3D'd Texture Test!

Sometimes textures look great, looking flat and perpendicular to your face. However, in the 3D realm of games and animation, it could look way different when tiled, lit lowly, and viewed from a different angle other than head-on in Photoshop's window. So far, I'm very pleased with what I have done. I've grown much in putting more and more dimension into my handpainted textures, adding more darks and lights to make it feel like there really is depth to it, starting from the brick walls back in May, to the summertime stone floor tile, to the wood that I've started and finished yesterday. And I hope to grow so much more with this. My next challenge: metal! Hope it turns out well when I get to it!

OMG Morning Wood!

For the longest time I've had nothing but complete and total trouble (though not as much as typing on this stupid Apple keyboard with the flat keys in the animation studio here at Rio Hondo College) with creating a decent wood texture, be it a photo-collage, or hand made. But within the first two hours of class I managed to start and bring something that looks this good from where I was to near completion. I think I'm finally breaking through the blocks that have been holding me back. Things are going nowhere but upward from this point onward.

Texture Updates!

Concepts

STONEWALLED

Semester's over, but I'm still working my ass off. My latest textural endeavour is this nice little quad-tiled stone wall/flooring.

All In All...

...you're just another brick in the wall. -Pink Floyd

Working on the brick texture for my new project, going for a more handpainted/Blizzard style of texturing. Personally, I think it's going along great.

Next semester's plans

Sitting here in C++ programming, and drawing concept art for my next project. The ship is starting to get a little stagnant for me, and I solely blame myself for getting way too ambitious before I knew what I was able to actually do. By the time I was able to start even texturing, I found that everything was pretty much done WRONG. Had I made my interior stuctures in square faces, I'd probably be done! So anyway, I'm going to see this project through to the end, just as I had with my little tiki hut. I have gone a far way and many respects, but I still have to go further. So next semester, I'm working with a friend of mine who has been working on an excellent midieval/fnatasy character, and I am going to be building an environment for him. I've attained quite a collection of reference images already this morning, and have buckled down on making concept drawings. this one won't be as ambitious in terms of scale, but it will all be focued on making a good cohesive environment, with efficient modelling, and excellent texures. Plus the fact that it will be a collaborative effort, it will be a plus for the both of us when we get our portfolios shown to major studios. As soon as I get some good drawings done, and I get home from my other soon-to-be previous engagements, there will be some concept art postings.