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Re: originality, paintovers et al.
In production, I'm all for it. From an environment artist's perspective, its all about figuring out a scene before you spend the expensive art time on it, so it is only used as a conceptualizing tool anyway. It's an awesome time saver. For a portfolio, not so much. I remember seeing someone's portfolio a while back, and… -
Re: Introducing myself... (RE-UPDATED with DEMOREEL)
Just to be extremely blunt and honest, the website is horrible. The 2d art looks like first week college work. Anyone can take a picture and put text on it. The 3D work is extremely bland and uninspired. There is a lack of both technical and artistic skill in anything. The Unreal environment is a box... I could throw that… -
Re: dealing with the death of a friend...
Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm with ya man, I lost a friend a couple of months ago to a car accident and had to put my cat Wilma of 22 years down over the weekend. I've been really moody and depressed as of late as a result. We all grieve differently and I think it's important to not question how you feel. Just because… -
Re: Downtown Manhattan (UDK)
Will you be updating this environment so that something in there is iconic NYC? Its the little things that'll get you here. Crosswalk lights and garbage cans aren't anywhere to be found. Street signs,Village Voice boxes next to the newspaper boxes, etc. The largest icon you'd be able to see looking out of the city from… -
Re: DSLR help?
We've got a big thread for general DSLR advice here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79655 I will say one thing though, the OP is concerned with not only texture reference but using his camera for general purpose photography, in which case a DSLR, mirrorless, or a high end point & shoot like the Sony RX100… -
Re: ASIDE FROM VIDEOGAMES AND ART, what makes you happy in life?
I have the kids. Spend time with them. Play around and watch them grow. Then I am trying to not collect games after I shed my collection (Oddessy low serial number with original packaging/equipment to PS3). I like making things, science stuff, catching animals or watching them, smashing things, racing cars and fixing them,… -
Re: Male character - meet 'Verrus'
I'm using everything as a reference. A portrait photo for the features, a book of photos covering surface anatomy on the muscles, pictures of body builders and well proportioned men, sometimes even my own hands and feet. You should have seen the look my sister's boyfriend gave me when I started eying him and asked if he… -
Re: Marmoset Toolbag 1.10 Official support thread
Questions about the skytool, or making seamless panoramas in general: I know how to create HDR Panoramas for image based lighting, but 1: How do you capture the sky and floor so they don't pinch? I shoot my panoramas in landscape mode. 2: Will shooting them in portrait mode eliminate the pinching problem? 3: I use a Nikor… -
Re: Female study, Jessica Alba
Hmm...What software are you using for this? Max? Do you have more info about whats wrong with the normal map? Id have thought its as simple as plugging your map into the bump texture slot and switching it to a Normal Tangent. Maybe theres something in Vray youre meant to adjust, but I wouldn't have a clue about that.… -
Re: Finding it confusing to land a job.
I find your 3D pieces to be stronger than your 2D art. And even when looking at that, what stands out to me is your pieces lack PBR texturing. For example, even though your portrait has realistic lighting and subtle bump mapping, the character lacks any real spec/roughness information. If it weren't for the eyes and the…
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