I concur with the dropping teh gradients of doom. They're pretty dated for almost everything minus a very very subtle/not even noticeable gradient. Most modern design in print and web is flat design, if you wanna get fancy you can maybe try your hand at a 3D "flat" look, aka basically orthographic with solid shapes of…
Today's exercise is to add my Son of Santo styled character to a IC6 world. I'm experimenting with foliage, foreground lens elements (as I tend to stage my work in the middle), overhead Softbox arrays and learning to assign a walk to a Path. 800 frame animation switched between two cameras. Assigned a Dummy or Nul object…
Thanks for the replies everyone! It makes a big difference to get your feedback, and every round makes this that much better. Currently on the bus, so I'll have to post more later. @Sean: Can do. It'll be up in the next revision this evening. @CMan: Let me reflect that back to make sure I understand... + Tighten up the…
thomasp said: Interesting you mention trailer magic, I was surprised at how little there seemed to be - pretty clearly a ton of reliance on SSR alongside general 'game' graphics issues like incorrect/no shadowing on small character accessories, hair clipping, etc. All things they could have easily pumped up for the…
there's also the fact that the guy was from San Diego. I live in san diego and there is no legal ownership of an assault rifle in this state. at all - ever. so that's how well those laws are working. I don't know if you have kids, but I have 3. Whatever the chances it's not worth the risk and it's not something people…
many artistic traditions and disciplines to consider as well... I wouldn't dismiss any particular artist as "lacking" ( anatomy Nazi? ) because their strategies and language might just concentrate on a different approach. ( wouldn't assume they haven't spent less time agonizing and pouring over the human form and with any…
Hi Eric! Hit me up any time if your team needs to consult on USD. Yeah, I was the technical artist for Black Mesa for 5 years :) I did our Max tools and helped with various assets and some of the environment work on the Xen chapters. I miss being on the creative side, but I still dabble on personal projects. Now it's…
Can confirm, after breaking it in it started to squeak when you applied even just minor pressure. Seemed like the larger the tablet, the worse it got. Also didn't it have those really noisy first generation ultra-stiff buttons that make obnoxious clicking sounds? I never used them but I recall they felt quite sharp and…
I saw this promotional ZBrush render: Do you think this was rendered in ZBrush? How can I get this SSS effect in ZBrush where the light shines through cloth but not an object behind it?