NationStates Jolt Archive

Some of you may have noticed I recently went through my storefront and re-rendered everything.

I gotta ask now... should I continue on with Cell Shading and make things look like they're from a Video Game? Or should I dump an hour of effort into things and go for a realistic movie-quality pic?

For example, here is the Kryptonite Mk III:

Cell-Shaded:
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kryptmkiii2.jpg

Realisticish:
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/aweskr2.jpg
[edit: pic changed]

While I do like the Realistic one for obvious reasons, I still like the whole Homeworld look.

Well, YOU decide which looks cooler!

cell shaded just plain looks better

cell shaded just plain looks betterI agree... If I can't obtain absolute realistic photo quality, then just go for what looks coolest.

[Rendering a pic of the Realistic on WITHOUT guns firing]

I think realistic without a fancy background or firing guns would look best, but you might want to save the time and go with cell-shaded.

Blast, ruined the poll.

Oh well.

I removed the lasers

/me still thinks the cell shaded one is better :)

/me still thinks the cell shaded one is better :)Lemme see what cell-shaded looks like with the new textures :)

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/EFFINCOOLKRYPT2.jpg

Ooh, I like that the most.

oooh pretty picture :D

Even better:

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/newestk2.jpg

Um, I think if you add a bump map (or hype up your current one) to the realistic one, it'll look better. Otherwise, the cell shaded one does look good.

Do you render with the default lighting?

Actually, I like the realistic better. The use of shading in it gives it more depth than the "cell-shaded", which I know is kind of the point, but it sounds better than me saying "I like it because I like it." :P

I WAS using the bump maps, these pics are just too small to tell.

Should I simplify the hull texture and get rid of the green things?

Yeh, I wasn't sure.

Did you use the diffuse color texture as a bump map?

Yeh, I wasn't sure.

Did you use the diffuse color texture as a bump map?I used the texture map as the bump ma

Hold on, i'm going to try it with a less complex texture, see if it works better

Well... you can either increase bump strength... (at least I think you can, I dunno with Lightwave) or you can make the texture black and white, instead of shades of grey.

Well... you can either increase bump strength... (at least I think you can, I dunno with Lightwave) or you can make the texture black and white, instead of shades of grey.I'm getting rid of the green things, adding metalic textures

Hold on one more second :)

OK, sorry I took so long, and sorry the following pics are big.. but I went and retextured the model, then kinda mixed the look of cell-shading and realistic for.. well, these:

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kearth2.jpg

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kstars2.jpg

*drools* :D

*drools* :DOther than the horrible compression artifacts, does that look pretty good?

That pic is unphotoshopped :)

I'm experimenting around with stuff to give it a little less contrasting or dramatic colors...

Incredible work. You impress me CC.

Incredible work. You impress me CC.wow, thanks!