Here's how we taught blockouts by the way when I used to teach.
Worked well, use it if you want or not, another potential string to your bow.
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A big thing we pushed on our environment art pathway at University was to spend 'A LOT' more time on blockouts.
Blockouts were the most rushed phase, folks want to detail, model, and texture ASAP, but you'll end up suffering later on in production if your blockout is ๐ฅ.
We used the 'Hybrid Blockout' workflow to mitigate against this common pitfall.
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