31-07-16, 23:28 | #1 |
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Venturing into PBR
Hey everyone, I wanted to share my first Tomb Raider artwork that I've rendered in Blender. I have been studying Physically Based Rendering for a while now, which is all about making materials behave like their real-world counterparts (e.g. a rock should have a certain level of glossiness, specularity, etc), and this is my first piece of art created with what I've learned. I still have a long road ahead of me but it's a journey I'm very much enjoying!
For the full 4k version and credits, check it out on DeviantArt here. Last edited by JimbobJeffers; 31-07-16 at 23:30. |
01-08-16, 00:50 | #2 |
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That is really great looking! I like the depth of field you have going on.
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01-08-16, 10:50 | #3 |
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Really digging this! Love the pose, the texturing and the composition. Great work!
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01-08-16, 20:42 | #4 |
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Thank you both! The depth of field is actually me being very lazy, I didn't want to bother with making detailed textures for all the models (which would dramatically increase render time) so I just blurred it all out. But I'll happily pretend it was done entirely for artistic effect!
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20-08-16, 17:32 | #5 |
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It took over 15 hours of work but here's my latest piece!
Full 4k version and credits here. For anyone interested, here's a 7 minute time-lapse of the whole process: |
22-08-16, 03:14 | #6 |
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Those renders are really good, especially the second one, everything looks very authentic and the pose is just right too.
I'm glad you said the blur of the first one was just a shortcut though as very shallow depth of field like that is what you tend to get in close up photos so to me it makes it look like a picture of a figurine rather than a life-size figure. This is the kind of problem pre-cgi movie makers used to wrestle with when using scale models, if you can't do something about the depth of field and perspective, viewers will sense they're looking at a little boat in a water tank and not the Titanic! |
22-08-16, 21:38 | #7 |
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Thank you for the compliments! That is a very good point you raised, I hadn't considered it before and I think using the same effect in my second render helped it look more like a diorama too. I appreciate you mentioning it and I'll try to work around it!
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23-08-16, 09:06 | #8 |
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Great renders !!! Espetially second one. You are basing PBR values on Quixel Megascans ? I just want to know your process of converting textures from Specular to PBR
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23-08-16, 09:28 | #9 |
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I use Quixel mainly as well as some other values I can find around the net. Unfortunately there isn't much information out there for us hobbyists on PBR though!
The specular textures that come with most games aren't suitable for use in PBR. If they're coloured I desaturate them, and I'll adjust the levels to bring them closer to PBR values, but I like to add dirt masks on top for the Glossiness/Roughness textures too. Maybe I'll do an XPS-to-Blender PBR tutorial on the conversion process some time as I get more confident with it, right now I still need more practice though. Edit: I won't get into detail as there are better sources out there, but specular textures shouldn't have much information, in fact to save memory you could get away with not using any texture and just a single value instead. Specularity represents how reflective a material is, which from what I understand isn't really open to much change. Plywood will always reflect a certain amount, wool will always reflect a certain amount, etc. The variation you see in materials is actually done with the glossiness/roughness (just inverted versions of each other) map. A smooth glossy plastic will have scratches and finger prints which can be made with dirt masks. As an example, for a sheet of glossy plastic you could have a single Specular value, then for the Glossy texture you'd use the correct value and then add a dirt mask which darkens certain areas. Then when the light illuminates it, the scratches and surface wear will stand out and it'll look realistic. Last edited by JimbobJeffers; 23-08-16 at 09:33. |
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http://www.tombraiderforums.com/show...=213589&page=5 |
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