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Re: 3d action game development
thanks @NikhilR
height will be like 2.5 ish meters but I may push it more. have to get model in game and see. I just start from "real" size and then exaggerate if it doesn't feel intimidating enough in the game. I always disliked in games when enemies are so enormous but the fact is, I want players to fear him so if making him 10 stories high is necessary I will consider it.
For the style I mostly want to stick to historical examples, just making minor modifications to the shape and colors to put my own flavor on things. Thanks for your initial impressions on these, it helps a lot to see what others think.
height will be like 2.5 ish meters but I may push it more. have to get model in game and see. I just start from "real" size and then exaggerate if it doesn't feel intimidating enough in the game. I always disliked in games when enemies are so enormous but the fact is, I want players to fear him so if making him 10 stories high is necessary I will consider it.
For the style I mostly want to stick to historical examples, just making minor modifications to the shape and colors to put my own flavor on things. Thanks for your initial impressions on these, it helps a lot to see what others think.
Alex_J
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Re: 3d action game development
Here's a few unconventional minotaurs that I liked,Alex_J said:Working on design for a minotaur character. This is also part of ongoing general art design work. I want to try and get character iteration time down by like 50% so I need to look at some ways to get away from realism. The struggle is is that realism is pretty much the only style I ever enjoyed.
The minotaur will be a boss character. I want for him to feel strong, fast, intimidating, and smart.
Here are some silhouette concepts I've made and my thoughts on them:
A - kind of like a water buffalo style. Not really into it, feels dopey
B - pin head look. If minotaur was meant to be a dumbass this would be a good fit
C - simplest shapes and long horns. I think this is top two.
D - it's meh...
E - not as good as C
F - bad shapes
G - pretty good, top two. I think down ears doesn't work as good as up ears like C
H - thinner body, thicker head. kind of interesting style, reminds me of Aku from samurai jack for some reason.
I will probably work on the entire first batch of characters like this before getting back into 3d since I want to be sure that I have a consistent style. I will do front and side profiles, and once I settle on a consistent style then I will see if I can make a 3d version that just uses basic block modeling techniques + hand painted textures.
I dont want to look as blocky as Synty assets, as an example, but I want to ensure I have that easy workflow and also have strong, distinctive silhouettes.
if anybody has some thoughts about silhouettes here please do share.
Kai from kung fu panda
Motaro minotaur version from Mortal Kombat
A miniature from warhammer
Berserk Anime - eh, similar to above, though I don't know if I should say the characters name since its major spoilers.
I recommend watching the whole anime it might influence the direction of your game.
How much larger is the minotaur going to be compared to the player, since I think this will influence the direction of the silhouette.
Like the pin head look is what gives the colossal titan from Attack on titan its collassalness
https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Colossal_Titan_(Anime)
From your silhouettes
A - looks like a gundam proportion wise (robo look)
B - Might look more imposing if he was massive
C - I like the simple shapes, looks intimidating, (robo look)
D - I like the shorter legs, the torso looks fuller
E - Feels a bit stocky
F - Looks balanced
G - very Berserk Anime (caution serious spoilers if you google the character)
H - Does look more stylized
Also for your bow mechanics check this out,
https://www.sca.org/resources/martial-activities/combat-archery/
https://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/514-duke-patricks-combat-archery/&
And the game mount and blade is your friend
NikhilR
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Re: [WIP] Jedi Realtime Character
Yeah, almost every demo/tutorial/gdc talk i've come across...it's all done manually by hand 
Max has a similar plugin to GS Curves, but not as robust. I'll have to mess around with maya eventually (or blender)
pxgeek
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[PAID] Looking for 3d Generalist / Technical Artist in Unity for VR Project
Hi there,
Looking for a contract 3D Generalist/Tech Artist experienced with Unity to help design and create the look and feel for a mobile VR project.
The game has a working prototype already and the role involves uplifting the current art assets to enhance the visual appeal in all areas.
This is a remote position for a game to be released later this year.
PROJECT:
-Mobile VR Game / Meta Quest 2
-Arcade / Puzzle
-Duration 1-2 months
-Rates: Dependant on Experience / Negotiable
REQUIRED SKILLS::
-Unity VFX - Design & Implementation
-Shader Graph
-Particle Systems
-Prop Design / Modelling
-Maya/Blender
-Stylized assets
-Optimized Low-Poly workflows for Mobile
-Source Control - Git
BONUS::
-Substance Painter / Substance Designer
-Environment Design / Modelling
-any UI Experience
-any VR Experience
-own a Quest 2 headset
If interested, please send a portfolio of work to drella988@gmail.com thank you
drella988
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Re: 3dcoat seems superior to zbrush in every way?
Alex_J said:@Rima
it has multi-res layer support now, and i have been sculpting on quad meshes so perhaps something there has changed. It seems like the intended workflow is that you use the voxel modeling as you would use sculptris pro in zbrush (or dynamesh) when you are figuring out forms. Then you can retopo (it has lots of different ways to do this) and use regular surface sculpting if you wanted to do hi res details like skin pores.
But the way I work is usually build a low poly mesh in maya first and then just subdivide it a few times for a quick pass with sculpted details. So for me, the workflow in 3d coat is same as zbrush, just that it has better viewport (more WYSIWG with the sculpted details).
it has replaced zbrush for me for sculpting.
But I feel similar about the rooms... it is very hard to figure out how to do a lot of simple things. THe intended workflow is not always clear, there is scant and outdated documentation, and the whole program does not seem to use a consistent design pattern so figuring out one corner doesn't mean you can figure out others. Because of that reason I gave up digging much further into the retopo and baking tools. So for me it is just replacing zbrush in the same way I used zbrush - just bring in a model for sculpt and that is all. Any other type of mesh processing i do in maya and bake and texture I still stick with Toolbag. For me a quick and painless workflow is the highest priority.
Oh, well that changes things. It's been a while since I've used it; must've been added in an update. I'll give it a look, then; it's always good to know my options.
One thing I did forget to say though is that the retopology definitely has an edge on ZBrush in some respects. It's been a while since I used it, but the auto retopology seemed decent. But the real benefit it had there was all the controls for manual retopology. Adding faces manually, groups, relaxing it to make it smoother while keeping your faces....It was quite convenient.
It does strike me as having a bit of Blender's problem, though, speaking of an incoherent design pattern. Trying to be all things to all people. Last time I looked at their updates, they seemed to be trying to push it not only as a sculpting and texturing solution, but also as a modeling tool, which struck me as....Kind of pointless. Nobody's going to use it for that, I think. They have better options that are specialised for it. I'm no expert, but I feel it's probably better if it focuses on being a few of them excellently than trying to be everything.
Rima
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Re: Where would you suggest posting a job for a job in 3D Modelling?
if you want a grownup then linkedin is (weirdly) probably not a bad place - especially given recent industry developments (even I logged in for the first time in 2 years )
poopipe
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Re: Techs (where you at?) rendering...
the slowest part of the pipeline defines the maximum speed.
if you're pulling data over a network, everything else is going to be waiting.
if you want to pin every core for shits and giggles, build unreal from source
if you're pulling data over a network, everything else is going to be waiting.
if you want to pin every core for shits and giggles, build unreal from source
poopipe
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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024
I'm glad to share my new work in cyberpunk style. I did this scene in high poly and used the Yeti hair plugin. Compared to Xgen, he seemed very comfortable and flexible to me. I hope you will enjoy.
Diii201
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Re: Substance Designer - Master Thread
cgvinny said:Hey you can create the single patten and make the rotation before to plug it in the tile sampler (just set the pattern inputs to 6)
I found a hacky way as well bu this is nor perfect:
This is an interesting method!!! But yes, it is not ideal in the sense that it is difficult to select the values that are needed, i.e. it depends heavily on chance.
So, we have two problems:
1. This is a random rotation of each figure by an angle that is a multiple of 60 degrees.
2. In fact, we do not have 6 different figures, but 12 
This is because in each figure there is a small and a large part of different colors: in one figure a small part is brown, a large part is gray. And in the other figure it’s the other way around. Therefore we get 12.
This is because in each figure there is a small and a large part of different colors: in one figure a small part is brown, a large part is gray. And in the other figure it’s the other way around. Therefore we get 12.I'll show you how I solved it, but I don't know much about the program, so my graph is just terrible
This is the creation of the main shape + a randomness mask, which I will talk about next.
Next I create a color for each shape:
Next, I pass these two shapes through two Tile Generator nodes and combine them using a randomness mask:
There is probably a more elegant and accurate way to rotate shapes 60 degrees without using tile generators or scattering colors across tiles, but I don't know how to do it yet.
This is the creation of the main shape + a randomness mask, which I will talk about next.
Next I create a color for each shape:
Next, I pass these two shapes through two Tile Generator nodes and combine them using a randomness mask:
There is probably a more elegant and accurate way to rotate shapes 60 degrees without using tile generators or scattering colors across tiles, but I don't know how to do it yet.
MrDixioner
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