It's because the original poster was asking about what subjects to study in college. It's true that a degree doesn't really matter in games. The guy with the better demo is going to get the job, whether he has a degree or not. However, academic CS instruction can be very helpful. Not required, but helpful. Your earlier…
Tutorials/courses are good for picking up techniques. I think it is good to try to do a lot of them and see similar things done from multiple different people. I think getting models from games and reverse engineering them is good to help keep you from focusing efforts in the wrong places. That can be important too.…
Help Needed – Weird Artifacts When Baking High Poly to Low Poly in Substance Painter Hi everyone, I'm currently facing an issue when baking a high poly mesh onto a low poly mesh in Substance Painter. Strange artifacts keep appearing in the baked maps, and I can't figure out what's causing them. I've already double-checked…
The problem with this topic (which comes up often !) is that it is almost always worded very broadly, which in turn leads to oversimplification and people's advice being misinterpreted. I don't blame you for asking though, as it is quite a complex subject ! Direwolf put it very nicely. Form solving is one task ; topology…
Working together with the art leads, designers, and animators, the Senior Character Artist is responsible for creating visually stunning 3d characters and interactive gameplay models that both closely capture the "look" and artistic style of the concept art, as well as efficiently satisfy all technical engine and animation…
I'm using a student version of 3DS Max 2011 and there's a licensing problem. I was planning on doing some high poly modeling during break today (I'm using 3ds max on a laptop). So I click the icon and it says 3DS Max 2011 is initializing. After a few seconds my computer's battery decides to die on me. So I plug in the…
So...I already explained it on the forums, but it wasn't the first time I asked that and nobody answered it, so here's the post: "I'm facing that classic bug that apparently no one has solved to this day. Leaves are completely unlit when a spotlight is near to them (I tested with other light types and this only happens…
Hello there! My name is Nathan and
after thinking long and hard I decided on designing a new skin AND create a splash for
our favourite space puppy, Aurelion Sol. We've seen a few Dark Star
skins already, and what better way to honour our star's fall from
grace, than by transforming his ethereal being into a literal…
I'm looking for help with 3D modeling for my low poly game. You play as an elderly man who struggles to remember his past. The game takes place across multiple environments created within the main characters head. Each environment reveals parts of the main characters life as you slowly learn who you are. Any help with…