I use Maya and ZBrush primarily. I "grew up" on Unity so I haven't touched UDK. I have buckets and buckets of scripts to supplement my modeling/unwrapping speed. No, I'm not still modeling hard surface stuff in ZBrush :) I can high poly model in Maya, yes. I'll be posting a bunch of those Weekly Hard Surface Challenge…
speed critical is a very stretchable statement, if you want to code a crysis like engine, then yes you would pick whatever is fastest. But taking farcry or other games for instance, often game related code (ai, mission...) is coded in high level interpreted scripting languages which are even slower than compiled stuff such…
Scott: Thanks for the link. I have been reading a lot of that guys' essays now. I completetly agreee with you Oxy. Society and school create a "chicken and the egg" type problem. Society is a product of people's upbringing, but their upbringing is the public school system. Obviuosly we are different, so I think the exact…
Hey JO420 Im no pro but ill share my own process of creating textures none the less. For organic objects. I try and find a hi res reference picture of the object I want (we shall say Human in this case) with the skin tones im looking for. 3d.sk is a good place to start if you can get registered there (though its not free)…
If it were a problem it would exist only between my self and the artists who work for me. I go out of my way to be an artist's advocate and that is one of my highest priorities. I have received numerous thank you letters from the artists who work for me for my unorthodox methods, such as voluntarily paying them more than…
First thanks everyone, that was a really great page to read! Very good crits. Long post: r_fletch_r: I totally agree about the sense of scale the tiles on the floor give. I have two solutions, either I increase tiling, or I add more small scale props and damage decals around to give a better sense of scale. Maybe both can…
Valkier: Posted my thoughts on your portfolio in the original thread, but seems it got moved while I typing and dissapearing into oblivion after submitting :p. Honestly, your portfolio needs a ton of work. First I'll try to answer your specific questions: You don't have enough strong pieces, this is true. 'Styles' are not…
Without knowing the full situation, it's probably best not to accuse anybody of anything, but here are a few of my thoughts: 1. An employer/manager taking advantage of young peoples high levels of motivation is not necessarily predatory behavior. Again, without knowing the full situation, it's probably best not to make…
I am glad to see to still coming here with me Pior, you are.. hmm.. a sublime tool ? that's it :) Ok i will try to get more confident and trust in me, when i am trying to explain something and must to do it in English would be easier in French, but it seems i construct my sentences differently in english that i would do it…
very big fan of the reboot. as we start to have certain intellectual properties that remain active for 50-100+ years, i think it'll be understood that a fresh reboot will be necessary from time to time to keep the IP vital. like ror observed quite astutely, Bond has heart again, something that's been missing for quite some…