The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
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Re: Sketchbook: Rima
I'm stuck on my main project, so I'm procrastinating by doing random studies again. Trying different techniques for a change of pace, and also because I'm losing my fucking mind. Perfectionism is a real bitch. Unfortunately, I'm ill again, so this one is all for today:
Rima
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Re: Unreal Engine Plugins and Settings That are Unnecessary
Even though this isn't exactly what you are after, here are two things you can do for it to not drive you insane :
You could also use 4.27 instead of whatever is current. 5.x has numerous issues (from UX to performance) that makes the editor unnecessary unpleasant to use compared to the previous version.
You could also use 4.27 instead of whatever is current. 5.x has numerous issues (from UX to performance) that makes the editor unnecessary unpleasant to use compared to the previous version.
pior
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Re: how do you create tilable textures for uneven floor tiles not all the same dimensions?
Baking 8 bit normal maps has never been a good idea
Unless the engine you're targeting is very silly indeed you want to be feeding it 16bit textures for everything (outside of special cases where you want 32bit) - UE5 support for 16bit color maps is acceptable (vs the abortion it was in UE4) so there's no excuse there
Unless the engine you're targeting is very silly indeed you want to be feeding it 16bit textures for everything (outside of special cases where you want 32bit) - UE5 support for 16bit color maps is acceptable (vs the abortion it was in UE4) so there's no excuse there
poopipe
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Re: how do you create tilable textures for uneven floor tiles not all the same dimensions?
bake 16bit textures and 8 bit and see if there is a visible difference. if no difference, go with what is lighter. keep a save file of your baking setup right before you bake, just in case you learn something new in the future and decide you want a different size texture, then you can easily do so.
as for outside pieces, i'm not personally aware of any situations that would call for making floor pieces that are custom fit to a build or anything like that. i think 99% of the time, people are just overlapping geo and you use some props to cover the transition between foreground and background.
when doing your work, think about if a model you are making has broad reuse, or if it is "custom" meaning it can only be used in one or a few places. if it has broad reuse, that is efficient and you should try to cover the majority of your levels with those high efficiency models. if you are finding that you need custom models, that is low efficiency and so you make best use of time to put that sort of thing off as long as you can, on account that the level may change many times for many reasons - therefore "premature optimization" is the root of all evil (meaning it contributes to wasted time and energy )
Alex_J
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Re: how do you create tilable textures for uneven floor tiles not all the same dimensions?
Ohh you really want to make the geometry fit.. why not "just" overlap the tiles ?
okidoki
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Re: how do you create tilable textures for uneven floor tiles not all the same dimensions?
Normal maps get compressed with BC5 compression where it wont make much of a difference, but baking at 16 bit and lowering it down to 8 bit later can produce dithering and noise instead of obvious banding artifacts where there's strong gradients. Doesn't really matter much unless there's really low roughness values.cturbo said:Do we still bake at 8bit or has it gone up to 16bit maps yet?
ZacD
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | September - October (92)
I love your wood texture omgraphadont said:First time doing this challenges... I decided to handpaint the wheelcart.
I still think it needs a lot of work, some areas out of the shot are not even painted... some parts are too busy, I really wanted to repaint the golden parts too, and equalize better the surface and its colors, but I'll be away for the rest of the month so I had to call it done.
kwagner
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Re: Sketchbook: Fabi_G
"Rhinoceros"
Created a node group of the dithering portion so it's easy to reuse in other files.
Gaming-wise, I have been playing way too much Hades :-B Edit: Wow, just did my first escape
Created a node group of the dithering portion so it's easy to reuse in other files.
Gaming-wise, I have been playing way too much Hades :-B Edit: Wow, just did my first escape
Fabi_G
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Re: I don't understand sometimes
@artquest
Hey there!
Wow.., I completely forgot about this post as it's been a while since I wrote this haha. I appreciate your words of wisdom, and I agree a lot with what you wrote. It's understandable though building up a presence online (especially now). That said I do think it's pretty important to have some presence and a following if you're doing commissions or some freelance work, even starting up your own business, so I get it. I'm sorry to hear about the strikes and everything... it's rough out there; These past two years have seemed like the industry is in a nose dive, but I remain hopeful things will level out soon and creative peeps can find stable work with good pay.
I'm happy to say my mindset has changed drastically since I wrote this a few years ago. I personally don't focus social media as much anymore in my own instance. However, I do agree with you that (now) I mainly do it to show what I loved working on, and for self improvement to look back/reflect what could be better, etc. But what did improve things for me personally was shutting out all the noise of social media, sitting down and just working on bigger projects for myself and trying to learn 1-2 things new every time. That ironically took me places and got me introduced to people/companies that saw my work online, which was really cool.
Admittedly, looking back at this post it came from a place of insecurity in me and I was going about things all wrong. Thankfully, I've learned a lot since then focusing on creating what I like, improving myself, and my skills. Don't get me wrong, I'd be lying if I said recognition isn't nice every once in a while but I consider that a bonus more than anything. Large follower counts are cool, but not a 'must' for say, keep making stuff and people will vibe with it happens at random and that's kind of the fun part. I'm thankful this past year I just completed my first year in the industry as an environment artist and already worked on one title and soon another, so I'm very grateful. I guess this is an elaborate way of saying things fall into place, and everyone's experience will be different but I do think persistence is key.
I guess one thing I will add on for newer artist's is: Don't get your head warped by all the awesome artwork you see on Artstation or online in general. Yes, there are insanely skilled people who have done this for years, but that doesn't mean you can't get there too. Social media is kind of like a highlight reel for everyone, it's not often popular artists are going to discuss their failures and troubles along the way to get to where they are now but also is a valid thing to pursue to get yourself out there. Just don't be consumed by it, it's unhealthy. (just my opinion)
Polycount may disagree for necroing this post hahaha, but I appreciate it, it's a good reminder and hopefully it does help others who may come across it. Cheers to you as well! Thank you for the comment and I wish you luck on building up on social media additionally, I wish you (and everyone else who may read this) all the best in the future.
Hey there!
Wow.., I completely forgot about this post as it's been a while since I wrote this haha. I appreciate your words of wisdom, and I agree a lot with what you wrote. It's understandable though building up a presence online (especially now). That said I do think it's pretty important to have some presence and a following if you're doing commissions or some freelance work, even starting up your own business, so I get it. I'm sorry to hear about the strikes and everything... it's rough out there; These past two years have seemed like the industry is in a nose dive, but I remain hopeful things will level out soon and creative peeps can find stable work with good pay.
I'm happy to say my mindset has changed drastically since I wrote this a few years ago. I personally don't focus social media as much anymore in my own instance. However, I do agree with you that (now) I mainly do it to show what I loved working on, and for self improvement to look back/reflect what could be better, etc. But what did improve things for me personally was shutting out all the noise of social media, sitting down and just working on bigger projects for myself and trying to learn 1-2 things new every time. That ironically took me places and got me introduced to people/companies that saw my work online, which was really cool.
Admittedly, looking back at this post it came from a place of insecurity in me and I was going about things all wrong. Thankfully, I've learned a lot since then focusing on creating what I like, improving myself, and my skills. Don't get me wrong, I'd be lying if I said recognition isn't nice every once in a while but I consider that a bonus more than anything. Large follower counts are cool, but not a 'must' for say, keep making stuff and people will vibe with it
happens at random and that's kind of the fun part. I'm thankful this past year I just completed my first year in the industry as an environment artist and already worked on one title and soon another, so I'm very grateful. I guess this is an elaborate way of saying things fall into place, and everyone's experience will be different but I do think persistence is key.I guess one thing I will add on for newer artist's is: Don't get your head warped by all the awesome artwork you see on Artstation or online in general. Yes, there are insanely skilled people who have done this for years, but that doesn't mean you can't get there too. Social media is kind of like a highlight reel for everyone, it's not often popular artists are going to discuss their failures and troubles along the way to get to where they are now but also is a valid thing to pursue to get yourself out there. Just don't be consumed by it, it's unhealthy. (just my opinion)
Polycount may disagree for necroing this post hahaha, but I appreciate it, it's a good reminder and hopefully it does help others who may come across it. Cheers to you as well! Thank you for the comment and I wish you luck on building up on social media
additionally, I wish you (and everyone else who may read this) all the best in the future.
Mr_Nova
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