@mrheist [belated] Welcome to the class, Jon! I’ve quite enjoyed reading about your background and process for creating your barrel. I didn’t notice the inconsistent board widths that you and Spikey picked up on. That makes things a little more complex.
One thing I loved about your reference is how the boards appear to have varying depths or thickness as well. I *think* it’s depth rather than thickness, but either could achieve the effect. That’d be really cool to see in your model.
Going along with the lo-poly theme, it’d also be neat to see a touch of damge (dents and dings) but that would be a departure from the reference photo. So that’s up to you.
Overall an excellent first week of homework. It’s an A from me 👍 This will look sweet textured and shaded.
