New Trees in Delfino Square! Plus update requests! (Part 5) [Track Revamp]

[@TraversalScore]

I've really been enjoying this more episodic format for these revamps of the tracks as opposed to the one large video for the entire track. I feel like it gives more of a collaborative feeling

[@Evoflare133]

Agreed. These are really fun to watch, and I look forward to every step.

[@SerpongeDash]

It's like a weekly meeting, so cool

[@Tylera_l]

To be honest I preferred the longer format but that absolutely doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy this format too

[@okiedoketm4463]

I love this video series so much! I know you're worried a lot about "dinginess" and visual sameness, so i would suggest using purple and blue hues for shadows and shading colors! since they're complimentary to yellow and orange respectively, they'll give a great contrast to make the colors *seem* brighter without actually looking any different. even with the bricks you currently have-- injecting slight blue and purple tints into them might make the whole track feel brighter. I'm not a blender person, but this tends to work wonders with my 2D art! i wish you luck making this masterpiece! it looks beautiful so far!

[@QuarrelInsect]

Yep, hue shifting is great, I wonder how it'd be done in 3D though. I guess using that ambient occlusion mentionned in a previous video, by having shadows be dark blue/purple instead of black (like when he changed water's to white to simulate contact with the track)?

[@Mr_Sideways]

A think a great way to spruce up delfino square is by adding flag lines that go across the building like in toad harbor, they’re pretty simple and would make it feel more vibrant.

[@Frogmood]

I think the problem you're running into with the colors is that you're trying to make everything look /too/ cohesive. If you blend things together too much, you're invariably gonna end up with muddy brown soup. The green moss in the bricks, for example, adds some much needed contrast. I would try experimenting with some complimentary colors, rather than trying to shift everything to the yellow-brown-white side of things.

[@cubix169]

Mom! Bring the camera! I'm in a Charlie's Café video! Glad to see my suggestion helped here, haha! This series is going pretty well and it's also kinda addictive, lol. It would be cool if all of this was made into a whole video when the model reaches it's final stage. Keep it up, Charlie!

[@marcelopaulo446]

Thank God he fixed the trees ,also you definitevely could add some benches,citizens,Trash bins and maybe even a small lake to the grassy areas

[@ARDIZsq]

I was someone who originally suggested the stylized Mario trees, but I actually think the Splatoon trees look incredible on this track. Definetly a great change.

[@albumorienteddungeons343]

I dont have any meaningful contributions to the project, but I love watching these update videos!

[@kamemelodic1331]

Coming along fantastic so far!! To add onto someone else’s comment about color variation and the moss in the bricks, I think something else that has the potential to look really nice is some vines/moss on the buildings! I know you just removed the moss brick texture from one of them as not to use the same material as the road but I think stuff like that makes it feel nice and lived in, while adding some color variation :)

[@skykittenpuppy]

the new tree model from splatoon is definitely the right direction to go, but it may be worth adding a solid shell inside thats just plain orange, so you cant see directly through whats meant to be a bushy tree :D

[@Damonj17]

3DS wuhu island has some roofing textures that you could look at, as well as curved bricks in the UVs for the corner at 2:24. Maybe have a set of "diagonal bricks" to smooth out the transition between directions. you could also put different colored awnings on the windows to help differentiate/decorate the buildings.

[@itz-Ender]

The track is coming along nicely! The texture at 3:59, in my opinion, look pretty good for the yellow buildings.

[@JBoehmGames]

This project has become a highlight of my weeks, and as someone that's played around with Blender a significant amount I can't say I wouldn't want to try something similar. So here's a little tip from someone that's been in the transform trenches awhile: Use the 3D cursor to your advantage as a transform point. A good example is the shutters, you could have much more easily closed them by selecting the verts against the wall, hitting Shift+S, and selecting "Cursor to Selected" from that menu. Then, you could select the 3D Cursor as the transform origin and rotate the entire shutter on the Z axis. Keep that in mind if you want to add more shutter variation, and I'm sure it'll come in handy somewhere else along the line as well.

[@Adamski-]

The white buildings need more seperations instead of just being one big flat wall. Maybe a line of bricks in the middle? Also just add some like, decorative stuff to it. Maybe a flower bed by one of the upper windows? Some ivy clinging to the side like you did on the balconies?

[@MiroBouchard]

You updated the best mario kart map even more even more even more even more.

[@lordcroussette]

3:15 "I think it would make more sense to call it the Evil Cursed Artifact tool, because you have very limited control over this thing. It feels like performing surgery with a shotgun." Holy shit this is so true hahaha. That thing is simultaneously my biggest ally and my greatest enemy all at once.

[@axolofa]

Those trees are absolutely perfect! The subtle variations in the grassy area at the end is understated but adds to the track almost subconsciously

[@Artziez-YT]

These additions made it look so much better! But I feel like it needs more life, it always felt like a dead ghost town to me.

[@bs_blackscout]

The trees look pretty cool now! Honestly I don't think everything needs that yellow or orange tint. I think the little weeds on the road are fine bring green. Though you could use Photoshop color balancing tools to make them lean a bit more towards yellow

[@KEERNG]

ngl I'm loving this series, I see the videos in my sub feed every week and I'm like "Oh, it been a week already, awesome now I get to see what's happened since last time!"

[@Sremolc]

in the main path you could add some slightly miscolored bricks, like darker, brighter, or even tinted yellow/orange a bit

[@thedude4063]

Yes! More trees!!! Maybe try to replicate base game 8 trees. For the road, you can add slight orange/yellow hues to some of the bricks. Also, could attempt to remesh the windows.

[@signofmars]

One thing that might help your selections in Photoshop is [Select > Color Range...]! It allows you to use the eyedropper tool to pick any color in your image and find all similar or identical colors around it, which would be PERFECT for selecting that moss between the bricks. It also has a few parameters you can dial in to change how specific or scattered or continuous that color selection is. Also, when you mentioned using a white Color overlay to brighten the road texture, have you experimented with the Curves adjustment layer? It allows you to dial in the exposure and dynamic range of your image without losing the lights and the darks, which seems like it could be helpful at various points in this project. I like that you're doing the short episodes with this track, it's fun to see it evolve based on the community feedback.

[@Tech_Marauder]

Also, I’ve found object selection tool to be much better than magic select

[@Jonasaurus7]

Something I really like from the original is the green mushroomy bricks seen on some buildings, I bet you could easily make something similar and use it to decorate one of the building types, it would help keep some of the original track in tact

[@That1One-Guy]

I really like the structure of these episodes, every time i start wanting another episode a new episode releases.

[@ChachaBrah]

This series is an instant watch for me, I love seeing your process!

[@Purple-Popcorntm]

Charlie vs Trees is one of the greatest battles in KZbin History

[@tquicken]

dont usually comment but the episodic format is nice to see and get surprised by on a nice night

[@KorriTimigan]

Those trees look fantastic!

[@cheeseboy2251]

I love this little weekly diary thing we’ve got going on

[@some_guy79]

I think a part of the problem you’re facing is that all the bricks are the same color. If you tried making some random bricks a slightly different color it could help make it feel more alive. You’d probably have to find a new texture for the grey buildings though.

[@Somefox5]

YOOOOO SPLATOON!!!! The second i saw those trees i knew where it was from

[@_vanessajane]

Omg same lol

[@Manu__]

I'm absolutely loving this series! I would suggest to use some textures in rome avanti, an example would be the brick texture used for the colosseum, i think they would work really well with some of the alleways buildings. Really looking forward to see the final result!

[@Caasiblank]

I think making the roads and paths a bit smoother and less sudden/jagged would have a great effect on the rest of the track!

[@cadouxadrien4302]

If you want a more vibrant starting line, more "old city like" maybe you could get rid of some of the billboards on both sides of the street and replace it with planters, fences, benches, etc... this details would help for it to be more like a street and less like a road. It brings some life to it just like the fontain does :)

[@chop.shticks]

to get the magic wand tool to work on ps, there should be a little section at the top above the canvas labeled "tolerance" and a number next to it. just bring up the tolerance by clicking on the number and changing it and it should select a wider color threshold.

[@kingknight387]

Yo wait the decorating tracks idea is legitimately really cool I would love to see that

[@daisycinnimon]

someone else said it, but definitely try to start using purples and blues as shading for the bricks. they will look a lot less dingy and you could also add some fake bumps to the bricks too (the texture map is it called? i do 2d art lol)

[@Rigobul]

you should add the green bricks back in the big yellow buildings!

[@MewMewMeadows]

Ya think for "doing something Christmas-y in Coconut Mall", the Vanilla Lake winter clothing store will be reopen for the holiday? 🙃 Also, why not put up a few store signs around the market section (which is just before the raising bridge rounding the finish line) as well as some products - mainly a few fruits and iced beverage stuff since Delfino Square is an obvious ref to Super Mario Sunshine. Plus, one of the arrow signs was mostly obscuring one of the front doors; might wanna fix that. 😅

[@BobzBlue]

The quoin textures should probably alternate to make each brick about the same size.

[@VirtuaMaster]

What if you added leaves to the texture of the roads and alleys? most the track would have scattered leaves, with the sides having a lot more. that could add color and realism to the track, as leaves would inevitably tear away from the trees and land on the road as racers drive past them at high speeds.

[@spontman]

I've been loving these. Already liked the track revamp videos as they were but this bite-sized format makes them even better! Do you think you'll do a compilation of all of the episodes when the track is finished? I think that might be cool.

[@CafeCharlie]

Thanks! Sorry for the late reply, but yeah I do think I'll probably do one video at the end that sorta ties them all together. It'd be a cool way to put the whole project into perspective and also give a synopsis for people who don't feel like watching the whole series.

[@funkyluigi64]

i love this series, keep up the good work!

[@kristofertaft194]

Blender Guru just released a short about how to do "The Color Burn Technique" and that might help with the weird road textures.

[@Wamboexe]

I really love those videos! They are so calming to watch! I hardly know anything about 3d modelling, but this is great!

[@happi-entity]

i think the new trees look great

[@Herothecreaturemaker]

OH NO, he mentioned going back to coconut mall! Someone stop him before he tries to redo the track AGAIN!

[@cornbreadbutcringey5723]

0:39 "i'm going for the sort of cartoon-ish realism of mario kart 8's base game tracks" *shows a DLC track*

[@_vanessajane]

Haha I think he just meant "not BCP"

[@CafeCharlie]

Should have said "Base game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" instead

[@TomWDW1]

Love the new trees!! 🌳🌳

[@syeo501]

I wonder how it would look like if you would make another texture with quoins for the white building that are in between those dark brownish buildings. You made one for the white building that has grey quoins, making one with those brownish bricks of the brown buildings could make it look quite dynamic.

[@aetomix_studios]

Sometime I remade peaches castle in Unreal Engine 5. It would be cool seeing Delfino Square in Unreal too!

[@jaredjoe133]

I love this series

[@peebo111]

For some colour on the track, if it’s not too much effort, you could maybe add rumble strips on the inside of some of those corners - maybe instead of white and red they could be white and a warm orange? :)

[@mahkhardy8588]

I like this episodic adventure.

[@Super_ATI]

I personaly feel like the buildings look kinda empty, On the Origonal, I believe the textures had some more noise in them and maybe im just so used to that

[@SkySerce]

if you make the moss a little more green, but still keep it a bit yellow, i think it might look better. other than that it's coming along great

[@jgreview5633]

I think it might be nice to add in some more super Mario sunshine themed items!!

[@Flac_the_Wave]

Please please please make this playable after you're done!

[@BlulesBlue]

i like these videos, i havent watched every single one of these so idk if you tried this yet but have you ever thought about using vertex colors? you could get some nice color variations by painting the bottom or top of the buildings only which would add a nice gradient to it, you can also paint the floors for color variation or even simulate simple shadows, another cool thing that you might have done it already by the looks of it, is baking ambient occlusion into vertex colors, since you added a lot of geometry like doors and windows, you can bake ambient occlusion into the vertex colors to simulate the lack of light when corners are near others

[@_vanessajane]

For the grassy area after the drawbridge, I think you could add some more trees and greenery in general. Kinda like a forest, as seen in the Tour remake of DS Mario Circuit. There should also be more bushes/shrubs as well as some benches near the road with spectators sitting on them. This would make the area feel way more alive and less plain. Anyways, love this episodic video style! It's so exciting to help improving the track as a community ❤

[@dipperconte124]

That is so cool! You could add some more grass, flowers or even a path that leads to some benches in the grassy section, but i’m aware that this might add a lot of polygons

[@shishoun1135]

Screw homework this is way better

[@danielvakser9993]

You want to do spooky videos for October? How about you take a break with DS Delphino Square, and remaster a spooky track from the same game? I’m thinking, DS Luigi’s Mansion. It’s already got a Tour port, so it’d be an easy texture change compared to the beast that is DS Delphino Square.

[@juuhokki]

I think you should give entirely new color for the building at 3:57. Like you could use already existing brick texture, but make it reddish or even dark green to spice things up.

[@koosloo_ulia]

3:03 too bad this didn’t work out, thanks for trying to do texture surgery with a shotgun for me anyway!

[@armendmorina1983]

I dont know anything about 3d modelling and Im not even that interested in Mario Kart but Im hooked for some reason

[@Therealayla]

I really look forward to these updates!

[@DorfDork]

Keep up the good work, I love all of your maps :D

[@jaysjunctionproduction]

The quion brick thing made the taupe buildings 100000000X better!!!

[@Yoshi-vq3og]

3:10 For these types of selections you might want to use the "quick selection tool" I think you can get there if you long click or hover over the magic wand selection tool

[@Kudenisu]

I wish the track resembled delfino island more... idk if that's an option?

[@Jonasaurus7]

Splatoon three? Nah Splatoon TREE!

[@midnight_blue_moon]

"Despite putting both of my IQ digits to good use" god damn didn't have to end yourself with that one 💀 Also I NEED to know what song you use for your outro

[@_vanessajane]

It's "Party In The Clouds" from an Adventure Time game

[@fiveythefox3318]

maybe add chalk art on the road to make it look more lively?

[@zuchti5699]

You should really enable an environment texture fitting what you are planning for the track, or the colors are gonna be way off

[@vexfcstudios6929]

I love this series sm

[@De_an]

What sort of rabbit hole do you have to go down in order to discover that the word "quoin" exists? I guarantee you, I will probably never hear that word again for the rest of my life.

[@AidenTheEveryThing234]

HES BACK

[@CheetoChan]

for the track color maybe try the organe green and yellows that are on the brown building. Not just the orange fanta color you tried

[@CafeCharlie]

Good idea!

[@jaredjoe133]

I never stopped worrying about pedophiles quicker

[@ProjectMirai64]

Awesome!

[@N8Squared]

o- oh my god... are those trees LINKED!? My work here is done. (evaporates, leaving only obi wan coat behind).

[@DeviciWasTaken]

the stairs at the end are pretty dark and don't match the streets

[@themariomaster5207]

Just had my first marching band football game today

[@TeanGreatCappy]

no more trees you all ready perfected it ok

[@DeloofTegOrb]

Maybe you should try rendering this in Track Studio?

[@Levisworld9]

Pls once your finished make this a Mario kart 8 track in a mod 😮

[@infinit_-c-5919]

Bro cook with the trees

[@zoa1530]

Try to give the buildings a bit more variety in terms of appearance, take a look at the original for ideas

[@rush7831]

do those spooky videos include a remaster of the original luigis mansion location???? (please please please)

[@Agoofyguy_0]

E, haven't seen video yet but just wanted to say e

[@Luigi_Madyo]

SKADOOSH no trees, climate change sure is magical

[@souptoonart]

you should take a stab at the luigi's mansion track

[@Gamora38]

It's for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Mario Kart Wii

[@_vanessajane]

8 deluxe

[@usernamesareweird4880]

Please don't use decimate/unsubdivide Do it manually

[@Rad0905]

Wasn’t addressed in this ep but gonna say it again, the layout you made for the shortcut through the grass is a bit too overpowered and long. I know this is your interpretation, but it doesn’t feel true to how the real game devs would build a shortcut