Anna's texture updates

Hello

I am hoping to get a stylised look for both the environment and the characters. Been working on textures for the octapus and the room/ objects, had to stop myself from adding too much detail and avoiding to go towards realistic - it can be quite tempting in 3D!


Some screenshots:


Any suggestions for making the octapus look wet? I used a phong and put the specular decay to the maximum. Any tips on cloth?
Also, I wasn't sure what sizes and resolution of textures to use? For closeup and distant objects?

Thanks!

Anna

Anna Stylianidou - Texturing for animated short

Hello everyone.

Thank you Alwyn for the opportunity to advice us, it is greatly appreciated!

My project is not focusing so much on modeling and texturing but i hope to create an interesting visual style that would push the animation and story.

To give you an idea of the story and pacing, this is my rough animation/block test so far - in boring lambert shaders and with camera headlight.

You can have a look at how the project has progressed and someof my previous work on my personal blog http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/

Some early texturing tests of the octopus and room, using watercolour textures:

Not really pleased with any of these, bit too intense. I may possibly keep the ink-outline on the lens if it suits the final look.

Re-evaluated colour concept:

Background colours and patterns are muted, the octopus stands out more and has a less fleshy colour.

Boy texturing development:

From Lambert boy to Baked AmbOc boy,

I used the Ambient Occlusion render maps by applying artistic filters in Photoshop to give that drawn feel - since painting them myself didnt look great.

(UVs unwrapped with the beautiful help of Roadkill)

I think its finally getting there! (hmm except the soles and laces that dont seem to show up with the texture i gave them..) Any feedback is greatly welcome!

Thanks

Anna