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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: Fantasy valkyrie project - looking for feedback
First off I love this! reminds me of a Soul Caliber aesthetic.
All of these comments come from a place of admiration, and in hope that you make your own choices regardless of my personal opinions.
All of these comments come from a place of admiration, and in hope that you make your own choices regardless of my personal opinions.
Speaking from the perspective of pose and presentation;
- Raising the hand up so it doesn't sit in front of the wing might improve the silhouette. Not to disrespect the subtle beauty and confidence this pose gives as she admires her own gauntlet.
- In my head, the back foot would be planted firmly on the ground, supporting their weight, and aligned with the torso. The front foot would be rotated forward with the snake, implying a sort of "step forward" as she positions herself to rotate the shoulders and look at her gauntlet.
Design Critiques:
- Love the Axe, maybe the corrupted glow could trace out some of the decal work (like you did on the belt area). That would help that hard work stand out and provide some visual storytelling. The red on the axe also comes off fainter than the rest of the model.
- That Blue accent on the eyes is really cool, but you might benefit from using a slightly lighter shade of blue. Our eyes naturally perceive blue as darker than other colors and this can make its contrast against black more difficult than greens or reds. This article goes into excessive detail on the subject https://medium.com/@think_ui/why-color-contrast-is-not-as-black-and-white-as-it-seems-94197a72b005 to over simplify: RGB 0,0,255 is a very dark color due to biological limitations of the eye. Something like 20,20,255 will make a huge boost in visibility.
I hope you find the above beneficial 
VIVIVICG
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Re: (Solved) [Blender 2.8] How to maintain normal on mesh split?
Thanks a lot
pixelb Wish we would have something like that working in geometry nodes . Sadly no access to split normals there.
gnoop
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BioSuit WIP
Hey guys im doing a character and i need a piece of advise. Im trying to make an organic looking material but still looks like a leather breifcase XD.
Arkideit
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Re: Blender Line Art with tons of extra lines all over geometry in render
You might check if the mesh has it's triangles separated and so try *Mesh -> Merge by Distance* and then *Face -> Tris to Quads* (possibly playing with some options like smaller distance, max shape angles = 60 degrees.. ).
okidoki
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Re: Bridge of Sighs
Lighting is inconsistent, looks fake.
The top towers or whatever they're called have a dark side away from the main lightsource but the bridge and building on the right side have a secondary light (probably a point light to fake some ambient/bounce light).
Fake lights are great but dont overdo it. Try to keep it consistent.
The textures are pretty repetitive, try using some decals or blend more textures on the same surfaces (vertex blend, macro textures or unique masks, whatever).
The top towers or whatever they're called have a dark side away from the main lightsource but the bridge and building on the right side have a secondary light (probably a point light to fake some ambient/bounce light).
Fake lights are great but dont overdo it. Try to keep it consistent.
The textures are pretty repetitive, try using some decals or blend more textures on the same surfaces (vertex blend, macro textures or unique masks, whatever).
teodar23
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Re: Bridge of Sighs
Personally I like the lighting- it does feel a tiny bit stylized, but I definitely wouldn't say inconsistent.
For me the only thing that really pulls me out of it is the swan and ducks, which look very balloony and low detail. But otherwise, I quite like it.
Some details in the rest of the scene feel a little muddy / blurry, but it all depends what you're going for, and what the budget is.
For me the only thing that really pulls me out of it is the swan and ducks, which look very balloony and low detail. But otherwise, I quite like it.
Some details in the rest of the scene feel a little muddy / blurry, but it all depends what you're going for, and what the budget is.
Joopson
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Re: Normal Curve Highlights "tip/trick"[1 img].
Thanez said:I don't understand what I'm looking at here, but I am interested.
What is it you're doing, exactly? It looks like you're either extracting height data from an AO generated from a normal map, or making an AO using three different height levels of a grain structure.
What is it you're starting out with and what is it you want to end up with? :]
TLDR; link.
Oh thanks guys and gals, i didn't think this would be of interest but i am creating a "faked" depth map using grayscale maps to fake the depth i wanted for the maps i used this "faked/depth/map" on so in this tennis example i put it on lightly to the Albedo, AO, Curve, Emissive, Spec, and i hear that game engines don't use the Height map , which was a pitty as this was the main focus for this attempt/test on a new method for more details.
Glad it has some interest, i made videos on the artstation "portfolio", i tried to make it simple, if it is not i can try to recreate it step by step and make a much longer video of the entire process but, to try to prevent that i am using the Adobe layer split option (hold control/or/alt i forget) and move the little arrows on the first line and you can split the black from the white information on the (gray/grey) scale map.
I will edit this and add images to make it more clearer, p.c. currently ran into display issues so i have to find them on the net and post them to here, alt p.c.
btw, i had to manually make this map depth fake and not an app/tool/generator/render, so the map would be a top down depth map.
I wanted highlights at the center of the tennis fuzz and to have shadows at the corss sections of each fuzz strand, to fake the fuzz look, so i guess it a hacky way to not use alphas for fuzzy bits (where you can get away with it) i chose the tennis item because you won't really be that close nearly ever to the object to see the loose strands so i can get away with it here, idk about all situations.
The normal map edit i figured would work out well here and it did, but again idk about all situations. The only reason i attempted a non alpha fuzz solutions was because of how taxing people have been stating here and there that the alpha transparency node was on engines. (i attempted a solution, even if impossible).
I made the fuzz in zbrush using the array "fuzz" precreated "hair" sim options available and just made the cage bigger than the distance and just baked a map and created all the maps i needed in subd,subp and any other application and tested the appearances of each.
Very involved as i test what was best, the maps are 4k and yes this maybe ridiculous for this item but it was a test. If i knew how to work in subdesigner (i use it for when i run into baking issues in subp) i could probably drop it down to 1k or 2k with a seamless tile with the same HQ results but i wasn't going to do all that for this but wanted to mention it so people can utilize the idea and see what they could do with it if they wanted to try this.
Update
saw this late but i would've done this i was going to add this when i saw it but eh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80YPCzSSLEQThe idea that started my "depth" attempt came from looking at zbrush's depth map.
iam717
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Re: AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.
wasn´t posted yet, public statements of Procreate;
myclay
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Re: Bridge of Sighs
hmm seems a bit flat imo? Maybe the FoV is too narrow, feels like there could be more perspective. The scene could benefit from reflected light from the water, especially under the bridge. The transition from water to brick could be darker with moss and grime. The water in general looks a bit grainy, and the bridge texture could be higher res, looking closer the gaps/grout are just straight lines, not sure if one of your screenshots are actually of the LoD
zetheros
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