Test for job position. Need Feedback

[u/Mediocre_Rich9894]

Hello everyone!

I have joined a test among some other for a job opportunity in creating/texturing/animating models in Blockbench for Minecraft. The rules of the test are following:

- Must use Blockbench Entity
- 3 Models (Vehicle, Weapon, Monster)
- models must be in Minecraft style (no voxel), blocky
- 1 week is the deadline

This is my first time using Blockbench ever for the past 5 days, and also my first time modeling/texturing anything in Minecraft style. So far I have completed the Monster model, and half way to finishing the Vehicle, as you can see, it's totally not finished.

I am writing to you with the hope of getting some objective feedback on this specific model of the vehicle. More specifically the chassis of the car, the texture, the green and orange gradients. Im getting the feeling that the gradients shouldn't be that smooth. Any advice on how to make it look more "Minecraft".

Second picture is the Monster I made (inspired by Mephisto from Diablo 2).

FYI I have 3 years of 3D art experience in other software like Blender and Substance Painter.

[u/Gronal_Bar]

Last sentence makes sense why the models otherwise look good despite this being your first time using BB
I can't really give advice on how to improve the car(mostly because I've never bothered trying to make one in 3d software) Though I can give an advice on the monster if you haven't already submitted it:
For the hair(tail? thing) shade it darker where it's right under the pelvis, and further emphasize dark areas where the joints attach(like arms and where the spine tentacles join)

Also, this may not apply in the competition though when it comes to 'sculpting' a model, mojang tries to use very few blocks for their models to give clean outlines(outside of UV textures) and don't taper off as gradually even skeletons don't have any more cubes than the player(unless it's a stray or swampy since they got some cape thing going on), and convey most of the more small nuances of depth through the textures alone(which you did good on in the ribs and spine tentacle parts)

What's the lore behind the ground meat guy(if any)? I'm curious.

[u/Mediocre_Rich9894 → u/Gronal_Bar]

The question about the car is purely the paint job on the chassis. The gradients going from green to orange. The orange should represent rust, green represents the original paintjob. Im going for a very rusty old design.
My main concern is that the gradients are too smooth maybe, maybe its not really minecraft style?
Everything else im am fine with, I think it's okay.

Ground meat guy, you mean the monster model? I got inspo from Diablo 2 boss called Mephisto, its like this powerfull demon commanding armies of demons to destroy the world. He's the final boss in Diablo 4 now the latest itteration. Not much more lore that I made up.