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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2022

I'm sculpting an Orc inspired by the dark fantasy series by Bjorn Hurri. It's a blast and fulfilling to be creating some fantasy-inspired work. I'll be polishing it more and continuing to post my work-in-progress to my sketchbook here: https://polycount.com/discussion/206688/sketchbook-vincent-khornebread-barksdale#latest

Thanks for looking!

SubtleModeling

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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (77)

A bit late but I really enjoyed working on the hard surface environment, here's what I have :)

And a quick video showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SC1hmPpnlE

Getting the lighting right was a good challenge for me. It was also a good occasion to finally move to UE5 ^^. Also a good occasion to practice trim sheets and modularity so thanks a lot for the concept 🙏.

I'll still be working on this for another week to get some things polished. Any feedback is more than welcomed :).

simonBreumier

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Re: FYP: Viking village

Updated lighting (still need to make some adjustments but i'm quite happy with where its at ATM)

Still need to do a lot of work as well as a general color grading past as well as tweaking some values (Some areas are still a bit dark cause my monitors are a bit too bright) As always any feedback or critique is massively appreciated :D

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MatthewWilshaw

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Re: hey what's up?

Good to see you, too! I have not been on Polycount much, for a while now. Over the years, lots of roles as a contractor sort of took it's toll, health issues, unemployment and whatnot. Finally have some stability with AmazonGames, and sort of looking to re-spark my outside-of-work love of the craft, which has fallen off over the years. So hopefully I'll be around a bit more, posting art and such 😊

Joshua Stubbles

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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | May - June (78)

Hello I'm just starting. It's my first time doing one of these!

vladorales

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Re: Sketchbook: Frank Polygon

@wirrexx Currently putting together a brief video of the modifier based process and will follow up by posting it here.

Most of the modifiers in Blender inherit a transform orientation that's based on the object's stored rotation. Managing this, along with object origin points, does add another layer of complexity but also provides flexibility in how things can be setup. Transforms in object mode can be stored and reset but the same operations in edit mode cannot, since they are directly changing the mesh. So, it's often helpful to keep the object's transforms zeroed out to match the global values. Depending on the follow up questions this topic could become it's own write-up or video.

FrankPolygon

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Asker online Fan Art

High poly model of an Asker online fanart that I started during my last term at Think Tank online, mentored by J Hill. The cape was modeled in Marvelous Designer and the hair was groomed in Maya using Xgen. Everything else was sculpted in Zbrush.

Original artwork by artist Woo Kim.

Hope that you like it! :) Any feedback is appreciated of course :)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2qKReY

karaku

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Re: How can I improve this topology?

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killnpc

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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | May - June (78)

I think I have finished mine.

Here's a little gif of my process. Had really fun making this. 😊

hile

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Re: Feng Zhu School worth the investment risk?

I didn't expect this thread to get the google index ratio it got.

So hi!

After 4 years, I also think I can come back and chime in for the loads of people who stumble upon this.

Thanks, Iris, for sharing your view, although I respectfully disagree with it, wholeheartedly.

While I did not go to FZD because I didn't have the means to, nor did I want to put the economic pressure on my family, I did study a lot at home. Most people back then were too focused on telling me that this wasn't a smart endeavor, but I guess at the time, at a subconscious level, I was more stubborn about finding out if it could be done, rather than if it should.

Looking back, it was tough, very tough but I managed to land a few jobs, full-time and part-time, freelance, and so on, and up until now, my career development hasn't been a problem. Many people have achieved things and places, went to figurative mountains and beyond without a degree, I encourage the people who originally came to visit and look for soul-searching in this thread, to look beyond concept art and the games realm; scientists, medics, psychologists, physicians, teachers, architects... many re-known people in their industry made a mark as experts without a degree, concept art should and isn't different.

This isn't to say that I'm better than XYZ, but to say that it can be done, without a degree.

I can't close the thread without addressing the miasmic stigma that is hovering around the industry, where teachers, mentors, recruiters, and many other people at the gates tell us that the most efficient use of our time and lives is to employ it under their organization, (don't bother going home during the next 6months, sleep on the studio couch, you don't need to see your spouse) to make something that goes beyond their identity, while this builds on a premise that is meant to be detached and free from ego, it also is two-faced, as trust me, nothing is more worth your time than family, friends, relationships, nature, and you.

If you were a doctor on the frontlines fighting a pandemic (like covid), I'd say, yes, it's respectful and admirable that you're putting your life aside to make a difference, however, at the end of the day, we're just making games, and you're employing your life to serve as a money-making cog within a company. Is this really the best use of the only life you have, to become a machine without a life other than drawing from the time you wake up until you go to sleep?

This isn't to say, don't do a good job at what you do or hustle (I do hustle a lot, more than it's healthy sometimes, but it's because *I want it*, respect yourself, grow out of your own work and craft, as self-worth isn't coming from your job only, trust me, I made this mistake at my mindset before.

Caveat; I had the chance to meet Mr. Feng Zhu in Paris a couple of years ago and he was an admirable, approachable and a really friendly person, nothing against him, the work he does and his school, I'm sure you'll be well served if you go there though!

Art is a support system for life, not the other way around. - Stephen King

miguelnarayan

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