experiment with substance textures

maybe i should just use substance...

since it also has normal+disp maps..

the highest res is 2k tho, i will have to duplicate them over and over...

(same goes for the other one too, so i guess this is better)

2nd terrain test

^made it smaller and duplicated them. (maybe it's too small)

NEW PREVIS

THIS IS PREVISSSSS!!!!!

...hope this is the last one i'll have to make..

terrain normal+disp map

looks okay when far away, but if i zoom in it looks crappy and low-res...

(they're 4K btw..oh and UV's kinda weird too..)

idk, i guess i'll make them smaller and duplicate them for close-up shots.

i will need some matte painting as well

Alien Vray test render (w/o texture)

SSS material + normal map + disp map

w/ default GI = 1min 30s

w/o GI = 45sec

...wow, GI doubles my render time. x____x geez.

(didn't go thru optimization or anything tho)

..wondering what I should do with colors.

Not sure what color the alien should be emitting lol. 

I think I like this color scheme for the alien.

WIP new previs

WIP.
i have the storyboards (didn't scan them yet for the blog)..
don't wanna rush this one, so I'm taking it slow.

still working on uv mapping the ship.
also there's a change of plan: I'm gonna start on animation soon so I can
work on all the textures later (after all the environment's done)

previs, animation blocking, and all models + UV's should be done
by the end of the semester...
then I'll start texturing+lighting+test rendering.

Rig's done, ready to be animated

Credits to HyungJin Ji!! 

:)

ship WIP (almost done)

scene concept

couple HDR images i found

this is the color-corrected version.

i might go with blue-ish dark environment....

not sure what to do with the alien's color scheme

environment reference

they're called stalagmite!

gonna model/texture several of these for foreground/background

fixed previs

entirely fixed!
quite satisfied with this version, with few exceptions.

alien rig is done as well, just need to add teeth+eyeballs so it's 100% ready to animate.
ship will be done by tmr or the day after.
really need to start on texturing the alien

ship WIP..

w/ temporary shaders just for the look.

need to think of what animation i'm gonna do for the gun before i model it...

ship WIP

just put on a quick AO shader n physical sun&sky.

starting on smaller shapes...

inspiration/reference

ship WIP

kept fixing the shapes.... still working on bigger stuff

fixed UVs n topology

w/ normal n displacement maps.

details dont look that good...sighhhh.

fixed previs with music

texture size test

5k

4k

4k ...woah, blurry.