Well Rooster, I know exactly how you feel... my final deadline is Friday the 13th too, and this week has been a bodyclock bending rollercoaster ride of trying to get all my coursework printed, compiled and tidyed in time. As for stress? to be honest, my soap operaesque life is causing me more stress (friends getting…
I saw it on Friday the 13th, work took us to go as a moral event. It was a great flick I look forward to seeing how it evolves. I have a bunch of nit-picky stuff that bugged me but it didn't spoil the movie, I still liked it and would see it again. Things that bugged me: - Too organic and overly complicated. I knew this…
Hey everyone! We’re building DragonKill, a retro-style 2D MMORPG powered by Unity and the XRPL blockchain. The game is currently online during the second half of each month (from the 16th to the end) as part of its open beta phase. Our long-term goal is to launch full 24/7 live servers, and we’re looking for passionate…
Hello, everyone! I'm a Computer Animation instructor at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. I'm pursuing my Master's, and my topic is rigging education. I’ve found rigging to be one of the more challenging aspects of our curriculum--and I'd like to figure out how to do a better job teaching it. (I’d also like to use my…
Awesome! UDIM is really just a texture naming convention used to describe what UV tile a texture should be associated with. For example, say you wanted to lay out the UVs on a vehicle but were finding that packing all of your shells into the traditional 0-1 tile wasn't giving you enough resolution even with an 8K map. To…
Not exactly bullshit... it could happen. I was going to write this up (basically), but someone already did in a comment: You buy a company and you sign retention agreements for key employees, i.e. the team. These employees have HUGE financial incentive to stay so they do. 3 or 5 or 7 years later depending upon the…
Nov 13th 2010 "Based on a recent teardown conducted by UBM TechInsights, it looks like the most expensive part of Microsoft's Kinect is the box it comes in. According to UBM TechInsights, the Kinect contains about $56 worth of hardware. Around $17 of that cost is attributed to the PrimeSense motion detection system,…
Welcome to the 2D Noob challenge! Apologies for this being one day late! This thread is for those of you who wish to improve your skills in concepting / 2D in general. This is a once every 2 weeks (ish) challenge on the first of each month and on the 16th of each month. On the beginning of each new challenge I will post…
I love a good story, and most of the things i design have a story even if it is just a line saying what his job is. sometimes thats all i really need to get into making something for myself. sketching out designs really helps things move faster for me. this guy how ever only had a head design when i started him. i just…
There is a place in every kingdom and country where borders are shaped, wars fought, populations ruled and justice served. This place is the Throne Room. A gigantic stone chair carved in the back of a dark cave, relic from a long forgotten civilization? Maybe the modest wooden throne of an imaginary kingdom in the…