[Texture] My first reskin

[arjan]

This is a reskin a made as a start and im pretty proud of it.. even if its nothing
Its an LAPD SUV.

Im still learning.









Note; im not going to use it for any mods or whatsoever, purely used for learning procces

[ZaZZo]

I think it looks really cartoonish tbh, but maybe that's just me.

Looks cool nonetheless

[arjan]

what should i change?
note that this is my first time on a skin

[Rhino]

damn thous UVs are really bad
shows how much PR has improved since our early days hehe.

Anyway onto your texture, I'm not much of a texture artist so I can't give you much feedback on technique but right now your problem is you mostly have flat colours with no real dirt, grit and veration on them. I know its hard with a car paint job since they paint them flat colours but you can still do much more with that then a texture. It needs to look like painted metal with a glossy finish etc

Its a good start anyways but ye, texturing is more about than putting colours onto a model, you need to some how make the surface come alive

[waldo_ii]

It needs moar bullet holes and spinners.

[arjan]

Lol @ waldo

Thanx for you feedback rhino, im a complete noob to photoshop too so yeah. im still learning.
Z-trooper told me he should explain some stuff once he gets back from vacation.

Just would like to know how to add nice and realistic looking effect to textures.

[M4sherman]

Ok let me try to give you a little feed back (I am a REALLY good A-hole:mrgreen

Use a little lighter black and a grayer white to start with; because the colors will have been faded from the factory.

Add high lights and shadows: Add depth with the dodge and burn tools along where there are ridges and valleys on the real life vehicle.

Make her a dirty girl: you need some weather (mostly along the hood section and also on the panels behind the wheels) some dirt maybe even some chips

Oh and also use a noise filter to grunge it up.
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You have a good base though so keep at it.

[arjan]

theirs soooo many buttons in photoshop cs4
Where can i find everything, btw add my xfire; arjan1994 if you would like to talk further there

[ZZEZ]

pretty good start, it looks cartoonish because of the bright colors imo, try a "grey" white?

[MAINERROR]

Here are some good tutorials.

EnjoyCG tutorials - EnjoyCG
EnjoyCG tutorials - EnjoyCG

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/vbart ... ticleid=22
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/vbart ... ticleid=36

EDIT: WRT the skin. Yes the colors are too solid like Rhino already pointed out. Play around with the brush settings and create some custom dirt brushes and then scratch brushes. You might also want to add more details at the edges like darker color and so on to create the feel of depth.

[drs79]

Maybe change the number to 187? Or find the code to nude jaywalking and put that as the number?

Will there be working lights? or lights for show?

I like it, good work, its too bad the bf2 engine can't have people hanging on sides of cars because handrails on the top, with a small platform to stand on the side as it is driving would be cool.

Nice work though, very cool.

[PLODDITHANLEY]

I am a sprayer and yes no whites on vehicles is pure white .... one customer wanted his bike painted in pure white.....one week later he wanted it redone as it just looked horrible!

So make the white a bit 'dirty' (sprayers term).

Greta otherwise love to see it in the bank raid at fallujah!

[arjan]

Had a PC crash, and lost everything this is my 3rd crash sofar xD
only got the pc 2 years :O

anyway, i also havent done much improvement either before it crashed so.
But i think ill get photoshop again, and try it again. make a fresh start!

as for lights, is that possible?


EDIT; i just remember ive also did a police officer back then, wasnt much of a job.

[arjan]

So i did some more work on it, dont really like the white yet, and want to make the car more shinyer how do i do that in photoshop? im a noob to the program.
But tell me what you think and what needs to be done more.;

[Mutherpucker]

add some dirt to the paint, it'll look more real dude

[Wilkinson]

Tinted windos, Dirt, maybe some Bird Poo. Base is good. Time for detail.

[arjan]

Tinted windos, Dirt, maybe some Bird Poo. Base is good. Time for detail.

How do i tint the windows, as far as i know theyre not a texture.
Also how can i add dirt and make it more shiny?