Hi Folks, I guess I'm an industry vet as I've been in the games biz for around 20 years. I started out doing pixel art for 8 bit platformers such as Robocod and Rolo to the rescue. My first 3D work was character modelling for a PS1 game called MediEvil after which I specialised as a character/concept artist. Over the years…
Any fellow gym-goers on polycount? With a sedentary job like game design you HAVE to get some kind of exercise. Doesn't have to be lifting but I personally love it. It's the only thing keeping me sane while looking for a job and working on my portfolio. Well gym and the ol' ball & chain. Anyway I thought I'd make a thread…
Hi Everyone This is my first post on polycount :) I'm very new to 3D modelling and I'm looking for some advice. I've been working on this sci-fi terminal/ATM and I've got to a point where I'm not sure how to continue. The goal is for this to be a game asset with the final piece rendered in Unity or UE4, Initially I started…
I've created and re-created this character several times, the original was for a very short cartoon, he was just kind of an easy to draw character to see if I could use photoshop and a tablet to make cartoons. Turns out I suck at it, you can see the proof here my friends all cracked up, not at the ball hitting the…
Hey man, sorry didn't get back to you for a bit. I totally understand not wanting to form bad habits, I get caught up in it too sometimes. Its definitely a balance of spending time trying to figure out how to 'do it right' and just doing it. But as long as you're learning its all to the good! For the material questions you…
So i've done a fair few models, usually with blueprints that are semi reliable, like for cars and such. but i've never really built a model from scratch using just perspective photos alone and i'm having some troubles figuring out the right pipeline. I've tried using perspective photos that are as close to orthographic…
Sorry to derail your thread more with pointless bickering... The CB is looking good =) EQ, That's pretty much that's my point... with an important caveat: Add details like that where they count. Don't bother wasting your time to detail the under side of a rock if its never going to be turned over. Just because you can pack…