1. If you want true full-featured freeware, you will have to learn Blender 3D. http://www.blender.org It is quite easily the most full-featured free-to-use program that can be used to produce commercial work. SoftImage XSI Mod Tool is also a good option, but it is constrained in several ways that make it less flexible. I…
Sorry AM, I just jumped in and didn't read everything because per was nonstop moaning about polycount etc etc. I find it a bit weird you're not getting any job, even as remote artist as a temporary state until you can find better. I understadn you want to be a character artist and only a character artist, (maybe i'm wrong…
I will ask the character artist to post some screenshots of the mehes and UVs of the characters. Hope he can tell you more about what has happened at end of the production time. When I look at the characters closely, I think they also did some poly crunching beside the downsampling of the textures. I know that they had to…
Alright chaps, got a load of stuff to update you with tonight. I apoligise for the sketchy information relating to poly count on several of these pieces, but as I don't have a PC that can run 3DS max, i don't have the ability to check the poly count before i put work up for critique. I'll hopefully be rectifying that with…
Hi Dillon and welcome. Concerning the software you use, and please anyone correct me if you feel I'm wrong here, but I think it mostly comes down to what you know/what the studio you work for uses. I've not used much Cinema 4D but most of the people I know who use it work in advertising and digital media rather than games…
Hey @Eric Chadwick, No worries, its pretty difficult for me to get defensive. I completely agree with you that people can learn from the critiques of others. I do intend to make all of the critiques accessible to anyone interested for free as well to ensure the most people can learn as possible, especially if they arent in…
Ok, I'm going to shamelessly lift adam's scene breakdown format because dammit, he did it right. What I'm Trying to Do: - Produce a very competitive portfolio piece (this is the big one... I'm going on sixteen months unemployed and have to land some kind of job in my area very, very soon) - Transition from U3 Editor to UDK…
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I'm happy to unveil the latest project Pure3d had in the works for the past weeks. We did a real-time visualization for a french architecture client. Our task was to deliver a solid interactive visualization which shows the final real estate look near the french town of "Warmeriville". Some elements needed to be directly…
Hello, Polycount! As many of you probably have felt as well - sometimes making a game is more fun than playing one. That is why me and my friend, Oskar Selin, is working on a side project when the mood strikes. Since we are both artists (I'm an animator and Oskar is the 3d artist) we both have to learn and make the…