I came to Pcount around 1999 or so. I was working at a "3d Content Boutique" that made its bread and butter doing visualization for architects. I was hired to do everything and anything else. When the tech buble burst the local architects tightened their belts- our company did a nosedive. I pushed for a transition to…
dude man, you should give each object its own texture instead of having it all on one sheet. example: a column could be a 1024x256 given its height vs width. the altar could be a 512x512, the throne itself a 1024x1024 with tiling textures used for the walls and floor. all on one sheet like this is bad bad bad :P if your…
the mmo bashing was a bit too much, considering the trailer speaks so well on its own without that. It's better to keep it to how your game is good, not how you think everyone elses is bad :) Changing instance zones looks according to the quest results is not what I call a dynamic persistant world, considering it will only…
I have a severe food allergy to some specific forms of gluten/wheat gluten. I don't know what kind, but I know certain things that set it off. Any bread from Subway for example, sets my stomach on a stampede. But bread from Gandolfo's doesn't do anything to my stomach. For the longest time, doctors kept telling me I'm just…
So I am having an issue that I have not had before. When I want to cut out difficult shapes, or shapes on a plane I usually use circle for example to draw over with the cut tool. Somehow this partly does not work anymore. It works in a new file, on a new object. It also works on an old file, but only when I have the…
Our research lab is looking for an artist who can model a variety of kitchen tools that we'll be using as a dataset. Currently, we have a list of specific object types (bread knife, chef's knife, etc.) and for each type we need a few dozen models (12 - 36). The models should be recognizable and consistent with real world…
Hey Guys I know this is mainly focused on game art, and game artists but, I was doing cgi for film and tv and commercials for almost 10 years now, so pre- rendered stuff. And although I'm trying to switch in to the real time world as Character modeler, my bread and butter are still projects related to pre - rendered…
Heh, I knew there had to be a serious disconnect to have people claiming they were the greatest thing since sliced bread when the xNormal maps seemed so useless to me. Inverting the green channel did indeed fix the lighting issue with the xNormal map, it creating something akin to your 3rd example. The thicker maps in…
I spent the first 18 years of my life in Irvine... sigh. Thankfully now I'm out. - In N' Out. It's the greatest burger chain in the world. Ask any local about it and they'll tell you of its glories. - Irvine's a conservative stronghold, one of the few in California. - Some pretty good Viet and Chinese food nearby in Little…
Wow, didn't thinks that you guys will interested in the guiding me to push this work forward :smile: @BIGTIMEMASTER @Finnn, I agree with both of you, that might be I need to add some more details. BUT, due to the lack of experience - I can only see some points here: 1. Add marking to the shells 2. Add extra details (inset…