people do say practice makes perfect, but musicians tend to have a different saying. Perfect practice makes perfect. This holds true for art as well. If your doing something for practice you really should practice doing something as perfectly as you can. Allot of people who are new tend to want to rush to get a finished…
I've put in 10 million poly OBJ's through xNormal. Export an OBJ. No need for skylight, it's gonna take care of that for you. Export the high and low OBJ's feed it into xNormal, click the options that you want (what maps to save out). Make sure that the ray front and rear settings are ok and hit the bake button. Easy as…
Wow, wierd, you might want to talk to Aria Chai He wrote the perl script I used to export the objs from modo: http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=41509 That said, I imported those objs into maya and they looked fine. I re-exported them from there and got the exact same banding issue. Keep in mind I also get…
I'm still learning and so far the MaxScript ref files are great, but are chalked full of programmer-ese and sometimes light on examples. I suggest checking out other scripts, and consulting any programmer type people you might know. The ref sometimes assumes you know a fair bit of basic programing knowledge/work flow which…
I agree about the bottom of the mag looking kinda wierd even tho there was an edge there fixed that now tho. The sight isnt skewed its just the perspective, its not a sideview screengrab its perspective view. Could you be more specific about wich details look wrong? here are my ref pics: http://www.pixagogo.com/2715654219…
Looks like you can get 2GB sandisk memory sticks for $135 on newegg, or 1GB for $98 not sure if these are the exact type tho sinces theres so damn man memory stick formats... 2gb: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-171-074&depa=0 1gb:…
The first version of the low poly is ready. It weighs in at 4180 triangles. A little bit heavier than I had planned, so Ill be going over the mesh again to see what I can be safely cut. Roughly half of this count is in the hands and feet, so thats probably a good place to start trimming. Other than the hands and feet, Im…
Hawt and well done. Nice job! About the mittens... I think these, with her hands through the slits would be pretty cool. http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/41801.jpg Also how about some fur around the hood?