Reply To: Collab2021 – WIP – Yukinoh
What a flower library @yukinoh1989!! You really took this asset by the horns and developed a great collection. You get full points + some extra for the effort 👏
Everything looks great but I’m wondering about the flowers circled in yellow:
I LOVE the water lily aesthetic but I’m afraid the stream need to be moving too quickly to support such plant life. Maybe I’m wrong and should do some research, but I associate water lilies with more stagnant bodies of water like ponds. Hopefully I’m wrong! But if the stream needs to be moving swiftly enough to move the water wheel we may need to omit the lilies.
What do you think about this logic @spikeyxxx?
Lastly the left-most plant with small white flowers – While it is truly lovely! I’m afraid it’s a lot of detail at a small scale. I expect it may prove too heavy an asset for a barely-noticed effect. Even if we omit the water lily and small-white-flowered plant, we’ll be in great shape for populating the scene well!
For week 2, sculpting is probably overkill. Instead how do you feel about looking into optimization techniques for flowers? See this artstation gallery about how simple geometry with alpha-mapped textures are good for optimal flower effects:
