I'm not sure, its just the way I was always taught (MLA format? don't have my handbook handy) - maybe its a personal preference too. It can go either way I think, just depends on how you phrase the question and how you answer it. Its a minor issue really, probably not worth splitting hairs over. "What positions has this…
There are plenty of coin models available but I want a specific style, the 1859-1907 Indian Head Penny with a ridged side. I'd like the year to be 1866 specifically and for the geometry to match the wikipedia of that design. I don't want just an image mapped flat surface.…
Indeed, they're great when trying to reference stuff that's either 'hidden' or difficult to gauge via just eyeballing sucky looking pics so these are routinely sources I tend to make use of, among others: Prime Portal - Armoured Vehicles Wikipedia - Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I (H1), SdKfz. 181. The Tank Museum Bovington…
The last couple of days i`ve been trying to put limits on an orientation constraint but i can`t seem to get a good way to do this. First off i`m basically making this setup http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1021761&postcount=17 (also tnx Vig for the awesome tutorial :) ) So what i want to do is limit the…
You made a nice sculpt for the bricks,though you could have added some cracks and indentations to break the uniformity. But something about the texture isn't quite right. Try overlaying the detail of the concrete on your normal maps. Also overlay some decals on your walls to make the textures seem a bit less uniform. The…
Heres a few i can recommend. I think these will easily benefit you weather your into character or environment art, especially the environment side. Drawing i figure would help a character artist more. http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/472/color-Theory%3A-The-Mechanics-of-color…
This is actually what is done a lot in studios that can afford it and actually the position that i have right now. Most of the senior guys are producing stuff to sell to producers. If it isn't flashy and dramatic it won't get funding to work on so the pieces they want to go forward are generally the ones that make the most…
What I had in mind was something like this for the metal: http://2.imimg.com/data2/FN/IQ/MY-2476230/metal-cupboard-250x250.jpg And something like the blue part here for the painted/coated shelves:…
On resolution-dependency, I recently saw this neat breakdown of the water shaders for Zelda Wind Waker, specifically how the Wii remaster ran into this problem (at 2:18) https://youtu.be/8NL9Cc05CYk?t=125
Hopefully you dont mind, but I made a fix for you so that it will work in 2015. The function for polybevel had different attr names that was causing errors. Also I added two lines in it to turn off the smooth display after finalize and to smooth out the normals after finalize. Code below. // a function to be called when…