Project 5 Complete!

Alriiiiiight that was fun!  I'm calling this one done!  Now that I have a handle on how PBR works, I'll probably just default to using DDO next time haha.

I've also updated my portfolio Website slightly.  I switched from the vertical thumbs to letterbox thumbs and moved the location of my social media buttons to the bottom of every page.

Oh yeah, and I have a Twitter now!  Mostly just to follow the big studios I'm interested in, but feel free to Follow me as well!

Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!
Project 5 Complete!

August 16

Today is a half day, but here's the progress.  I got all the major elements done, next phase is to add micro detail and start adding in lights for the final beauty shots.

Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!
Project 5 WIP

August 12

Getting a solid base down for the two different medal materials.  Now all I have to do is copy and paste some fill layers and making the other two will be super quick.  But first I have to deal with the sculpt.  I've been avoiding them, because they are birds and I can count on zero hands how many birds I've ever sculpted, so I'm not expecting  it to turn out very good.

I still need to mess with the ribbons and the medal connectors/rings.  And that felt background is ghastly.  I pretty much still need to tweak everything.  IN DUE TIME

Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!

August 9

Today is a half day, but here's a small update.  Most of the textures are placeholder/not done/not there.  I think the only thing done at this point its the wood frame, and I'll probably still give it a second pass for more details.

Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!
Project 5 WIP

August 7

I got the medals all prepped for sculpting in some finer details in ZBrush.  I don't want to talk about how tedious this part was.  The ones with eagles are pretty flat because of the lack of feathers.  Don't mind those artifacts on the lettering, it's all going to get Dynameshed in ZBrush.

I think the Iraq Campaign Medal came out the best without any additional details, but I'm still going to add it in there.

Assuming ZBrush doesn't give me any troubles, I can jump into sculpting starting tomorrow and hopefully be making my low polys by the end of the day.


Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!
Project 5 WIP

Project 5 Coming Right Up

Alright, after a few days off to relax and catch up on some movies (Lucy and Hercules were... meh.  I was pretty disappointed) It's on to my next project.  This time around I'll be doing a PBR study.  The modeling is very light, as I will be focusing the majority of my time on getting the materials to look as realistic as I can with a real-time renderer, probably Marmoset Toolbag.

I'm going to make myself a virtual decorations & awards box containing the ribbons and medals I received during my time in the Air Force.  Some of the materials I will be replicating are: chrome. bronze, aluminum, glass, frosted glass, lacquered wood, painted metal, bare metal, synthetic fabric, felt, and possibly a few others.

Here is my old badge and some medals:

I've got some of them blocked out already, prepared for some higher-detail ZBrushing:

This is a base for the fabric of the ribbons/medal tassels:

Introduction Post
Project 1 Complete!
Project 2 WIP
Project 2.5 - Hard Surface Stuff
Project 3 Complete!
Project 4 Complete!