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Re: First Digital Painting
Yeah, try to focus on drawing without using the soft brushes. Overuse of such a tool is sort of a "trademark of the beginner," like the smudge tool (though many professionals can use it properly and well) or filters. However I would say it is a splendid start and of course encourage you to carry on. Draw from reference,… -
Re: Environment concepts?
I'm working as a concept artist on an indie project now. One thing I think is important is to draw a few pictures of each environment. The first one I try to keep simple and basic. It has all the things I know I want to be in the level, and I do color scheme and structures/ecology. From there I break out elements or make… -
Re: Tree texturing
^^ Great for masks Never leave the raw image with the black backgroud, always make the background a green colour that blurs with the leaves, otherwise you can get horrible fringing in the mips. Also, try to fit the uvs/polygons as close to the branch shape as possible to cut down on the number of pixels you are testing… -
[3DSMAX] Something similar to Blender Mesh-machine Offset Cut?
There is a very fast workflow in Blender to simulate smooth intersections of booleans by using offset cut. It does not create nice geometry, but it works visually. Is there any sort of script that can replicate something like this in 3dsmax? If I export meshes that have a Meshmachine offset-cut from Blender to 3dsmax the… -
requesting a 3dsmax modifier?
how would i go about requesting a 3dsmax modifier that i think could be fairly beneficial/time saving? i'm aware there are some tech artists here who could do it but i don't know any of you well enough (sorry) to ask personally. and i feel like if i post it on the autodesk forums it'll just be lost in the noise. what i… -
Portfolio Dilemma
Hi everyone, I have a slight dilemma putting my portfolio together. Basically, I have been working as an illustrator for a few years, with some authorial/editorial illustration work as well as stand alone drawings which I exhibit and sell, but recently have been focusing on learning 3D Game Art and building an… -
Re: Chest of Drawers - First Render (looking for critiques)
Now fill those draws with some clothes and texture this bad boy up. Have some clothing draping over the edge of the open draws and put something on top like a photo frame or flowers. It's a great start! -
Re: How can I make powerlines?
slightly beyond the scope of the discussion.... @ codies they had very impressive power lines in Colin McRae (though might have been f1 memory is a bit hazy :) ) , IIRC it was done as antialiased curves drawn as postprocessing effect.... It had the benefit of a nice smooth line with no vert corners and none of the… -
Re: How to convert SketchUp's Triangles to Quads?
Okay guys, I've found a way nonetheless, if anyone want to convert triangles to quads in sketchUp you should do these things: (examples are in attachments) 1-First of all in sketchUp try to use your draw tool to make reasonable quads for your model. 2-Use Groups and Component a lot to separate shapes, this create new… -
Re: An Environment Artist reading list (actual books (made from trees))
Not sure how specific to Environment Art you want this list to be but books on Architectural and Design theory are extremely important. Also, the Uncharted 2 Art book only has one chapter devoted to environment art, the rest is mostly character related art - still a great book though despite that disproportionate balance.…
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