https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BX1ZPz Hi there! With this blog, I want to share my progress on a project I made. The goal was to have a Tomorrowland themed cinematic video of a book. I am now improving the project by applying the feedback that I received. Feel free to add your own feedback in the comments! Final…
I saw this topic coming up from time to time, and today I got involved with one of them so I decided to just make a writeup about how to approach this effect using Unreal Engine: References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld_peIKWE3A https://videohive.net/item/abstract-surface-of-moving-cubes/18266215…
Thought I'd write a little bit about the Wacom Intuos, I am not a reviewer, just someone who hopes to write a little bit for those on the fence because as we all know, google only tends to bring up big-name sites that may or may not have been paid off ;) feel free to leave questions and I'll respond & update the first post…
Good idea, awesome thread. Every enviro artist should know the basics of lighting. This type of knowledge crosses just about every platform and 3D app and its surprising how many people don't even bother. http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=51209#Post260972 More advanced 3dsMax Lighting Techniques…
Just wanted to share some advice on the Editor. Couple of things have been bugging me for a long time, and only recently I've figured how to fix or explain them. 1. If you are using Parallax Occlusion Mapping feature in your materials, you may be familiar with this issue: ^ PoM off ^ PoM on To avoid incorrect self-shading…
Hello everyone, I'm having some pretty ugly aliasing happening on my textures, I don't believe it's really an issue with my hard edges as it happens to details that are only present in the textures(diff/spec/norm). I have spent the past week searching the forums and google for every possible bit information and trying…
We are looking for more members to help us develop Aether. It's an MMOEXG. A new Genre in the gaming community. Here is the GDD:(Game Design Document) Aether The ideas behind an alternate reality Introduction Aether is a unique perspective depicting an alternate history on a planet where the four elements fight a…
Check out the work from CGMA student, Pedro C. Prieto, who was just recently published on 80.LV. He shows us how he worked on this amazing UE4-environment inspired by Helder Pinto‘s Arbor Vitae in Clinton Crumpler's UE4 Modular Environments course. Intro Hello, my name is Pedro C. Prieto and I am an extremely passionate…
It's been far too long since our last Folk Tale update and as you might expect there is a heap of cool new stuff to share. We've been focused on improving and adding content to create a richer world. There's new characters, an entire new set of hand painted buildings, traps, overhauled zones, new animations, bug fixes and…
This turned out to be quite a review of the DA2 demo from my part. I'll just leave this giant wall of text here, shall I? Words cannot describe how underwhelmed I am by the Dragon Age 2 demo. One can only hope that it doesn't reflect the overall quality of the finished product. First impressions Where to start.. Well,…