I'm following some ZBrush tutorials on panel loops and everything I find seems to assume that I already have panel loops activated but I do not. I don't even seem to have the Edge Loop tab that so many tutorials reference. So how do I activate this?
This is looking great so far! I think the primary thing that could really increase the image quality is to study Composition, and decide how you want people to view the piece. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Concept_Fundamentals#Composition After that, I think looking more at real world references would help you see what…
Hi everyone, here's a brief lighting update. :) Been spending quite a bit of time tweaking the lighting lately, mainly adjusting the sun angle and experimenting with different moods for the canyon environment. It’s interesting how much the entire scene changes just from relatively small adjustments. Some setups looked good…
I am wondering if in Maya there is a "Adjust Loops" tool similar to 3ds Max. When you pick a loop and use the up and down arrows it pinches or expands the edges on either side of selected loop.
It's an annoying quirk for sure. The multi cut and quad draw loop mode behave the same, and sometimes try to loop "inverted" to where you're actually hovering over. Generally it wants to create a closed loop whenever there's a crossroad as seen on your ear. One workaround is to prematurely stop the loop by creating an edge…
To flip individual channels, hit the lil cogs icon next to "Normals" in your last screenshot. Y should be green unless you're mistaken. Please be patient while I practice my gas lighting effects. As for the idea itself of using non-square textures generally, TIL it's no longer a bad idea to do as long as you stick with…
looks pretty good overall, although i would try to avoid that pole right between the eyebrows. you could probably run the loop from the centre of the nose all the way up over the top of the head, and have a bit cleaner geometry in between the eyebrows there.
Hi!! After fighting for a couple of hours, I finally found a technique for terminate support loops in Zmodeler ( So instead of having 3 loops in a supporting edge, you have one). With this technique you have less edge loops going through your mesh, and doesn't distort the curved parts of your mesh. And it smooths…
You would need to add edge loops on the curve before and after the area with pulling. It also looks like you could get away with using a separate piece of geometry for the inset area.
I'm still here. For the past five days, I've been learning Material Maker and Nodes from scratch, and I've had to experiment a lot since there weren't many tutorials available. Please take a look at my texture for the walkway. If you have any comments or suggestions for improvement, feel free to let me know. In the…