[C&C] profile picture WIP

[Not4mortaleyes]

I am trying to make a profile picture of a creature's eye this is what i have so far

[MysteryMeat]

looks sold to me, just make it transparent and its ready

[Not4mortaleyes]

I made some improvements but i feel like there's is more i can do any feedback and suggestions would be greatly appreciated 

[MysteryMeat]

I'd say round out those "corners" on the eye with a light blue so they're not as noticeable.

[Not4mortaleyes]

i started to redo my profile picture. this is what i have so far

[Tori]

I don't have much to say but I think that to make a more rounded reflex on the iris would improve this picture a little.
This reflex you made is a little square and the eye is a ball, and balls reflect light in a lens format that is rounded.

And if you want to make it more realistic, you could darken the shadow in the iris. Reflecting objects have a high contrast.

[Not4mortaleyes]

i rounded the reflection and started the outline of the bricks

[Tori]

That's what I meant, but you could just have made a better AA on the reflex.

It's my take:

yours / mine


But still someting was disturbing me in the shadowing, and using references I got this:


I had to add one color to make the shadow on the iris, the contrast increases and so the reflex, then we get a more realistic eye.

[Not4mortaleyes]

[Curly]

Is that a giant eye or tiny bricks?

[Not4mortaleyes]

Is that a giant eye or tiny bricks?

its a giant eye

[MysteryMeat]

Try giving the bricks more of a weathered look, to offset the relatively pristine look of the eye!

[Not4mortaleyes]

Try giving the bricks more of a weathered look, to offset the relatively pristine look of the eye!

those bricks were only placeholder ill start working on that now

[Not4mortaleyes]

Does anyone know any good tutorials or refs for making stone surfaces

[Ryumaru]

A great little tutorial by vedsten, perfect for this situation:

[Not4mortaleyes]

heres what i have now. i dont really like the shadows from the bricks and i cant put my finger on what that is

[MysteryMeat]

Some of them seem to have divots on  them, making them look more like pez. Great brickwork though!
Notable on the brick on the top right of the eye

[Curly]

Looks good!

[MysteryMeat]

Upon closer inspection, the shading on the bricks was also off, the light source for them counter to the light source on the eyeball. I fixed up the divots and tweaked those as best I was able, though they still need some texturing I think.

[Not4mortaleyes]

Thank you for the critique. Maintaining a consistsant light source has always been a weak spot for me. Tomarrow I will retexture the bricks to give them a more dry/sandy look and fix the light/shading.

[MysteryMeat]

Thank you for the critique. Maintaining a consistsant light source has always been a weak spot for me. Tomarrow I will retexture the bricks to give them a more dry/sandy look and fix the light/shading.

Method I started using for that is to make a layer with a sphere/cone showing where the light's coming from, using the size of it as a reference for where it is forward or backward. So like this!


They're not the GREATEST examples, but hopefully they help illustrate the idea!

[Not4mortaleyes]

i decided to redo the bricks. right now i have just the basic lighting

[Not4mortaleyes]

update

[MysteryMeat]

update

Looking good! The shading on the mid-right brick is getting that Pez-y effect again, though you've avoided it on the others thankfully!

[Not4mortaleyes]

fixed it

[MysteryMeat]

No no, that one was fine! Though that smaller divot looks nice and would make for a great texturing option for some of the bricks, I actually meant the brick on the middle-right side of the picture, just below the small one. Five bricks down.

[Not4mortaleyes]

[MysteryMeat]

Much better!

[Not4mortaleyes]

Much better!

I'm ready to say it's finished thank you all for the help and critiques.