Hey polycount! I've been working recently on making myself an all purpose "stone carver" node in Substance Designer. This was originally inspired by the work done on Uncharted 4 by Jonathan Schmidt and Jose Vega as well as all the other great artists there. Basically the node takes several inputs for height outline, height…
I think the notion of very skilled professionals intentionally throwing out good ideas for the sake of 'new' ideas that they know are inferior is absolutely absurd. They change games because they seek to make the best possible game about their subject with their resources. Not for some disingenuous focus group situation.…
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Recently, I went through a mentorship course where I created a series of characters based on a theme of my choice. I chose a contemporary sci-fi fantasy setting where a motley crew of extraordinary individuals would band together to fight against creatures that are beyond our understanding. For the characters, I wanted an…
Hi all, We are currently looking for a UI designer for a VR project. The workload isn't huge considering the project is small. However, for the right person this may mean that you would become our go-to "UI person" for all the UI work we need done for this and 3 other continuing projects. Note for this job, while game dev…
Hello there, wondering if someone can help. Been trying to make a scene that involves a die, and for the purposes of looking nice, one of those fancy translucent affairs. Tweaking Arch + Design's solid glass template I've got the effect that I want, but the problem is adding the numbers. I want the numbers to be solid…
Hello! I am quite new to the 3D world and I have recently picked up ZBrush for use with 3DS Max on a university project and I am amazed at what it can do. I really want to get into character design and was just wondering what the current workflow is when designing and creating a character from concept to final product. The…
I am designing some custom calligraphy in Illustrator, which needs to be embossed on the cap and glass of a bottle in Max. I want it to be a part of the model, which is why I don't want to use a bump map. So I export the design as a spline, weld some rogue lines and increase the interpolation. However, I can't get the…
Here is a model of my ship; some of you maybe familiar with the classic Descent series. So far I got the normals, ambient occlusion and other stuff baked from Substance Painter. All I need is a concept artist who is willing to voluntary design Sci-Fi panels for this ship. Let's discuss the design direction of these Sci-Fi…
Hey guys, My name is Kjell Bunjes and I am the Team Leader & Art Director of the upcoming Action Adventure Mindworld: Shattered Dreams. It's a Half-Life 2 Modification. The team consists of people who are either working professionally in the industry or are ambitious to do so. We are currently looking for one main level…