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: Zero views on my ArtStation profile despite having a Pro subscription—any advice?
Hey there! First of all, don't be discouraged—you're absolutely not alone in feeling this way. It's great that you're taking the step to experiment with a Pro subscription and see how it affects your visibility but I don''t think its needed, it is however great for the tutorials and other features.
While it can be frustrating when things don't seem to improve right away, it's important to remember that growth and engagement on platforms like ArtStation can be built over time. Think of ArtStation as an end platform that all your vectors of dissemination point to.
For example you post on Linkedin, Polycount, Discord, Unreal Forum, Twitter and so on, then mention if you would like to see more go check out this link 
that's a natural way of build up views.
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/18BQ33
Also don't worry about views and likes. It's what's in your ArtStation when you apply for a job is what matters, no one is going to care about your view count or how many people like your artwork, they just want to see good work that is built in the correct way.
littleclaude
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Re: Sketchbook: Sarah
I finished what I am calling my masterpiece, feels amazing because this was exactly the image I had in my head I am so proud of this one! My Artstation is linked below, I'd love if you checked out the video I made! ArtStation - Venice, Sarah St Laurent
kaspurr
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Re: Need help understanding topology.
@Kligan Not a problem. Glad the write-ups were helpful. Looks like you were able to work through the shapes successfully. Just wanted to mention, depending on what the model is for, sharper edge highlights can look good in renders but may need to be relaxed slightly for high poly to low poly baking. Keep up the good work.
FrankPolygon
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Re: Sketchbook: Eric Chadwick
Working on cleaning up a CC0 car model, to make a showcase asset to demo glTF materials. A gazillion nodes to clean up, bad transforms, all kinds of fun things to fix.
Anyhow, early materials test with the glTF thin film shader...
Anyhow, early materials test with the glTF thin film shader...
Eric Chadwick
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Re: basic knowledge help
kanga - yeah, similarly for a bevel 'shader' workflow at material level if baked with hard edges as opposed too firstly projecting for example, your hard surface primary (quad topology) baked data onto the same correctly prepared proxy.
An early bevel node baking series at 2048px * 2 texture resolution of a medium poly modeled object using an optimised technique with hardened uv borders but of course where applicable.
Source mesh third person camera view:
However close up, artifacting will indeed become apparent because this shading algorithm simply replicates a rounded edge materially, rather than influencing geometry itself which then in turn typically errors result i.e. diagonal aliasing uv splits, edge faceting, seams, skewed normals...etc, I might as well include quick dirty uvs in these tests also contributing to the ongoing horror show.
- Well after years of HS modeling without taking into account how I would even layout uv shells efficiently.cturbo said:when do you bevel an edge on a low poly? what are the top tips for uv unwrapping for games which you wish you knew, and how do you do trim sheets and how do you use them?
- For mechanical stuff occasionally if at all feasible, a hybrid approach combining both unique and trim textures.
sacboi
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Re: AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.
Nice, that was an interesting breakdown ! I knew about the loudness war but not about all the finer points brought up about studio recordings. Funny how it all comes down to things being fresh and original when made within constraints as opposed to using infinite computing power to just do the same thing over and over again.
I've personally been enjoying Chromeo a whole lot for years now. Of course they mix everything digitally and are highly technical (they even have a very interesting video dissecting one of their tracks) but a certain analog feel still seeps through, and apparently they manage to perform great live sets for a 2 men band.
(Never head This Masquerade, this is great
)
I've personally been enjoying Chromeo a whole lot for years now. Of course they mix everything digitally and are highly technical (they even have a very interesting video dissecting one of their tracks) but a certain analog feel still seeps through, and apparently they manage to perform great live sets for a 2 men band.
(Never head This Masquerade, this is great
)
pior
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Re: Mercedes CLS 2018
Yeah - fairly common for class A objects because once smoothed curvature waviness and/or pinched areas may become apparent mainly due to secondary detailing i.e. radiator, light cluster well's, door handle inserts, panel crease/shadow cuts....etc regardless of whether your source mesh is modeled either high, low or medium ('mid') workflow, hence overall surface distortion. Nonetheless that being said every day's a "school day" trying to create top notch hard surface content so from humbling personal experience my advice, is to take advantage of simple native feature sets such as mesh/loop tool edge/vertex slide operators - transform pivot point 'Active Element' plus last but not least Knife Tool about all one needs really.
As for resolving those artifacts I'd suggest a custom normals approach which saved me more than once over the years, although in this case Blender specific however all the same they're universal described concepts in the video, despite ones choice of DCC app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rlMzsBWtPY&t=1s sacboi
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