Note: Can skip my needless rambling, pics below. Its been a while since I've had anything to post up online for critique, however in the past 6 months I've probably done more game-art than I had in the entire 6 years prior. Last spring I decided to talk my friend into having me create the mod 'MIDEAST CRISIS 2' for him,…
HOLY CRAP THIS LOOKS AWESOME! http://udk.com/news-beta-jun2011 June 2011 UDK Beta Upgrade Notes New Foliage Editor * Quickly paint instanced foliage and decoration using the new foliage system. * Meshes and settings to be used by the foliage painting tool can be set up in the foliage editor, which is enabled through the…
Originally posted at procgen.wordpress.com In this post I discuss the pros and cons of using procedural generation (ProcGen). This type of analysis is a good way for you to understand when you should use it and it varies depending on what you want to do. Some case examples in my previous post here. The root cause for some…
Hey guys. I just wanted to create a thread as a guide for anyone who's been approached to work on a Ticket item and is wondering about how to deal with such offers. Hopefully this guide will help you avoid common mistakes and set realistic expectations as to what you might get out of offering your item/items as ticket…
Hi guys, I'm new to this forum, but have been a regular on GameDev.net for nearly 10 years. I'm a software developer residing near Seattle who is looking for a partner who can produce quality, "low-fidelity" art that has unique style. By "low-fidelity" I mean that the types of games and platforms I would most like to…
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For the final presentation I have gone with a 70/80’s feel to fit with the selected asset which looks well used and worn. Final model is 5774 faces and textures for the handplane are 2k. Final Image 1 Final image 2 Wireframe Bake maps Final maps Feedback Bake times - 4k maps with 16x Super Sample (unless stated) Normal -…
Hey guys, I was recently talking with a buddy of mine, and he mentioned he never used cavity maps before. He uses AO of course, but just never got around to using Cavity. I think a lot of people are not aware of Cavity maps so I thought I would share my notes, and personal settings I use for cavity maps. (I make notes of…
Hey all, I've finally been able to [make time to] convert my 3dsMax tools for UE4 to Maya! Now you can maximize your workflow! GREG'S TOOLS v1.0.0 (name pending) Install: Be sure to get the most recent versions of the script (Last Updated: 10/31/14) Install the tool into the /Documents/maya/scripts Load in the script…
I love my job, I really like what I do and I couldn't be more happy with the pay, benefits and perks. But like every job there are a few downsides to it. So I'm at work watching my system render out 9720 frames of mini-cinematic animations at 15min a frame. Breaks down to roughly 100 days of nothing but straight rendering.…