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Re: Do you try to avoid the Chinese Room?
What you're talking about seems to run parallel to the monkey ladder climbing experiment. Basically "I don't know — that's how things are done around here" I personally encourage everyone to stop and ask a lot of probing questions whenever they run into that mentality. That's not popular in Chinese culture and its a big… -
Re: How would you make these stones in Designer???
Designer is pretty bad at this sort of thing but a couple of thoughts spring to mind... If you start with a tile random using a small number of tiles you could use that to mask other pattern generators together. Combine that with vector displacement and you might get close to what you want. Alternatively the 3d worley… -
Real or CG? Can you tell?
I'm sure you guys have seen these around, but I thought it was fun. It's a online quiz to see if you can tell the difference between photos and 3d renders. I got 12 out of 12, bi**hes [Yes, first try]. What about you? http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/fakeorfoto/challenge/ You can click the images to enlarge them. -
Re: How much do you charge for a 3d model ?
It works exactly like this. Obviously if you bullshit your client he might find out and gets pissed and goes somewhere else. Just be honest and charge a honest rate. There is no pricelist for assets. An asset can be between a day or months of work, it all depends on the style, quality, complexity, amount of iterations and… -
Re: How do you beat artist's block?
I think there are a couple of causes of artistic block - fear of failure and lack of inspiration. The first one happens when you put undue pressure on yourself before starting a piece. You say to yourself 'this is going to be the BEST thing I've ever done' and immediately there can be a pressure that makes you overly aware… -
Re: Simple, artist friendly version control?
You're right, I should add that we're developing it actively and currently use it at our studio for 2+ years now. While we were building it to improve our pipeline internally, we realized it's this is also problem a handful of other Artists and Studios had so we spun it off into an open source project of its own. The… -
Re: How to trust programmers you meet on the Internet
This strikes me as a little shady: "point the Steam, App Store, etc, accounts at the endpoint for your contract on this website, and the website will automatically deposit the right amount in everybody's bank account whenever checks arrive" Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe the only way to handle that right now… -
Art, Models, and Critique What do you guys think?
Hi everyone my name is Nick Adams from PolyKnight Games we are currently working on InnerSpace a game we have brought to KickStarter to see if it's worth making. Today I am asking for a little of the PolyCount communities time to see what you guys think! I know you guys are all professionals or aspiring to be better in… -
Re: How do you make normal map for belt, buckles, ... ?
You can do it either way, really just depends on your needs. Unless the item is replaceable (ie: you can unequip it) I would probably just make them all a single object. Making them separate objects is fine, but you may end up with penetrating meshes during animation if you aren't careful with how you lay out your… -
Re: How to write cover letter if you are self-taught junior 3D artist?
To be honest, that's super boring and generic. That's basically what every cover letter guideline will tell you to write for any job. Try to make your cover letter a bit more unique to you. Briefly mention how you left your career production artist in order to peruse a career in games, that you're self taught trying to…
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