Art Gubbins (Pt_1)

Decided to blog this in multiple parts because some of what I wanted to upload is unfinished.  This is all for the industrial section, I still need to render it all from the right perspective before I upload anything to dropbox, should be ready over the weekend, if not, by Monday.

Chucked a few of the models together with the finished textures, some of the assets, like the ladders and spikes etc still need textures so I haven't included them in this blog post.

It should give you a basic idea of the art style though.

The platforms I'll have to blog in the next part, but heres one finished one.  It's not the best example because I could of pretty much just painted this in photoshop, so the the 3D was kind of pointless here.  The others platforms are multiple models though, so hopefully they'll look more like actual 3D renders.

Got a little sidetracked on making smaller assets, which I'll use to make up machines and such.  Slowly working through all these, unwrapping and texturing (Zzzz).  I figured it would be best to have a few different textures for each model, greys/bronze and wood colours, to keep with the steampunk feel.

Threw some of them together quickly to get a feel of how they'd work out.  So a 3D concept of the backpack, which I scrapped and remade (next post).  And also that reminds me, I realise there is no cogs here, and a small amount of pipes and whatever other steamy parts.  I will get around to adding them or it just wouldn't feel steampunk enough!

I included some of the UVWs just to show the style of how I was painting each part, I usually try and bake the highlights and shadows into the texture where I can.

 Making up a few more parts using the models from the previous images .

Heres the brush I use for texturing if anyone wants to use it.  You can open it in photoshop and go to Edit > Define Brush Preset to use it.

Should have more level assets ready to use by next production so they can start being used in the editor, working on the backdrops for the industrial zone too, so I'll include them in the next blog post.