3D Hardsurface general artist looking for feedback

Hey there !

With just a quick overview, I can tell you that your work is too dark and not enough colorful to be eye candy.

An other general critic is the fact that you do not tell anything with your textures.

http://kaksou.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/crates_cardboxes.jpg

How this create get its stain ? Since it looks old, why there isn't dust on the top ? Why not to damage a bit the edge of your create to make a Highlight effect ?

I think you should spend more time on this part.

Oh, yeah and an other thing :

http://kaksou.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/car02-_named.jpg

Since this is a mental ray render, please, throw some kickass shots with a very big resolution (1900*1200 ? )! It'll make your image to be more impressive.

My scene ? I avoid to use Marmoset since I prefer to show my stuff directly how it'll look Ingame. So, when it's not Unity, or Unreal engine, it's Source =)

And sometime it's easier to create a nice lighting / presentation since you can add few Post process to helps you (bloom, tonemap, etc ).

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Same Here I guess

The shotgun is your latest prop I guess ?

I think you should add more color to your texture and contrast even more the different value of the gun. Actually, it looks almost dead.

Futhermore, you should works more your surface. You put some nice details on some edge (scratchs, etc) but surfaces stills boring since your don't play with the specular/roughness.

What are your reference ?

Thinking a bit about the aesthetics of your site... It would be nice to have your name and your job title in a bigger font (it's just common that the title is bigger than the "sub titles"). Talking about subtitles, your job title could be a little more descriptive of what you exactly do. I'm not dumb I'll look at your stuff and say... oh he's a prop artist (freelance), but I'd like to know how you qualify yourself. Also, I feel like the overall color of your website doesn't make your art "pop out" (a bit like Kikette said above). Lots of your objects use very desaturated colors and it kind of all blends in with the background of the page. Maybe try to go with a lighter background to contrast with your pieces ? I always like to think that the page somebody creates will reflect a bit their personality. Maybe try to personalize it a bit more thinking about "what kind of professional I am and how can I communicate that through my page".

I feel like your Black Talons Interior could be lit in a more interesting fashion to better show your specular highlights.

I think you could also present your post apocalyptic assets in a better way using lights and a little setting (some stand in walls... that kind of thing).

Hope that helps .