More Grates.

Some with rust/textures, from 3 different filters, 2, then 4, then 2. Comments, criticisms, complaints, anything but your lunch order, I can't help ya there.

jffe

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StevieJ wrote: I really like the first one alot.....clean, simple, uniform texture, nicely defined relief, no unrealistic layers

----Ugh, the most boring of the boring Thanks for checking them out and commenting though. I'm still trying to get a feel for what "normal" is with shapes/patterns and especially with the metallic/textured 3-D stuff.

jffe

i see profile gradients being followed by a kaleidoscope or two and i agree with steve, #1 is the best here, as far as practical uses. i still like the others, but not of how much they would be used. i play with patterns all the time but rarely submit anything because even though i like the look, i cant see any practical application. i'm not trying to discourage you; i do like these. i could see #1, 2, and 4 being used in something architectural, but not sure of the others, even when i do like the look. as for just aesthetic enjoyment, #4, 5 and 6 i like the most. and if it werent for those diagonals, #7 and 8 would fit in the same category as #1.

well, i a real world context, the diagonals just dont belong. if i were doing some 3d architecture for a game or architectural design, i just wouldnt want the ones with the diagonals. they just dont match up with real world objects. that's the only thing i can see.

for aestheic purposes, there's nothing wrong about them at all. but for practical applications, you're just not going to use the diagonal ones that much...i would think.

and yeah, i know all about the oddities of the kaleid. it can be a real headache trying to get rid of one tiny aspect on a render and keep the rest.... **nightmares**

yeah, match up, like being the same as. you do remember the real world, right? sorry, just being a smart-ass here

ok, take your last image. that's a good example. the grainy part, the gray/black/whitish part with the oblong cutouts is what i would consider a real world match up. it matches up to something out there in the real world. but the other part, the mono-color grayish brown part, just doesnt look like it belongs with the other part, the grate part. so, if you could lose the background part, the rest would make a perfect grate/grill object.

ok, and in saying all that, there's still nothing wrong with them like they are, any of them. they are patterns and kinda cool looking. but, if you want more chance at an HU out of them, or if you just want folks to use them more, real world stuff is almost always going to go over better. that's all.

nah, dont get me wrong. there's nothing wrong with your stuff here. it's fine. and as a pattern alone, it's perfect. it is what you meant it to be and that's about as close a definition to perfection as i can think of.

but, if you want to match up with something 'real', then i'd lose the background parts or do another filter that loses it and keep this one the way it is.

ok.

ah, you've textured the diagonals. looks good