"Does modeling as a game artist who follow the reference 1-1 and try to recreate it in 3D and make it as close to the reference as possible considered an Art or just a Craft?" The latter. EDIT: Specifically, Renaissance Masters were also referred too as a 'Master Craftsman or Tradesman' during their careers, since they…
if it's a recent version of maya then it may be related to their 'customer involvement' tool, something that talks to autodesk whenever you close down the app. causes a not-so-brief hang after clicking exit from what i've seen. perhaps in your case it triggers something else?…
It has been way too long since I have made any posts or have been a part of the forums, but I am slowly coming back and I will keep my work on this one thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GViVSn0AH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3sa_daXUX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPs_fyeRewA…
I am still paying my own Photoshop subscribtion but haven't found anything useful in it for very long time. Curious about "shadow re generator" as a way to get rid of shadows for de-lighting albedo but very much doubt it will work . And it's in a waiting list for forever already. Tried today their sbsar support for…
Hey! My name is André Felipe (21yrs old), I'm a Jr. Environment Artist based in Brazil and this is one of my first few posts here in polycount. Sorry for the long intro, it's all context, feel free to skip to the questions. I've been interested in living and working as a game dev in Canada for most of my life, the culture…
Hello fellow artists, I'm having some problems with the 3Ds Max o Zbrush work flow and would greatly appreciate the help. 1. What's the best way to bring a low poly object into Zbrush that you are going to further subD in Zbrush? I haven't found much success using the crease function in Zbrush, as it would crease things I…
'Edit - Download the scene in UE4 here!' Hey all! Not posted up a new thread in ages.. Been super busy with work and not really had a great deal of time to work on anything really. However, over the past few months I've been coming back to this one particular scene, which is a re-creation of a small section of HL2 in UE4.…
Modular Vehicle Vol.2 now finally complete. Video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_KX9infRdRhJ_wabAlV2cmSgxSvapqeO High poly versions can be found on my Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/keos Full project available on UE4 Marketplace: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/modular-vehicle-vol…
I am thinking about buying a 4k laptop for game design so I can do some of what I do from home on the 80lb desktop at school and on the go, but I am not sure which one would be best to get. Mostly it is going to be used when I am not home, at school, and for when I go to a place and take photos, it sucks having to come…
3ds Max Design 2015 sp3 Quixel Colors v1.3 When I start Quixel Colors in 3ds Max, the material swatches are all blank. Settings.ini: [%General] That points to the folder where Quixel Colors is installed. But Quixel Suite itself is in C:\Users\Public\Quixel\SUITE\ (which is kind of hidden from the average user). The Colors…