Old Stop Sign.
polycounter lvl 11
Rip me apart people.
Tried a lot of knew things with this one. Like this was the first time I made
a normal map with Zbrush. Also my texturing skills are a little week.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/19354687/Old-Stop-Sign
Tried a lot of knew things with this one. Like this was the first time I made
a normal map with Zbrush. Also my texturing skills are a little week.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/19354687/Old-Stop-Sign
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I would add geometry to your floor plane so you could push and pull it to match the texture a bit. Also adding in a 3 point lighting setup to show off your model with soft shadows would help improve the presentation a bit.
Over all I don't think your texturing isn't as bad as you suggested. I would just knock down the normal a bit and increase the contrast in your spec.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2107718#post2107718
Not going to lie, your example has more problems then the OPs stop sign.
I would say the only feedback I would give the OP is do not use zbrush auto UVs because they get all wobbly and crooked. Do it by hand in Maya/Max and make sure everything that can be straight is and nicely alighted together. Also do not bake a normal map in zbrush, it doesn't actually do it correctly, use xnormal for better more accurate results.
As for the textures its self, better material definition and more large scale detail would help a lot. Almost all your detail is really small fine grain stuff and looks a bit noisy. Also your textures are not technically correct for a PBR workflow, you metal diffuse color should be super dark, like almost black. I am assuming you are using Marmoset 2, but not sure.