There's one super easy trick for the "less is more" approach : use your hand/fingers to occlude parts of the piece you're working on (muscle details, brush strokes, and so on), then remove your hand. The brain fills in the blanks and literally suggests you the solution/path of least resistance to use in the hidden area. It…
sorry, i overlooked that you are trying to retopo but you can use this as a base, and then it really depends on the polycount you are aiming for i would bevel the edge and remove every vertex that does not add to the silhouette if this thing does not get deformed by an animation, the topology on the flat surfaces does not…
After reading up about the original post, it wasn't really all that bad? I mean, what the original post doesn't mention is that these copies of 1984 and Animal Farm were actually illegal and bought for $1. Amazon then admitted that they made a mistake in removing the items and said that in the future they wouldn't remove…
Okay, I got the exact moment of the crash: This is just after removing the details marked on the left of the first image of my previous post and simplifiying the elevations marked on the bottom of the second image. I was just about to grow the selection to flat these surfaces for the bake when 3ds Max crashed again. I…
You have some good stuff, but it's diluted among less valuable portfolio elements. Your substances feel like student work or tutorials and should be removed. Your scans are very nice but you could regroup them in a single portfolio entry. You should polish your presentation too. Check how Daniel Thiger lights his stuff.…
Thanks man, really appreciate the detailed feedback! I will test some more with the lighting colours, to make the human pop out more and maybe give him some actual skin colour (he's just white/greyish now). I already removed these coils from the middle and halved the amount of them, i'll remove some more and see how it…
Your work is good, but I definitely think it would be a good idea to have some static images to supplement the videos (maybe place them beneath the video and text as thumbnails). DM Obsidian is probably better off removed - I hate to be so blunt, but it doesn't look as good as your other stuff. If you remove that, then you…
Thanks Haftoof. Removing the ear was a good advice, and it saves some time too. Its why I removed the two fingers on the front wings alongside the thumb and just added them to the rest of the wing. I havent rigged a character before, so that eliminates a few more hours of tweaking. Thanks for the tip Torch, those tools…
You can show skulls in china as long as the aren't actual skulls. Paintings of skulls (like on that chest), silver skulls, gold skulls, etc. Worked on the china release of Warhammer Online, and I had to do a pass of everything I could find that had a skull and remove it. Which is Warhammer meant everything. It's pretty…
Thanks pixelb. I followed your advice, removed the lightning glow which I think makes it less 2d like what Alphavader said and also removing the confetti. The lighting was still tricky and took the longest to sort out. Got some crit already saying the pot is too bright and taking too much of the focus. I plan to make it…