Second environment artist here, my job is to create the Research and development wing of the space station. I have tasked myself with creating multiple unique rooms within the area, with a satellite in the middle, that is being built. For the first couple of days, I wanted to lock down the centrepiece of the room - a…
Hey! Good start! Welcome to the world of organic topology. This is going to sound a bit harsh but I would suggest starting over at this point. This model has lots of weird topology and your edge loops are not going to deform properly. When the shoulders move for example there should be a flow of edges... almost like a…
Well, I've posted it now, for some reason I'm getting weird vertigo from just looking at my screen right now, so I decided that the 6th draft would be enough. I'm gonna quickly walk through my thought processes behind the piece though as I feel I should. The initial concept was basically me asking myself the question of…
The question is a bit of an oxymoron - high end laptops that are good for 3D tend to have beefy, high power consumption CPUs and GPUs. So if you want something really efficient it would be an M1 Macbook Air. But that's not a particularly good machine for 3D work. What is more important to you, low power use, or high end…
I thought it would be helpful to new users in particular to share how I've customized my Modo for direct modeling and UVing Unreal Engine 4 game assets: Preferences Defaults > Animation Frames per Second = NTSC (30.0) Defaults > Application Group Selection Cmds = Uncheck Item Index Style = Item_2 Defaults > Auto Save Time…
So first off, it's not horrible for a first attempt. I know it can be difficult learning on your own. I started teaching myself 3D about 3 yrs ago, and figuring out what you need to learn in what order can be tough. My first suggestion since you lack fundage is Mari Non-Commercial license. I forget what the limitations are…
I teach game design at an institution that has not yet been mentioned here. I fully agree with most of these posts - for $70K - $80K for a Bachelor's is outrageous - I got my Master's from a traditional university for less than $30K - less than a decade ago. However, my degree is not in "Game Design" but in "Technology,"…
Firebert: Thanks, yeah, the whole time I was texturing I was telling myself not to go overboard with the dirt and scratches, but its hard to resist sometimes. I backed it off a little; but next time I'll be more careful. Rumkugel: Awe man, where were you when I was doing the high poly. Those are great EO tech references.…
The Fall 2019 registration period for CGMA is coming to an end in just 1 week. CGMA has been providing accessible and affordable online arts education for almost a decade. Master artists in the Art, Games, and VFX industries have been recruited by the academy to lead their 6 – 10 week courses. These artists are also…
The Spring 2019 registration period for CGMA is coming to an end in just 2 weeks. CGMA has been providing accessible and affordable online arts education for almost a decade. Master artists in the Art, Games, and VFX industries have been recruited by the academy to lead their 6 – 10 week courses. These artists are also…