Hello fellow polycounters! I'm a long time lurker and infrequent poster to this incredibly awe-inspiring forum, i've had a very keen interest in character modelling/sculpting ever since my 2nd year of university, now i'm in my 3rd and final year it's time for my dissertation and I thought it would be a good idea to ask for…
Hello It's been over a year since I graduated and I haven't had the chance to improve my portfolio on my own. Which is why im looking for a course to do to improve. The problem is I know I can model, texture and render properly now after learning from past mistakes but I need something to keep me on edge so I can study and…
Hey everyone, I'm a beginner in the world of art, and I've made the decision to pursue a career as a character artist in the future. After reading various topics on this forum, I've concluded that starting with Maya would be a great way to develop a strong foundation in topology, hard surface modeling, and more. I…
Are you a talented artist? Are you looking for an exciting change, but still enjoy being seeing and teaching art? THQ XDG, External Development Group, is currently looking for an Art Production Manager. Located in Shanghai, China, this department is responsible for streamlining and managing THQs outsourcing pipeline…
@Bibendum there are things that overlap and some that don't. unfortunately all of the bad practices that started in vfx spread to games. the business models for bidding in some vfx are not the same. but the trend is also happening is the large studios that do animated features with original ip such as dreamworks etc. in…
PFFAN91 - Thanks! Appreaciated! Kerroh - Thank you! It's all just eyeballing things with a blank canvas up next to the reference photo. No tracing or color picking allowed. And with the one DA link I just wanted people to know that it wasn't an original take on Venom or anything - wanted to give that sculptor credit…
Looks like you have done a lot of work and are enjoying the modeling. You have picked a very difficult challenge but you should ask yourself what it is you want from the whole exercise. To make an attractive character you are going to need to study form, volume, structure and gesture. Being just a little off with a female…
Front view does not look bad, but side view looks very wrong. If you study anatomy you might be able to see what is wrong with it. I think its misleading to say study(study denotes a school of some kind), all you really need to do is look at and understand the forms that you are trying to recreate. Its basically doing what…
thanks creationtwentytwo, i have been trying to find some comics which has good 3d graphics in it but the examples seemed to loose the effect of a comic and most of them were erotic. where when u see the renders that artists generate in the comic con challenege it feels very close to the comics sketches and i find that the…
@Noren Associated indeed. As an art director running a tech company, I don’t usually have much time to give back to the community — so I built a tool to help make giving feedback and focusing on fundamentals fast and accessible. For decades now I’ve been frustrated that so much of our online discourse revolves around tools…