Common Art Final Turnin

This is the final version of the chu-daiko drums made for Gods of War, the summer project for common art.

Portfolio Project 3 - Final

 This week I focused once again on the foliage, with some slight improvements to the water shader. This still isn't where I want it to be, but at this point, them's the breaks.

Portfolio Project 3 - Mid Check

This week I focused on improving the foliage, placing the cards using a MASH network in Maya and improving the texture on the hedge itself to blend it in better with the cards. I had a little extra time, so I went ahead and added the emissive light spheres from the original concept.

Common Art Sprint #5 Deliverable

This sprint I focused on a second pass of textures for the chu-daiko drum, adding more hand-made elements and wear particularly on the wood and the leather. I'll be reworking the metal piece in the middle, as well as the kashi, in these upcoming two weeks.

Portfolio Project 3 - Start

My goal for this portfolio project is to revisit the Valekin fountain I began for the first project. At this stage in the game I had wanted to try to improve the foliage, and while some of this is due to exhaustion and burnout, I'm really not satisfied with what I have. I clearly need to do more research into stylized foliage, because this isn't remotely where any of this should be.

My plan is to research stylized foliage and improve the water shader; I have two video tutorials I'm going to watch and take notes on.

https://youtu.be/eZutHZDV0yU?si=qextMiD47LuIF9zU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApjsF8UjNg 

Artist Research Project - Handpainted Textures

I've made a PowerPoint for presentation purposes, but I also have a Google Doc full of my more detailed notes from various sources here.

 

Portfolio Project 2 - Final

I didn't get this to the quality I really wanted by the time I wanted to, but considering my goals changed last week, I'm happy with what I managed to accomplish in the time I had—it's certainly farther than I had gotten with texturing this before!