apartment building wip

[Tim Saunders]

ok the building is only about 1/4 modeled, but i wanted to take a uick time out on modeling it and work on something i've never tried before; glass block. i plan on posting wips on this spare time practice project throughout the proccess, but i wanted to get some feedback on my attempt on the glass block. like i said, i've never done this before so be gentle. i looked around for a bit and couln't find any texture maps i was satisfied with so i made my own and mixed in some color. any suggestions for improvement? keep in mind, i have no lights set up or any environment map.

[caddiellac]

i looked around for a bit and couln't find any texture maps i was satisfied with so i made my own and mixed in some color.

 

Hi Tim, I think modelling wise it's working.. can I know how or what software you used to make your own texture map?

[Tim Saunders]

i used photoshop. i just drew 3 lines horizontally and vertically evenly spaced apart, then with the brush with soft edges and like 40% opacity, i put a blurred dot in the middle of each square as shown in the second image. i used the map as my difused color map and mixed in a bit of green color, and decreased the opacity of the material. and i used the same map as the bump map cranked up to like 150 or so. i used reflect refract in bot the reflection and refraction map slots and played with the levels a little. i'm open to any ideas for improvement.

[Tim Saunders]

i was afraid i would have this problem. i guess vray (free) does not accept reflect/refract materials. i guess i'l have to figure out another way to do that glass block.

[Tim Saunders]

and no, i'm not leaving my road and sidewalk like that.

[Dynedain]

and no, i'm not leaving my road and sidewalk like that.

 

Use standard materials with the vray map in the reflect/refract slots to setup your reflection and refraction

[Tim Saunders]

thanks anthony. i'll give that a try when i get home from work tonight. i never knew what the vray map was used for. hope it works.

[Tim Saunders]

ok i think i'm pretty much finished with this one. any suggestions before i render a high rez version?

[Tommy L]

Looks a bit dark and gloomy. Whats the image for?

[salf]

GOOD WORK, thanks for sharing, final render looks great, but too dark.

[Tim Saunders]

i agree with you. i am going for a more overcast feeling, hence the lack of harsh shadows, but it is for sure a bit too dark. it is just for fun. just a project for practice i am doing at home at night.

[Tim Saunders]

here's the final product. not much change. a little stronger light, and some minor ps touch up.