1920's Speakeasy Environment - Part 4

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Part 4

I've made some more progress on my speakeasy environment. It's slow but steady at the moment; I've just been modelling architectural pieces and making a few prototype textures. I've recently finished up a door (that I've also textured), and the arches.

Here's a few pictures of how the scene is looking:

 

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Dev Diary Part 3

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Dev Diary Part 3

Day Three of my latest environment art project and things are continuing to go well. Having blocked-out and planned the scene on day 1 and day 2, today I started the real work of making the architecture of the room itself - specifically, the walls.

I spent about 8 hours modelling a big, chunky, modular brick wall and baking a normal map in Maya, and I also started to texture the wall too. By the end of the day I've finished the model and got a (placeholder) diffuse, normal, specular and roughness map applied to the model in UE4. It's not finished yet but its a good start!

Here's some pictures:

 

Next step: finish off the wall and start work on the arches, floor and other architecture.

1920s Speakeasy Environment - Dev Diary Part 2

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Dev Diary Part 2

It's day two of my new 3D environment project and I've started 3D modelling the basic architecture of the scene in Maya. I made a basic blockout and imported it into UE4 so I could explore it in 3D and make sure I was happy with the scale and layout of the scene before moving on.

Here's some pictures of the work I've done today:

I'm happy with the layout and scale of the scene. My next step is to keep working on the architectural assets that make up the room.

 

1920s Speakeasy Environment - Dev Diary Part 1

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Development Diary Part 1

  

I've started working on a new 3D scene this week. I'm going to make a 1920's prohibition bar/speakeasy/jazz club scene, inspired by 1920's nightlife and mafia culture. So far, I've drawn up some very rough concepts and layouts for the scene and created a 3D blockout using Google Sketchup.

The environment will consist of a small basement room with chunky bare-brick walls and arches, a bar and a stage. It will have dim, atmospheric lighting and will be filled with detail items like barrels, bottles, tommy guns and jazz instruments to give it an authentic 1920's speakeasy feel.

Over the course of this project, I will be using the following software:

• Google Sketchup to create a 3D plan of the scene.
• Autodesk Maya to model all of the assets.
• Autodesk Mudbox for sculpting/advanced normal map creation.
• Adobe Photoshop to texture the assets.
• Unreal Engine 4 to build and render the scene.

The scene will be fully PBR-textured and I will be working with generous polycount limits.

 

My next step is to start modelling the basic shape and architecture of the room in Maya.

PBR Baseball Bat Model Finished

Last week I made a blog post about a baseball bat 3D model that I'd started working on. The model is now finished and I've created a few presentation shots to show it off. This has been a fairly simple project just to get myself back into practice and I now feel more motivated to do some more 3D work soon, which is good!

Here's the finished model:

Staye tuned for more 3D projects coming soon!

NEW TRACK - Katy Perry - ET (Denim Kid Remix)

I finished up another new track this week. It's a house remix of ET by Katy Perry.

Please check it out at soundcloud.com/denimkid/katyperryetremix!

PBR Baseball Bat - 3D Modelling Project

This month I've been working on a new 3D modelling project to get myself back into practice, and as a way of teaching myself how to use Maya 2016. It's been a while since my last 3D model as I've been focusing mainly on creating browser games, so it felt like it was time I started another 3D project.

I'm modelling a PBR-textured medium-polycount baseball bat. It's a fairly straightforward model, so the texture will be the real element that I need to get right. This factor is what I was looking for when deciding on what to model, because it means I will be able to hone my skill with PBR texturing - an important skill for an aspiring modeller/environment artist to have.

As it stands now, the model is finished and mapped, and the textures are also quite developed, I'm just working on getting the PBR material just right before I can call it finished!

Here's some pictures of the work-in-progress model: