Technical Side of things

sharadp · May 2016

Hello everyone!
A quick question.I am currently doing modeling and texturing but I want to go to the technical side of things.Where I can start using programming.I am interested in getting into gaming.I am currently doing pre school cartoons in a studio.Any suggestions on what post I should be aiming for in a gaming studio and what I should start studying?It would be a big help.
Thanks

sharadp · May 2016

Thank you so much for the reply.I don't want to get into rigging.I want to stick to modeling and texturing but still go on the technical side of things.I am a bit confused about what actually a Technical Artist does and how do I go about becoming one.

Eric Chadwick · May 2016

We have some good resources here
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Technical_Art

musashidan · May 2016

Tidal Blast said:
From what I understand, there isn't really a clear and defined path to become a Technical Artist, but if you are interested, here is a list of technical stuff...3D animation

Character animation is probably the furthest thing from technical......

musashidan · May 2016

musashidan said:

Tidal Blast said:
From what I understand, there isn't really a clear and defined path to become a Technical Artist, but if you are interested, here is a list of technical stuff...3D animation
Character animation is probably the furthest thing from technical......

For texturing look into Substance Designer and UE4 material creation. On the tech modeling side of things you could investigate Houdini's procedural approach.

Fansub · May 2016

Tidal Blast all the softwares you listed support Python,except Unity/UE4.

I would definitely recommand you to learn Python and Substance Designer to start.Just create some nice graphs in Designer and optimize your workflow by making a few Python scripts for your modeling/texturing application.

sharadp · May 2016

That really helps.Thanks.I always found the Shaders in Maya very confusing.I am not too familiar will Designer but I do use Substance Painter a bit.So is there a lot of coding involved when you are creating shaders?

radiancef0rge · May 2016

yes. I would highly recommend learning python if you want to be a ta.

Add3r · May 2016

radiancef0rge said:

yes. I would highly recommend learning python if you want to be a ta.

These days, I would say it's the required entry language and then shaders (HLSL/GLSL/Node based stuff) after that.

cptSwing · May 2016

C# maybe too? The inhouse tools I've been exposed to where built using C# afaik. But my skills don't surpass Max's macro recorder

sharadp · May 2016

Thank you everyone.I started with Substance Designer and found the Eat 3D tutorial on Shader Production really good.I don't know what HLSL/GLSL are.Maybe I'll know more about them once I start getting deeper into things.

Technical Side of things

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