Concord || Star Chamber
One of the main sections we used to tune our crystal material at the start. Lots of fun working with Mak Malovic and Adam Alexander on this shot.
Worked with Alan Flores on the woven rugs. I made the straw materials, and he took lead on the modeling and fabric trim for these.
Showing off the crystal material and emissive galaxy decals I made for this map.
Crystal, terrain, and large orange orb work.
This shows the diversity of the crystal material. Just by changing lighting, the look of the crystal really shifts. I also shifted the base colro on the stone block to help address some coplanar issues that were coming up in this area.
Great shot of the central orange orb that I worked on with Alan Flores and Adam Alexander. Tag team effort of modeling, materials, and lighting to bring this to life.
Worked on the terrain, the woven straw and the decals on the wall for this shot.
Catch some of that thin film on the crystal to the left. What's thin film? Go check out my crystal post for more ;).
Cycling through some of our buffer views that I used to review material and scene harmony throughout the production of this map. Used as a communication tool for scene harmony and cross team work. Credit to Sourabh Hamigi for creating the buffer views!
Star Chamber was one of my favorite maps to work on on this project. Being the materials artist for this map and getting to work off of Catie Savages concepts and bring them to life was an amazing challenge. For more breakdowns, check out my other Star Chamber posts linked below.
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Instead of using color maps, we used different gradient remapping techniques on the majority this map. We knew early on that we would need to build flexibility in our materials so that we could reuse and adapt existing content on the fly. Leaning into gradient remapping for colors and exporting our roughness maps at full range were some of the key ways we built in this adaptability.
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My responsibilities were driving the overall look of materials, doing multiple passes of PBR validation, material performance metrics, and general cross and inner team collaboration during the production of Star Chamber.
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Star Chamber Materials Post
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6LLY6O
Star Chamber Crystal Material Breakdown Post
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OvvL6k
Star Chamber Decal Kit Post
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5WWNkw
Material Lead
https://www.artstation.com/evanliaw
Level Artists
https://www.artstation.com/tacitusd
Palette Artists
https://www.artstation.com/makm
https://www.artstation.com/aflores
https://www.artstation.com/rachel
Foliage Artists
https://www.artstation.com/halter
Lighting Artists
https://www.artstation.com/atomander
Concept Artists
https://www.artstation.com/cati
https://www.artstation.com/liammacdonald
https://www.artstation.com/theoprins