Nearly done I think. Got bogged down this past month trying to make the switch from maya to max, which was rather painful. Fixed the ambient occlusion and pulled back the black lines a ton. Still looks like it needs work. Tweaking post, materials, and some panel configurations for the lobby. Added a LUT, though not sure if…
You can plug it into any slot you want once it is the motherboards primary SATA chipset. I would go ahead and plug it into the same slot your hard drive is currently in, leaving the hard drive unplugged, install windows on the SSD since sometimes the installer can get a bit annoyed if there is an existing windows…
He's great. The feathers are coming off a bit like fish scales though. For a character this stylised, I reckon you might be better off losing the feather detail entirely and just running with a mostly smooth colour with perhaps a few hints of feathers here and there and perhaps a bit more detail around break points like…
Like what you've got going so far, great sense of scale overall. I think the birds with the black tipped wings should be scaled down, right now their wing span looks almost as big as that of the smaller ships. The water seems too clear, like you can almost see all the way to the ocean floor (unless you plan on doing…
Figured out my disappearing triangles issue, I guess it was sorting. Broke off the fins then reattached them in the modeler and it works. I feel like less of a newb now. ;) This fish is 40 feet long! Shadows break completely if you turn culling off for double-sidedness, resulting in mega banding artifacts. (Though I could…
I'm not sure of the purpose in posting stories about other terrible jobs. Should I talk about Bangladesh teenagers who break apart large ocean ships in a toxic junkyard? Arguably that job is much worse (and more dangerous) than fishing for crab. We get it: working on RDR wasn't the worst job in the world. But I'd have to…
Location isn't specifically, it's more the saturation of people looking for jobs - I use Vancouver as an example because it has 4-5 pretty high end training schools for CG / Animation - They churn out people, probably 60-70 per month combined. With the amount of the Vancouver work force laid off in the past 6-8 months…
The reflections in the windows are trippy. Very "fish-eye lense" looking. Also I'm not sure windows are that reflective at these angles. Maybe some more fresnel effect would look nice? Anyway I really like the lighting so far. It looks pretty realistic. One thing that might be fun to add would be panning lights and…
I´ve been checking this thread for a while now. Amazing stuff! Finally I have something to share with you rock lovers :) This is going to be my next project and I made this rock formation that I´m going to turn into modular blocks. It´s going to be deep sea kind of environment with beautiful mermaids and angler fishes. My…
Sweet! More than I thought. I will for sure be going to all the major Brazilian trade shows. Maybe I will have a chance to meet up with some of you guys there! In the meantime, if you know anyone looking for a job, let me know. We're hiring up a second team in June / July. All positions. So far, Manaus is interesting. The…