This book is cheap and is the best about this subject, in my opinion. [ame="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Lighting-Rendering-2nd-Edition/dp/0321316312"]Amazon.com: Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition) (9780321316318): Jeremy Birn: Books[/ame]
Now that's more clear :) So , at this time, you should not worry *at all* about any specifics of "hard surface modeling for weapons". All you need to focus on is very lightweight lowpoly modeling, capturing forms without even bothering thinking about subdiv. Because once you know how to do that very well, THEN there are a…
Try turning off the compression on the normal map, using the defer compression option. http://d2d04grx5ahzvh.cloudfront.net/000_QuickTips/038_UDK_Optimizing_Textures/Lods_settings.jpg
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/George-Martins-Thrones-4-Book-Boxed/dp/0345529057/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310483999&sr=1-1[/ame] I hope this is the one.
Honestly, the best thing you can do is find a couple Photography books, in particular Landscape photography books, and study those. Start researching landscape painters and study their paintings asking yourself what mood they're portraying and more importantly, how they are doing it. I know it feels like I'm suggesting…
I think the opacity from the roots are extending too far out. I found this breakdown helpful(https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lakRG). the opacity at the roots only extends a small amount into the main bulk of the hair. I agree with TeriyakiStyle. I think there needs to be some layers. You can try looking at the tutorial…
The modeling looks pretty solid from what I can tell. The texture needs work. Repeating rifles especially the Winchesters are typically made of a few types of metal depending on their purpose in the gun. It depends on who made it and when. Some have a hexagon shaped barrel which can help bring some detail to what can be a…
@junky [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Economics-Undressing-Dismal-Science/dp/0393324869/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265175073&sr=8-1[/ame] [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Economics-One-Lesson-Shortest-Understand/dp/0517548232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265175315&sr=1-1[/ame] a couple of books I read that you might…
I've been using a vertical mouse for a while now, and I love it, though it looks a bit weird, it's helped lot with wrist pain after extended periods of modelling and I find it a lot more comfortable. I'm using one of these: http://www.deluxworld.com/en/productdetail.aspx?ID=277&MenuID=030303020101 But there are a couple of…