From my point of view, firstly decide whether this piece is purely decorative or votive. In other words the former could belong anywhere indoors or out but typically if the latter, then most often an object of devotion will reside in a purpose built covered shrine which generally determines what level of patina, to apply.…
Anisotropy and some kind of subsurface / volumetric scattering make a world of difference. If you already have anisotropy on in the shader, you'll need to play around with your roughness values and anisotropic amount a bit, as it's not at all visible in your shots.
Hello polycount, I wanted to share an indie project that I am working on with a friend. I've been a little hesitant about posting about my game because there are so many amazing artists on here that make me look amateur in comparison but I've decided I'm just going to have to grow some tough skin. If you happen to be…
Huge congratulations this time around to the 2nd Place winners for the Brawl Contest. Lot's of hard work and creativity went in to them and its paid off quite well! Congratulations you two! As you may remember, the judges were sent the Top 5 FIGHTERS and Top 5 STAGES as voted on by the Polycount Community. From there, they…
Wondering about that as well, guessing triangle count - i.e. minimum and maximum limit? As an example for a vehicle: "Vehicle: 2 triangles -2k - 50k Lived-in, usable, wow factor, this can also be a mount!" ...fairly tight if you're used to working with 100k+ budgets but obviously this challenge after all is an exercise in…
Hi My name is Sean I am extremely new to udk , while I know very little about udk I know a great deal about modeling and level design. My experience comes from making custom maps for halo 2 vista. Although an old engine it is capable of making some pretty nice stuff and I learned a great deal about tags and shaders and…
The Concept A new sport has taken the World by storm. With a history that diverted from ours thousands of years ago, the superpowers of today are radically different. Sioux Indians hold North America, Vikings rule much of Europe and Russia, The Japanese have taken much of Asia and the Egyptians hold Africa... and for the…
How can a job be entry level if you're expected to already have up to half a decade's experience? Did they mean like, they expect you to have done non-character art jobs for that long beforehand? My impression of character art was that it's different enough from, say, general prop modeling that you can't just hop from…
Solid Enviornment Par, Here is what I'd do to get this to the next level. Introduce another light color, the warm/cool combo is always a winner. Your current lighting skews to all warm, and thus isn't very visually appealing or interesting to look at. ThisisVictoria already mentioned and gave solid direction but thought…
As Trackmania Sunrise will hit the stores soon (April 6th 2005 in Europe), you'll be able to make you own custom cars (within the limitations). I consider that the same as a "PPM" , but with a car mesh. Trackmania has a strong multiplayer component (and a great community), custom skins are already heavily used (especially…