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: cruise ship lobby (Seeking Honest Feedback on My Portfolio Piece)
Hi! I think it's a cool location 
I recommend taking a step back from 3d and break the reference down, identifying what's important/ location-defining. Including such preparation steps in your thread (and portfolio), you can communicate your thought-proccess to the viewer.
Had a quick go at it:
I think this doesn't have to follow any specific format, it's more a exploration of the space to get a better understanding. Perhaps you did something like that, but for me, it didn't transfer into 3d yet.
A few points on execution:
An easy way to add detail and scale reference to a room (same in real-life) is trims along elements connecting to floor and ceiling. Another easy, yet crucial, aspect is correctly scaled surface detail (tiling).
Based on what you wrote, I think you're aware that your choice of surface materials make the rooms atmosphere differ quite a bit from the reference - in particular due to the tiles/grid appearance.
To get going with surfacing, you could use some existing scanned materials at first and modify/ replace them as you go.
If at some point overwhelmed by the amount of work, you could try to re-scope - doing a smaller room in the style you extracted or break out some modules/ props - or just try to push through in a set amount of time, move onto the next project, revisit at a later point.
Much success with the project
I recommend taking a step back from 3d and break the reference down, identifying what's important/ location-defining. Including such preparation steps in your thread (and portfolio), you can communicate your thought-proccess to the viewer. Had a quick go at it:
I think this doesn't have to follow any specific format, it's more a exploration of the space to get a better understanding. Perhaps you did something like that, but for me, it didn't transfer into 3d yet.
A few points on execution:
An easy way to add detail and scale reference to a room (same in real-life) is trims along elements connecting to floor and ceiling. Another easy, yet crucial, aspect is correctly scaled surface detail (tiling).
Based on what you wrote, I think you're aware that your choice of surface materials make the rooms atmosphere differ quite a bit from the reference - in particular due to the tiles/grid appearance.
To get going with surfacing, you could use some existing scanned materials at first and modify/ replace them as you go.
If at some point overwhelmed by the amount of work, you could try to re-scope - doing a smaller room in the style you extracted or break out some modules/ props - or just try to push through in a set amount of time, move onto the next project, revisit at a later point.
Much success with the project
Fabi_G
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Re: Kevin Johnstone has passed
Very sad. A great inspiration who raised the bar of sculpts/details in environment art to a level that was never seen before, and basically defined the workflow for every production since.
Noors
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Re: Blender Mega Thread
Try this extension: https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/mio3-uv/Udjani said:Is there any addon to traighten UV's that's not Textools or uvsquare? I think both of them started giving me bad results lately, they work like 50% of the time
Frenki_B
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Re: Quads Wireframe in Marmoset?
Make sure there are no n-gons in your mesh. If you're using 3ds Max, apply a Turn to Poly modifier to your mesh with Limit Polygon Size set to 4, collapse and re-export.
If the FBX exporter finds n-gons in a mesh it will automatically triangulate the mesh (might behave the same in other 3D applications).
If the FBX exporter finds n-gons in a mesh it will automatically triangulate the mesh (might behave the same in other 3D applications).
vertex_
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Re: UT3 & Gears Environment Art
part 2 of his images, i assume that webspace will eventually vanish 
Neox
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Re: what texel density 2048 or 4096
2048 or 4069 are texture resolutions, texel density is pixels per world unit.
The average high end game will support texture resolutions of 4096 or higher, but which resolution makes most sense depends on the asset and use case.
Edit: Of course 2048 or 4096 are ultimately just numbers, so maybe I was the one making a wrong assumption, here. If you meant 2048 or 4096 pixels per e.g. meter, then that once more depends, but seems both fairly high for generic assets.
The average high end game will support texture resolutions of 4096 or higher, but which resolution makes most sense depends on the asset and use case.
Edit: Of course 2048 or 4096 are ultimately just numbers, so maybe I was the one making a wrong assumption, here. If you meant 2048 or 4096 pixels per e.g. meter, then that once more depends, but seems both fairly high for generic assets.
Noren
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Re: Viking Axe
Looking a lot better to me; maybe the blacks are falling a bit too black in some of the renders, but overall it feels a lot more believable to my eye~
Joopson
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Re: UT3 & Gears Environment Art
RIP Kevin,
condolences to his family and those who knew him in person.
I noticed original images are no longer hosted, so sharing them as memory. Saved these way back in 2010-2011 when I started learning UDK and switched to game art.
condolences to his family and those who knew him in person.
I noticed original images are no longer hosted, so sharing them as memory. Saved these way back in 2010-2011 when I started learning UDK and switched to game art.
HAWK12HT
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