Mars-Inspired Rock & Soil Study
Beauty Shot

Beauty Shot

Final Textured Low Poly & Rock Sculpt

Final Textured Low Poly & Rock Sculpt

Material Render

Material Render

Main reference, mostly shape/composition and ground texture ref.

Main reference, mostly shape/composition and ground texture ref.

Some color grade explorations based on ref to make it feel more dry, even though not the ultimate direction I was going in.

Some color grade explorations based on ref to make it feel more dry, even though not the ultimate direction I was going in.

Progress gif

Progress gif

Mars-Inspired Rock & Soil Study

Spent a few nights this week kicking out this material/model study of Martian Soil & Rocks. Started by sculpting the rock in Zbrush, then composed this little scene with it in Marmoset by digging up an old practice Substance Designer material that I ended up finalizing and tweaking to match for this rock. Went for flat-ish shale-looking rock. Was a fun little exercise, haven't done personal work at home in forever!
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Wanted to push colors and wetness in my version, even though not quite dry and dusty as Mars. Mars reference was more of the launching point/inspiration, didn't want to mimic it 100%.