I do my paint in layers, its not so much finding an image and overlaying it. But instead finding a collection of ingredients that build the foundations of what you want to achieve. I also like to do all my layers solid, like painting. I try to avoid using overlays or layer effects. This has massive benefits when deriving…
Welcome to the technical part of tech art. :) Quick review: an 8 bit value has a maximum integer value of 255. A 16 bit integer has a maximum of 65536. each additional bit increases the range of values by one power of 2. Since our normal textures have 8 bits per channel, using one channel for the lower 8 bits and a second…
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Set the AO layer as Normal blending mode at 100% opacity in Photoshop, then go to the Channels palette and CTRL+click any of the channels to make that into a selection. Invert the selection. Add this selection as a layer mask to a pure black solid colour layer (or dark blue, whatever colour you want your shadows). You can…
There's a much easier way to do this in photoshop. What you do is create your individual images as black and white layers then double click on the layer to bring up the 'layer styles' dialog box that looks like this: Notice the three check-boxes that say 'channels' next to them under opacity. If you uncheck all but one of…
Agreed. Jason commented on this in one of the threads... [ QUOTE ] Many of the pros do not work in layers. They work alla prima....directly painting into one layer. There is no shame in that sir. Some artists feel using layers is cheating their process. Crazy alla prima people!!! I will see if I can dig up some process…
Got a photoshop question... I got a layer that is basically a few shapes filled with black/white gradients. I'm wanting to take this layer and use it as a mask for another layer, but I don't know how to do it. This is a screengrab with the way it is at the moment; with the a solid colour mixed with the gradient layer. What…
Hey everyone!! We're a small indie gaming studio currently building out our browser-based game on WebGL. We are a team of engineers and concept artists spread across the world, and are searching for an experienced 3D artist/modeler/generalist to join as a core part of our team, to lead the 3D side of things. Set in a city…
Okay 8 years ago me; Here's how I should have blocked out most of the primary objects in the scene. I threw them in to Unreal to see how it's working before moving on, to see if I needed to adjust anything: I saw that the shelves and the cabinet were both too short and looked way too small, so I just scaled them up in the…
Sometimes a human is the most terrible monster. Genres and target audience Genre: Survival horror action. Target audience: 17+ Features (as compared to the original game): 1. A completely different story, with possibility of non-linear passage inside locations. 2. New characters, enemies, weapons 3. Deep immersion into…