24 is not too old, I'm more than twice your age (...turn 57 in Feb next year) and even made a career change 18mths ago though out of necessity due in part to a workplace injury. Although non CG related it's a job that keeps hardcover overhead and food on the table which in turn similarly allows pursuit of my singular…
1-high and low poly should have the same siluet. objects view distance also matters. you want to avoid baking artifacts from objects thats closer to the camera. 2-biggest thing i learned was that there are multiple uv maps for a reason. you can uv map the same object for many different reasons. like adding extra details or…
I've always been interested in putting my own concepts and ideas into games, and recently I've been importing characters into Mario Kart Wii by rigging a model over and existing characters bones. I prefer to do the less common/underused characters as I feel it's more original and unique. There are a lot of characters I…
Good job, thank you for the post. it definitely gives me the vibes. i think small stones has way too many polygons for the space they cover. Also for the unique staircase parts you could use the trim sheet and maybe kept the bevels other than whole knew textureset. these are small changes but might add up. the candles and…
[19:58] Marine: house just shook O_o [19:58] Marine: not even that windy outside either [19:58] ElysiumGX: godzilla! [19:59] *** _fuse has joined #model_design. [19:59] Marine: or cloverfield [20:00] Asherr: marine: http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php...;gonew=1#UNREAD ? [20:01] ElysiumGX: wow, news travels fast
Hello everyone! HitPoint, Inc is currently looking for 2D character artists for the heavy metal, sci-fi influenced mobile game Hell Marys. -Good communication skills are an absolute must. This is meant to be a work from home position so artists must be able to communicate via email and Skype. -Artists must be excellent…
Hey everyone! Brian C. here. I'm going to attempt a simpe game character model execution (5k triangles is the ballpark), sculpting first and retopoing through 3Dcoat. And texturing and final render through Marmoset. So a portfolio stuffer. As much as I would love to doa fully armored space marine or an armored mage, like…
You learn by doing, not by watching youtube videos. That's entertainment. Your brain is more powerful than all the world's super-computers combined. It is an extremely advanced learning machine. It's your psychology which struggles to learn. In your head you make many nonsense problems which disrupt the learning process.…