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Re: Jeep CJ66 - Unreal Engine 4 - Custom Normals - Substance Designer [WIP]
So these assets are much more expensive at runtime then traditional modelling. That is the tradeoff for the freedom of not having to make a high poly model and deal with baking and whatnot. Your vert count and shader cost will be substantially more expensive then a standard high->low bake method. You have lots of material… -
Re: More jobs for artists??
You'd lose money on that bet Pak. We divide the tasks up as much as we can here into people specialized in hi poly, in texturing ,in animating, in rigging, in materials, in FX. This move to subdividing the process is vital to ensuring we continue forward as an industry because technology is becoming incredibly complicated… -
Re: Enlighten real-time radiosity
deferred shading IS NOT SAME AS indirect lighting indirect lighting takes the scene's geometry into account, whilst deferred shading can only lit what is "visible" in the current frame. With deferred shading the main benefit is indeed that you can do multiple lights on screen at much lower costs. The major drawback is that… -
Re: What's the most important for being a character artist?
One thing you could do, is depending on what style/level of characters you have in your current portfolio, you could apply for positions in companies that do not need the kind of requirements that say naughty dog requires of their character artists. As in if you were applying for a company that does children's animations,… -
Re: the Art in 3d Art?
There's artisanship and art, and within art you have fine art and commercial art; i.e. art that's created with the intention of making a sale. Most games are commercial. Only few game devs can make games not caring for their games financial success and just let the dev cycle follow a grand artistic vision that doesn't care… -
Re: Which universities are good for game arts
@ - JacqueChoi - hello, do you offer lecturer exchanges? swap over for a week? I would love to come and see Montreal I know loads of old work colleagues that are working their now. In return I can show you around beautiful Hertfordshire/London. @ [Neox - QUOTE= I would really like to know which Uni's would still teach some… -
Re: Environment Workflow
Untrue, having worked at Bungie I can tell you that they use Max for the majority of things, and a few use Maya. These are mostly the animators, FX artists and a character artist or two. While there during Reach every Environment artist used Max. The tools Justin linked are very much like the tools we used for Unwrapping… -
Re: Judging ability, Self Promotion, and Being Humble
I feel like I've been given a lot of things I don't deserve in life. Other people might have a different approach, but here's my personal take on it: First: I judge my own work, try to get a handle on how good it is, but sometimes I'll do something I love, and it gets no response. If I had the freedom to please myself and… -
Re: Zbrush 4r7 Discussion
I test drive mudbox every couple of years to see how it is going and every time I do I come away with an appreciation for how quick zbrush is, even on average machines. A simple thing like going up and down in sub levels can be a real chore in other software. I give part time instruction and atm my 4th year students are… -
Re: Driving to a studio to apply in person - Good idea, bad idea?
I'm just here to blow a little burst in the bubble sorrounding Arch Viz. I'm currently working as an intern at an Arch Viz/Visualization firm and I've been there for the last 2 years. First things first, you are not an architect.. You are a 3d craftsman just like any game artist. Neither me or my coworkers are forced to…
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