Materials and Shading Q&A and Scene Help

[Jonathan Lampel]

Hey CGC! My next course, the Fundamentals of Materials and Shading, is coming out next week. To go along with that, I’ll do a stream on the topic. If you have any questions about materials or would like help with a scene you are having trouble shading, post below! 

[Hashir Shah]

Hi Jonathan! I made this scene a couple months ago. I was going for a minimalist desk setup that looked photo-real. Though I am not disappointed with the outcome, it didn’t exactly come out how I had imagined. Do you believe the materials are to blame for the “non-photo-realistic” nature of the image, and if so, how could I go about improving it?

Thank you!

[spikeyxxx]

One thing that makes this look wrong is the fact that the shadows are not consistent….where is the light coming from?

Also, I might be mistaken, but it looks to me as if there is a ‘flat’ image behind the window, instead of a HDRI…

[Karen Trevino]

In nature when the sun shines through the window, I see different rays of the sun filter through as well as dust particles. I’d love to learn that.

[Jonathan Lampel]

Hey @hashtag02 , that looks like a great scene to experiment with on the stream! There are a lot of good things to say about it and I agree that it is just short of photo real. May I poke around the file? You can pack the textures and post it to pasteall.org , Dropbox, or something and link it here.

[Hashir Shah]

@spikeyxxx There are two light sources in the scene: the HDRi (it’s not a flat image) set to a strength of 1, and a sun lamp shining into the window.

[Hashir Shah]

@jlampel Sure! You can download it from the Google Drive link below. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hYoKaVwR0DSiVrWsy0S6YRJHvdS5-_rW/view?usp=sharing

Looking forward to the stream!

[Kat Loveland]

Hey @jlampel if you want to use my lovely little Bearded Dragon I made to show some shading, I can send you the blend. I will be learning all the texture painting stuff this week, I am doing an animation challenge so want it all to look good. Looking forward to your course! Rather timely 🙂 RSVP’d for the livestream too.

[Jonathan Lampel]

@chaoslillith I think that could make for a great example! 

[Kat Loveland]

Okay, I will send it to you tomorrow 🙂

[Kat Loveland]

Here’s the link

[Karen Trevino]

I’d love to know how to shade something so it looks like the back culling and cavity. It really looks good on low poly models.

[Jonathan Lampel]

Thanks Kat, and sure I can cover that @ketre !

[Kat Loveland]

You’re welcome. Please overlook the hideous fingers lol and disorganized mesh, reptile hands are hard and it was my first sculpt 🙂

[Shawn Blanch]

I have not gotten around to this course but I really wish I had time to do it before the live stream. Sooooo much I want to learn on this aspect. Sadly I don’t have anything ready for review. I am sure I will learn from other’s posts though.

Don’t take my lack of submission for lack of interest haha.

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