https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUzgVapnc3UThis is based on a concept done by
Florian Dreyer. I wanted to limit myself to using a singular trim sheet
instead of doing a high poly sculpt. It was a fun exercise!
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: Looking for retro games with an old rigging technique
There's this game, Pandemonium! (1996), it was ported to the PC in 1997 so it uses that segmented body animation technique, but it wasn't originally built for the PC.
Go to 08:50 to see a close-up of a character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3vJsaAE0SU&t=530s
RN
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Re: I'm interested in learning how to create simple design sketches but don't know how to start.
IMO unreal blueprint is easiest entry point to game programming that there is
i began with unity and c# is supposed to be easy mode, but working with text code is just pulling teeth to me. I hate it.
after a few years with blueprint I can work in text code a bit (c++), but 99% of what i do can be done in blueprint so i just stick with that
to learn there isn't a lot to it, it's just like you learned art. start by figuring out a little project you want to accomplish, find some tutorials that answer some of the big questions, and just get going with it. If you have any programmers available it is a good idea to get them to show you debugging and troubleshooting techniques when you are stumped, because if you learn some tricks to speed that up, life will be much easier.
if you are only making small prototypes life is much easier, you won't have to fuss over organization or optimization or maintainability, etc. So if you can just learn the basics of programming you'll be all set.
how to work with animations and so on in unreal is very well covered by youtube so it shouldnt be a huge hurdle. but to make learning easier, i'd recommend to make a few tiny games where all of the output is text. Get a handle on basics of programming like that, and then you can focus on integration with assets separately.
i began with unity and c# is supposed to be easy mode, but working with text code is just pulling teeth to me. I hate it.
after a few years with blueprint I can work in text code a bit (c++), but 99% of what i do can be done in blueprint so i just stick with that
to learn there isn't a lot to it, it's just like you learned art. start by figuring out a little project you want to accomplish, find some tutorials that answer some of the big questions, and just get going with it. If you have any programmers available it is a good idea to get them to show you debugging and troubleshooting techniques when you are stumped, because if you learn some tricks to speed that up, life will be much easier.
if you are only making small prototypes life is much easier, you won't have to fuss over organization or optimization or maintainability, etc. So if you can just learn the basics of programming you'll be all set.
how to work with animations and so on in unreal is very well covered by youtube so it shouldnt be a huge hurdle. but to make learning easier, i'd recommend to make a few tiny games where all of the output is text. Get a handle on basics of programming like that, and then you can focus on integration with assets separately.
Alex_J
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Re: Sketchbook: Zetheros
Some more armour variation blockouts, an example of possible armour combinations in the second pic. I'll have to be sure these mesh well with the other material type armours. Currently, leather, chitin (placeholder name, Bethesda/Zenimax lawyers), and steel armours are planned. Artstyle congruity is something I care a lot about here.
Have a great week!
Have a great week!
zetheros
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Re: Photorealism Improvements?
Not an expert but I think you can consider all factors around 3 main topics to emulate a photograph: Light, Contrast(both darkness and color) and Composition.
You have interesting angles and good compositions but light and post process setups are clamping too much information. What I mean is there are too much whites and blacks but very few midtones are readable. You might be using too much contrast that causes this. Adding extra invisible lights (very saddle and warmer or colder than the main light) may help you to make those areas readable. Also making leaves and grass material translucent can help you.
Don't want to bother too much but great base to work on, enjoy!
Also this blog have very detailed articles for photorealistic cgi workflows: https://thecommonpoint.com/blog#light
You have interesting angles and good compositions but light and post process setups are clamping too much information. What I mean is there are too much whites and blacks but very few midtones are readable. You might be using too much contrast that causes this. Adding extra invisible lights (very saddle and warmer or colder than the main light) may help you to make those areas readable. Also making leaves and grass material translucent can help you.
Don't want to bother too much but great base to work on, enjoy!
Also this blog have very detailed articles for photorealistic cgi workflows: https://thecommonpoint.com/blog#light
pixelalp
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Re: Photorealism Improvements?
Wow, that link alone, and it's so great to have and to look over, thank you for the ideas and tips regarding softer lights and translucency!pixelalp said:Not an expert but I think you can consider all factors around 3 main topics to emulate a photograph: Light, Contrast(both darkness and color) and Composition.
You have interesting angles and good compositions but light and post process setups are clamping too much information. What I mean is there are too much whites and blacks but very few midtones are readable. You might be using too much contrast that causes this. Adding extra invisible lights (very saddle and warmer or colder than the main light) may help you to make those areas readable. Also making leaves and grass material translucent can help you.
Don't want to bother too much but great base to work on, enjoy!
Also this blog have very detailed articles for photorealistic cgi workflows: https://thecommonpoint.com/blog#light
I appreciate the link and your feedback!
Shmeadow
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Sketchbook: ztrztr
Hi👾 I like sci-fi stuff. Hope you like it too. https://www.youtube.com/@ztr3d https://www.artstation.com/prplbyztr
ztrztr
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Re: Sketchbook: Fstain
Here's another one of these speed modeling projects. A guy sitting down having a coffee. Woohoo. This one took about 15 hours again, I spend 75% of it on his head, though, because I also tried to blend face texture and an ear and free-painted texture paint in Blender, matching all the values/hues together to make it look cohesive.
Though! The important bit, or the different bit is that this is the first time I made "groom" like eyelashes. It doesn't show up a lot in the render obviously, but it's there and it's kind of a point to be able to add this kind of thing in a "tasteful" manner, if that makes sense. The hair density is at 10% in the close up pic, so during render he'd have a lot thicker facial stubble and head-hair, eyebrows and eyelashes are the same.
Also tried to mask-paint different normalmaps for nose, cheeks and forehead skin, something I haven't done before in this way, I've done it plenty in substance painter. So it's been more fun than the result is haha! guy sitting down doing nothing.
Nose hairs next?
filthstain
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Re: Sketchbook: Rahul Advani
The full post and wireframe breakdown is on my artstation! https://rahuladvani.artstation.com
Final Composite
Trim Sheet made with Zbrush and Substance Painter
rahuladvani94
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Re: Sketchbook: Alex Bruno
Cutting some corners for time but I'm happy with how this is turning out, especially considering it's my first project in Blender. Doing this project last minute has been a fantastic crash course on the tool. I have a long list of items I'd like to spend more time working on but this will do for the Sept. 1st deadline.
Final Tasks:
1. Replace the main Fremen with the fixed UDIMs version.
2. Replace the temporary box swords with the Sardaukar sword and crysknife.
3. Add a whole bunch of dead Sardaukar bodies in the bare foreground.
4. Insert the footstep and body impact VDBs.
5. Create simple shaders for the skin and eyes of the main Fremen.
6. Render mountains separately to save on final render time.
6. Render and CC
Boogaman
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