Thanks for your understanding. Yeah I have no idea how Google found that image either, from what I remember I just did a search for "space ship" or something, and found that on one of the later pages. I didn't even intend to use it in the final project, I just needed an image that would suit my purposes while I worked on…
General speaking the big boys (Quixel et al) do fancy stuff with polarizing filters and specialized light setups that will be difficult for you to replicate without a R&D and mechanical engineering budget. But something simple you can try is getting a circular polarizing filter for your lens and twisting it to remove as…
Done some work today! Placed out some more grass, painted books (their details aren't really that visible in the render, sadly. They're meant as easter eggs for the sketchfab/3D file though, so hopefully everyone can see them better there!) and added fireflies (yay/nay?). Here's the book's painted inside: The backside is…
Spend your time and money on Gnomon, Eat3D, 3DMotive and the other countless quality online training options out there. Really watch and learn and apply yourself to that training. And just make stuff. Make lots and lots of stuff. Good stuff. Bad stuff. So-so stuff. Crappy stuff. Excellent stuff. If you make something you…
Good :) Do future students a favor and let your Dean know that the program should leave their students with more portfolio items. This actually worked at my school, so, be a hero and pave the way for change. Having said that though, I only used one school project in my portfolio because the rest showed my noobness way too…
Looking really good. It might be a perspective issue but his head looks quite thin in comparison, and the skull shape looks a bit off, and the brow I think needs some work. He needs some more forms coming from his actually skull shape underneath, best way to describe it is by looking at some of the last of us stuff and how…
Thank you all so much for all of your replies, I'm sorry my response has been slow. I thought I had set up email notifications, but wasn't informed of any replies and have been too busy to log in to check. Brian “panda” Choi – thank you for that recommendation, I shall give it a watch. MacOrion – Do you enjoy switching…
Yeah, they've pulled it. Killingpeople: Any chance of re-hosting it so people can see the photo? More info: [ QUOTE ] A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs. The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke…
Heya and welcome to yet another PARPG news update. Sorry for the lack of updates lately but I had to take a break from the project to sort out a bunch of problems in real life. Now I'm finally back, reunited to PARPG. Let's get started right away, the vast majority of the news update will covers our plans for the first…
copy and pasted from a post on cgtalk. "Fat Princess! (best name for a game ever) This game just became my most anticipated PSN game. I can't stop laughing at the premise. Frantic and fun, Fat Princess pits two hordes of players against each other in comic medieval battle royale. Your goal is to rescue your beloved…