GAMC #4 - b1skit

b1skit · 23-11-2009, 10:38 PM

Hi everybody!

This is my first time entering the GAMC (or any competition!), I will update this thread regularly with WIP renders. Any comments or crits are welcome.

dbsmith · 23-11-2009, 10:53 PM

Hey b1skit. I think you're wasting too many polygons on those small attachments (that look like a table with 4 rounded corners). You could cut down on the polys you're using for its rounded corners and make better use of them elsewhere in your model.

b1skit · 24-11-2009, 02:28 AM

Hey dbsmith, thanks for your reply... I think you are right. I am still figuring out my workflow at the moment (which this the main reason I entered this competition). Im finding that Im the kind of guy who finds it easier to build my high poly, and then build a low poly mesh underneath. So you are seeing both a combination of my low poly and my high poly at the moment - I figure I can smooth the existing lowpoly stuff, and retopologize/rebuild the newer highpoly stuff at the end.

b1skit · 25-11-2009, 01:07 AM

I have decided to build my model completely in high poly 1st, then build a low poly cage around it... I wish I had have taken that path from the beginning - but thats why Im participating

urgaffel · 27-11-2009, 10:33 AM

Good start, keep going. Have a look at the other threads here to get some inspiration on how people go about modeling their highpoly and lowpoly

Hopefully it will help.

b1skit · 27-11-2009, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urgaffel

Good start, keep going. Have a look at the other threads here to get some inspiration on how people go about modeling their highpoly and lowpoly

Hopefully it will help.

Thanks! Im chipping away at it every day - I should make a lot of progress this weekend. I have been getting a lot more responsibility at work as of late, which is something I have been pushing for... but eats up my time!

Will update with another pic tomorrow!

b1skit · 29-11-2009, 03:44 AM

Hey guys, a quick update. I didnt have as much time as I thought I would today, so Im hoping to catch up tomorrow and finish off my highpoly.

For now, here is my latest highpoly shot.

Theht · 29-11-2009, 05:09 AM

great progress kepp up the detailing you havent much time any more

some more wire tube stuff would be nice.

b1skit · 29-11-2009, 08:02 PM

Hey guys, Im feeling like my high poly mesh is pretty much done. Hopefully I will get a significant amount of my lowpoly out of the way by the end of today!

b1skit · 30-11-2009, 02:44 AM

Ok, a quick WIP of my lowpoly. Im at 2069 polys, (2400 with the other side of the bottom part attached...).

Bed time, hopefully I will finish the low poly and get most of the UV mapping done tomorrow.

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23-11-2009, 10:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
dbsmith Frequenter 135 - 51	Hey b1skit. I think you're wasting too many polygons on those small attachments (that look like a table with 4 rounded corners). You could cut down on the polys you're using for its rounded corners and make better use of them elsewhere in your model.

24-11-2009, 02:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
b1skit New Member 43 - 9	Hey dbsmith, thanks for your reply... I think you are right. I am still figuring out my workflow at the moment (which this the main reason I entered this competition). Im finding that Im the kind of guy who finds it easier to build my high poly, and then build a low poly mesh underneath. So you are seeing both a combination of my low poly and my high poly at the moment - I figure I can smooth the existing lowpoly stuff, and retopologize/rebuild the newer highpoly stuff at the end.

29-11-2009, 05:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
Theht New Member 42 - 14	great progress kepp up the detailing you havent much time any more some more wire tube stuff would be nice.