampel spikeyxxx
This is my final homework submission. After Kents last stream I adapted the shader as he suggested, and baked some new textures. Finally I made two renders. One which shows the stones in a neutral lighting, and a second more cineastic one. I tried to find a way to make some ordinary rocks looking interesting, and came up with an idea to present them on pedestals, inspired by the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. It took me a while arranging the Rocks and tweaking the lighting. My goal was to capture interesting parts of the siluette while not making the whole scene look boring. splat21 If you want, you can use it for the blog.
hhoidolario, NICE presentation of rocks in your pedestal render! This will show up very well in the showcase.
hhoidolario Dude these are amazing, really awesome work. Love the presentation.
You did amazing work with the rocks hhoidolario! The final result is exactly what I hoped for. They look great in the assembly:
I still have a lot of populating to go but even this little row looks fantastic. Thanks for joining the project! I hope you enjoyed and learned from the experience. It was a pleasure working with you 🤝
@theluthier @jlampel spikeyxxx @everyoneelse
Hi, it's been a week since the end of the collab and I wanted to say thank you for this project. I had a lot of fun with it and also learned a lot. Thank you for your help, your detailed feedback and the respectful treatment of a beginner like me. Thanks also to the great community here at CGCoockie. It has been a pleasure to work together. I am looking forward to see the end result, and I am proud to have been able to contribute a small part in it.