What's the budget for that model? If you can afford to spend 3 tris for the tube then you can do it, I would model the circular part. 5 or six sided cylinder. If you can't afford it, paint it.. I don't get why you are defining the tie and not the jacket though. Although considering how low you are making this I would go…
I'm trying to get a bit more speed out of my computer without too much investment and thought I would get more then my 2 GB ram. My problem is that I can't quite figure out what they mean about the max ram for the motherboard. Its either that it can only have 2 gb ram or 2gb ram in each of the two slots. Wlso what kind of…
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a procedural bush plant in Houdini 18. We will start with the generation of the stems whose height depends on the height of the boxes selected as input. The methods used in the tutorial offer full control over the shape of the whole plant and at the same time it keeps a natural…
Hello Polycount! My name is Mike Ackerman, and I am a senior at Champlain College. Currently I am gearing up to join the excellent profession of Game Art and Animation, which I am really excited about. I believe that Champlain has an excellent program for teaching its students about Game Development. We have three tracks -…
The folks at Allegorithmic are ready to start announcing the Top 10 winners of the THRONE ROOM contest they held here at Polycount. It was a massive, massive contest that saw 500 threads get made and 111 entries submitted. For an environment art contest that is huge! Congratulations to all those who participated and…
Hello I am currently developing a new FF game which is based from FF 8 which is one of my fav games of all time. I am new to game designing I am a musician who wants to build a great team of dedicated game engineers artist and designers to help me create this epic vision and create history just for the love and passion of…
Rising End is a Multiplayer Online Hack & Slash game with a great diversity of game play styles that will take you on a amazing journey, revealing tons of story and cinematic as you battle among your enemies or even each other. http://risingend.com/ We are in the process of looking for investors and have much of the…
Hi! I thought to make this thread to discuss what to include in a portfolio presentation and how much is needed to start applying to job opportunities. I've noticed a lot of variation in portfolio content and presentation and have collected a few examples of artist portfolios at various levels. To start here is my…
After 23 years doing CG, I took an extended break in 2012. Some of this was due to various life related reasons. Some of it was due to waning passion. Now, just over 8 years later, that passion seems to have been rekindled and I'm looking to get back into the game. Here's my dilemma, if that's what you can call it: In that…
My name is Jacob. I am the developer of Deadly Dungeons for Android. I have worked with artists from Polycount in the past. I am looking for a 3d modeler who can make models for racers and scenery in a game I'm teaming up to develop. It is currently titled Wind Chasers. The game is similar to Wipeout and F-Zero games. You…