Textures!

I've made a few textures this week. The red and yellow roof one took me forever because I was trying to find a good style. I wasn't sure if I wanted a more realistic style or a more cartoony one, and in my browsing for inspiration I remembered Borderlands and thought I'd try my hand at a similar style. I guess it's mainly the drawing of outlines over the texture that gives it that look. It turned out quite nicely so I've decided to go for it.

Above and below are shots of the back of the house which was nice and straightforward and no problems arose when applying the textures. I also made a dark wood texture for random use around the scene, wherever that may be. I'm sure I'll find many uses for it, but I definitely made it with the roof frame in mind.

Both textures are seamless, which means I can apply them to a surface and they will line up perfectly - tiling infinitely. This gives me more flexibility when texturing for multiple reasons, but one drawback is I need to make it wrap around everything. Flat surfaces like the back of the house work like a charm, but this half cone at the front is being difficult. I could either have the texture in perspective and looking good, but with an ugly seam running down the length of the roof (seen on the Right) or line them up so there is no seam, but have the texture warp because cones are the devil (seen on the Left). I have a couple tricks up my sleeve yet, so fear not.

I also made a lighter version of the same wood texture above for a little variety. If you look closely you'll be able to see the same patterns recurring, which is a small drawback of seamless textures, but I can texture this (and other things) with just one 512x512 pixel texture instead of having to custom make one texture for each object. For example, I will probably use this texture for the axe handle.

Below we have the style I decided on next to one of the earlier attempts. It's basically just a photo with lines drawn on it, and while I think it looks good, I felt like I wanted to see this House scene with lots of bright colours in the end. I'm not sure where the yellow came from, but I like old-timey houses with red roofs.

Technically its 12:59am on Monday, but to me it's still late Sunday night so I totally didn't miss an update. I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but next week I'll try and get more work done.

Later dudes!