SSAO/HBAO might be happening if you have it turned on. http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/17944910/engineer%E2%80%99s-workshop-anti-aliasing-lighting-2-12-2015 Vertex colors can be used on terrain and very big objects in WoW.
Theres a pretty interesting comparison in that Naughty Dog Art Direction powerpoint posted a while back. It's about 80% of the way through it (of course the whole thing is very much worth checking out!). Found here: http://cmpmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o1/vault/gdc10/slides/Pangilinan_Erick_Uncharted2ArtDirection.pdf
The colour is a bit off, partly because of lighting. It would be neat if I can allocate the screws to follow the edges, instead of splattering the same decal around to get the pattern. Its around 80% done. Just some small tweaks to more closely mimic the original.
holy crap! Go me! I was just guessing because the last clue put me in an 80s mindset, and the corner of the map seemed like it could have been the 'dont touch it its evil' rock from the final scene... new clue coming soon!
Thanks man! I'm trying to make it look like a sort of metal chassis around cutout sections showing internal wiring, coils etc. All guts to give it that homebrew sci-fi look like the props in Back to the Future, Ghostbusters and 80's hardware.
Agree with Achillesian - If you scaled down their heads 80% they'd look more in proportion. Also Dr M's dong needs a bigger schlong - at least from how I remember him in the film - and the audience reaction every time they did a wide shot of him.
That usually does 80% of the work for blending stuff. The thing that still stumps me is the clashing of vertex normals between the intersecting mesh and the terrain/other meshes that cause lighting seams. It appears that Dice may have developed a specific lighting model or shader to get around that.
haven't had a chance to really do much since the last time I posted, I skipped out on a concert tonight so I could get some art done! this was about 80 minutes in ArtRage. edit: here's the video: http://vimeo.com/9577107
I was glad to see a band mentioned from the SST lable: Black Flag, Descendents, Husker Du etc. Maybe not the greatest but they laid some serious influence down for youngsters like me in the 80's when radio was slouching hardcore. Keep on truckin danr-
Bjork , sigur ros, Radiohead, Thom Yorke's solo album, Tool, some Ol' Wu-Tang, anything produced by Muggs or the Rza. And been diggin on some late 80's early 90's hip hop lately. Back when the shit was good.