The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
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Re: [Completed] The Staircase - Environment
Calling it done! 
It was a fun ride, learned a bunch of new things that I'm looking forward to use in the future projects. Will be certainly joining (and hopefully finishing them in time ) monthly challenges in the future
I've put together an Artstation post with some break downs if someone is interested.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qJVGve
It was a fun ride, learned a bunch of new things that I'm looking forward to use in the future projects. Will be certainly joining (and hopefully finishing them in time ) monthly challenges in the future I've put together an Artstation post with some break downs if someone is interested.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qJVGve
Dvin_
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Re: Do you think polycount a dying platform?
To me, forums have one big advantage :
- They are indexed by search engines, so no knowledge gets lost in discord\closed servers
- Its not invite\link only
- Promotes various types of opinions, people can disagree in a civil way.
- Has its share of retards\bots sometimes, but they get quickly dealt with by the mods.
- Has the wiki wich imo is one of the most valuable sources of knowledge available in the internet by old timers that know their shit.
Has Erik Chadwick wich is a gigachad when it comes to keeping this alive.
- They are indexed by search engines, so no knowledge gets lost in discord\closed servers
- Its not invite\link only
- Promotes various types of opinions, people can disagree in a civil way.
- Has its share of retards\bots sometimes, but they get quickly dealt with by the mods.
- Has the wiki wich imo is one of the most valuable sources of knowledge available in the internet by old timers that know their shit.
Has Erik Chadwick wich is a gigachad when it comes to keeping this alive.
Joao Sapiro
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Re: AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 
littleclaude
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Re: Losing Your Artistic Voice to Convenient Asset Packs
it comes down to time saving imo. Why model the same tables, chairs etc, loosing production time that could be better used for other assets\optimization, when theres a pack that fits the art direction and is well made ? Why model the same rocks\cliffs you see everywhere from scratch ? If you have time\budget then go for it ! if you have tight constraints and you need to maintain quality look, then i guess its okay. It depends alot on productions.
At the end of the day, when youre working for a project, you arent beeing hired for your artistic vision 100% , sure it matters when making assets, but youre making someone else reality come to life.
At the end of the day, when youre working for a project, you arent beeing hired for your artistic vision 100% , sure it matters when making assets, but youre making someone else reality come to life.
Joao Sapiro
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Re: Losing Your Artistic Voice to Convenient Asset Packs
To me it's more than losing your artistic voice : it's a tradeoff on your knowledge
Alone or as a team, this shortcut rarely goes somewhere sustainable in the long run, one pays to get assets faster in the beginning, but also learns close to nothing and doesn't develops the project's creative core, which will fuel artist's creativity with time and unite them into the same vision, because each one helped building it. Plus you're still stuck with a gap between what you want and what you can achieve (and that can become frustrating, what if suddently you need an asset that doesn't exist ? But can't start to ideate on how to make it...)
I'm only "okay" with that, personally, if the production budget is very tight and makes this decision vital for continuing the dev
Alone or as a team, this shortcut rarely goes somewhere sustainable in the long run, one pays to get assets faster in the beginning, but also learns close to nothing and doesn't develops the project's creative core, which will fuel artist's creativity with time and unite them into the same vision, because each one helped building it. Plus you're still stuck with a gap between what you want and what you can achieve (and that can become frustrating, what if suddently you need an asset that doesn't exist ? But can't start to ideate on how to make it...)
I'm only "okay" with that, personally, if the production budget is very tight and makes this decision vital for continuing the dev
Vexod14
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Re: Do you think polycount a dying platform?
oh also, we're not farming your posts to feed our ai model
... or are we?!?
... or are we?!?
Eric Chadwick
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Re: [WIP] Jedi Realtime Character - Metahumans in UE 5.6
Meant to update that I added the light part of the lightsaber last week. I'm torn between making it blue or yellow but leaning more towards a classic blue so that I can have some nice orange-y environments
Also a little gif of the fake hair wind and the flickering effect on the lightsaber.
Speaking of environments, I get so very lazy about making backgrounds/environments that I usually give up and do a base colour background but a friend got me motivated this week so I took some screenshots in Jedi: Survivor and will try to replicate the feeling in a simple but less lazy way. Otherwise, here's a test with just a super basic HDRI and some lights.
Anyway, still need to do a polish pass over the textures, improve the skinning of the belt and bag area, finalise some poses and work out how to present this
Also a little gif of the fake hair wind and the flickering effect on the lightsaber.
Speaking of environments, I get so very lazy about making backgrounds/environments that I usually give up and do a base colour background but a friend got me motivated this week so I took some screenshots in Jedi: Survivor and will try to replicate the feeling in a simple but less lazy way. Otherwise, here's a test with just a super basic HDRI and some lights.
Anyway, still need to do a polish pass over the textures, improve the skinning of the belt and bag area, finalise some poses and work out how to present this
Re: Do you think polycount a dying platform?
Frequently, if I spend a decent chunk of time giving feedback in the 3D Showcase, I get no response back. Makes it so I don't really leave a lot of feedback on the forums like I use to. I still enjoy perusing the art though. I still check the rest of the forums here and there to see what you crazy kids are chatting about these days.
TBH I kind of like smaller communities. Everyone who posts here, I recognize them. Its sort of comforting. You're all like my dysfunctional family who gets to tell me why my art is bad.
TBH I kind of like smaller communities. Everyone who posts here, I recognize them. Its sort of comforting. You're all like my dysfunctional family who gets to tell me why my art is bad.
Ashervisalis
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Re: Do you think polycount a dying platform?
Welcome to greentooth.ai please upload your image for critique!
*uploads*
thinking...
thinking longer for a better critique...
greentooth.ai: it's shit
*uploads*
thinking...
thinking longer for a better critique...
greentooth.ai: it's shit
jStins
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Re: Sketchbook: Frank Polygon
Subdivision sketch: it's all the same.
This is a slightly less serious continuation of the previous posts about subdivision modeling and attaching shapes to curves. Only with more pictures and less text.
-Keep things relatively simple and solve major topology flow issues before adding edge sharpening support loops.
-Let the shapes define the loop paths. Match the segments of the intersecting shapes and use the existing geometry as support whenever possible.
-Avoid unwanted deformation or disruption of the segments that make up curved surfaces.
Below is an example of what that process could look like using parametric primitive shapes and booleans. Start by lining up the primitive shapes and adjust the segment count in each until the segment spacing is roughly aligned. Run a boolean subtraction operation then bevel the edges around the shape intersection and snap merge the verities to clean up the loop path. Merge down the inner and outer loops to their respective shapes and use the space between the support loops to make up any difference between the existing surfaces.
(Streamline the modeling process by using modifiers whenever possible: boolean, bevel / chamfer, weld, mirror, etc.)
Here's what that looks like unsubdivided, subdivision smoothing applied, shading preview.
But what if has a cylindrical boss? Just flip the hole inside out.
But what if the hole is on an angle? Just rotate the intersecting cylinder.
But what if it's a countersunk boss on an angle? Just add a bit of a taper and let the support loops bunch up where the shapes cross over.
But what if it's a shorter countersunk boss on an angle? Just ignore the non-planar quads, they'll smooth just fine.
But what if the hole is offset from the center line? Just match the segments.
But what if it's an offset countersunk boss? Just let support loops bunch up where they ride over the non-planar quads.
But what if it's an offset hole that's skewed? Just rotate the intersecting shape and make sure the segments match.
But what if it's a partially recessed offset boss that's skewed? Let the shapes define the flow. It's all the same...
On a more serious note: there's a lot of prior art out there and one of the best places to look for examples of how other artists have already solved similar modeling and topology problems is to check out the how do you model this thread in the technical talk section.
It's a really valuable resource where a lot of experienced modelers have
shared examples and insights. Definitely worth searching or maybe even
skimming through.
Manually searching it page by page is a bit daunting but polycount does have a search function and it's also possible to limit search engine image results to a specific portion of a site so that can be an easier way to visually search for topology examples of similar shapes.
(Focus searches with
site:polycount.com how do you model this and a description of the shape.)FrankPolygon
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