on Sep 26th, 2008The scar tests
Ok, here is the two different ‘scar’ designs I’m playing with for Deadland Chronicles. Since this is taking place in a war-strewn future the ‘heroes’ of the day will be pretty beat up. So, scars are necessary!
The original. Easy to so – but doesn’t look overly convincing that it’s a scar. I just used the pen tool, drew the line and added a handful of effects to try and make it look .. scar like. Not the BEST look but – not bad. Takes me about 5 minutes to do the scarring here.
Pros: Fast, easy and doesn’t eat up a lot of resources.
Cons: Not the most effective scar, may not be consistent in design
This one I used a ZBrush sphere, drew a quick gash and exported it as an OBJ file. I then imported that into Photoshop (which takes a few minutes) and rotated it to where I wanted it. I changed the 3D object to a flat layer, masked and erased around it and added a little red tinge – only too about 5 minutes (well, 10 with the load time and making the sphere). Yes, I’m aware that this scar looks .. lame. But the feel is more realistic than the pen-tool method.
Pros: Looks better and has more possibilities. I can take the same sphere, rotated for where ever you look and add a pre-defined action for the coloring as needed, so it would look more consistent – and I could probably get it looking more realistic
Cons: Takes a while to load (high poly count), the reflections may not always look natural, which CAN be fixed in Photoshop, but adds another step. If not done right simply look clayish.
Out of the two I like the second better – I can make it look more gashy and stuff in Zbrush, then I’d have a changeable 3D object ready for placement which – in the future – could save some massive time.
What are your thoughts?
I like the first scar(s) better. They look more realistic than the second larger one, at least to me.
agree with Sarah. on everything she said. but holy crap, the second one look like it should be dead by now.
After looking at these for sometime now, I think something in between the first and second(thickness-wise). Maybe we could create a real scar on Todd and end this debate!
I like the second better. The first doesn’t really look like a scar. No doubt about the second one. Doesn’t look like he should have lived though.
Ok, I admit that the second ’scar’ does very much look like a big slug smacked on his face. However, the first scar looks more like a cheap tattoo than anything else.
Keep in mind that I didn’t spend much time modeling out the second scar. It was a quick “smack” and there it was. I may make a tutorial in the future when I get the ‘feel’ of the second scar right.
I know I can do it!
Pete: No .. I don’t think scarring Todd for real is an option.
Definitely like the second one better. The first one doesn’t look as realistic as the second.
@Rose: Yeah - with tweaking this would definitely be better I feel than the penciled in ’scar’. The other would probably work, but would no doubt look friggin silly if I can’t get it right.
come on tadd, do some of that tweaking, and then show us that one!
@tony: Workin on it man. I have finals this week so I may or may not get a chance to work on it again. Maybe I will on my lunch break instead of playing video games …