I've been rendering up and mocking out these tutorial images with a 2gb machine on windows xp that I got shortly after Gears1 shipped. It's the same kind of machine I used to make the hospital set, in fact I remember that my home pc back then was more powerful than my work machine until I got on to the locust set. The…
Here's my diary of watching your portfolio. I kinda tend to get sooo extensive on this that people seem to get annoyed by it a lot, but I just continue doing it, maybe it can help you :) Just don't take it as insulting or anything negative - sometimes I think the forum just doesn't deliever my words as nicely as I would…
Any package. If you are already a draftsman with the knowledge to draw a plane properly, then not only can you translate everything you make on paper, but you can create all the reference you need. If you're totally new to 3d, choose blender. 1: free and open source 2: actually awesome 3: a lot of beginner videos in many…
cholden: Only for 2 years! And you can expect a massive art dump when I get back. rooster: I think missionaries are allotted a blog, so I can at least let everyone know what's going on while I'm on the field. I'll have to look into that. Xenobond: It took a lot of thinking for me to come to that conclusion. I looked at…
I'm 5'9". At my peak of poor health, I weighed 272 pounds. After a year of serious training to fix that, I got down to 180 pounds. That was too thin, so I started focusing on lean mass and now weigh about 210. My diet was (and is) developed from a number of sources. I'd recommend to start out reading this:…
maze : good points overall. Also your talking about two very different techniques which will soon start to appear in games which is great! All the things mentioned about the textures in my scene were as far as I could go within a schedule and tech. We also have moments where we have to sacrfice detail to get that magical…
Sorry for the long post in advance, this is a very interesting topic i hope for whoever reads it won't be a waste of time. If you do please tell me what you think. imo Good leads don't just let you learn a lot, they show, inspire or even push you to learn a lot or they might choose to let you loose if they see raw…
I actually feel like your direction is far more interesting, kinda like what I wanted to go into before I went into 3D art (but more in freelance with some studio experience as a contractor) While game art and working in a game studio can be fullfilling, you're usually nameless to the outside world and you very very…
Our New Build is up and wanted to say thanks to all those who have tried it. I will always post up here when there are changes to this program. Hope this helps you out. This is a more comprehensive explanation of how our program works. www.d3crypt3d.net for free trial D3CRYPT3D utilizes AES-256 Bit cryptography to fully…
This is part 2 of our series on MaxScript. I'll cover some simple ways you can start to use maxscript in your every day workflow. Even if you have never touched code before, there are some simple ways you can start using maxscript that will help you automate tasks and remove some of the time wasting steps you have to take…