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Re: Ewing's Workshop Thread
Thanks so much for the feedback! I totally agree that the blade has some inconsistency in the light source. I do have a question though; is there a best practice for defining the direction of a light source on your diffuse map for an item that moves around a lot like a weapon? What I mean is, the direction of the light… -
Re: Moral Question about modeling for portfolio
When hiring a modeler I want to have confidence that you can create the sort of artwork in your folio, from zero (concept) to 100% finished. On the other hand I also want to see that you're not a "one hit wonder". All your folio pieces taken together, have to show that you can handle every stage of the creation process… -
Re: First Female Mesh - WIP
Nah, the critique is fine and Ahoburg has the right of it when he says I am a far shot off (albeit a bit harsher). The point of the sentence was more to show that at this stage, spending over 800 on a course is a commitment in money that I feel would be a bit of insanity (half the average monthly income with the other half… -
Re: Worklog. BreaK-
Ok, moving on from metal I want to practice concrete textures, and hopefully a little bit of ZBrush. I've never really used ZBrush so Its going to be a difficult learning experience. I'm going to try and re-produce an assest from Crysis 2. Its one of the many concrete bollards that are littered around the city. It gives me… -
Re: Texture Dilemma - Achieving realism for Sai Weapon
I would focus on the metalness workflow for PBR. Improve the density of your model as well, it looks a bit too low poly especially on the curved sections. After reviewing your textures, you have loads of wasted UV space. Re map your mesh and use as much of the 0 to 1 space as possible. Did you make a high poly version of… -
Re: Colt 1911
First, thanks for the replies guys The gun will eventually be used as a prop for a character sculpt I'm doing in ZBrush. In the end it will just be a render of a posed character - no plans on taking this into any game engine (yet) Now logic would dictate that if I'm not running this through any engine, I could definitely… -
Re: Need help for baking better Looking Normal Maps in 3DS Max
No, and definitely no. What is common though is people baking NMs and not understanding the process that they are trying to work through. I highly recommend studying (not just browsing) the wiki and stickies found on this site. Every single piece of info on the baking process can be found here. Written by pros with… -
Re: Modeling Weapon Interiors - Any value to folio?
It's very valuable to your portfolio because it impresses the people who control access to work Forget the platitudes, portfolio has little or nothing to do with "practical" skills... if you can impress the right people visually then you get the job, if you can't then you're just another resume, that's the hard truth Art… -
Re: The downward slope for artists salaries.
Never EVER think of your school like this, even if it is indeed just a diploma mill. Think of what you learned, of what you can do! Have confidence in yourself and the skills you picked up despite all odds! Be humble, but never be ashamed of yourself, your education or your work! Everything else just drags your whole… -
Re: Fuck you Lucas, this is just too much!
Hehe I wont go into the argument any further because thats just getting pointless :) However, if you can cite me a reliable way of getting, again, District 9 in 1080p format with the same kind of practicality and reliability that I get from ordering it on physical media with one day shipping through amazon or crossing the…
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