I would say the difference between the wear in the reference and the wear on your image is that the reference has more natural wear, whereas yours looks like scratches. There is a huge difference between the two. If think of it in terms of history, rather than sole observation; lots of hands have touched that gun and every…
I do use Linux everyday for 8 years now. OS wise, you'll have to learn how the system works and it's going to be a bit tough the first few weeks because it's quite different than mac OS and windows, mainly because it's not an all-in-one package. You have the freedom to choose between a _lot_ of path for your system, the…
The textures were all grey , they were just picking up the incredibly blue lighting really well also my environment colour was a dark blue, which didn't help... I TOTALLY hear you on this, but when I was re-designing the colour scheme to be more modern scifi, I just didn't feel that It was matching the almost 90's scifi…
the general modelling and topology process between game and film isn't radically different. One influences the asset is the pipeline and final output. Both will require clean geometry and good even topology, and both will also use things like LODs. Games however, even on high end engines, will require a tighter budget to…
Thanks! Seaseme: The most difficult part was probably figuring out the engine, im used to working with frostbite, and cryengine uses a completely different setup. I also found myselfe using an older version of cryengine and switched to a newer one, which messed up alot of the inengine stuff, that was a big timesink to get…
This is pretty much the answer. Every software has it's highs and lows and most every software can be customized to fit exactly what you want to do with it and how you use it. It may seem daunting to learn a new program and drop one you're comfortable with but that is life. Become adaptable and learn another program, the…
Hi guys. I had some things to do IRL and had to pause a bit this project. When I came back to it, I decided to start over after watching some tutorials on using a modular workflow. The blockout looked alright but it was not really well thought-of for each piece. So this time I worked first on the texture using a grid…
kill: feeling your fine artist oats these days? i wouldn't disagree with your observations, but all that really doesn't change the basic nature of concept art and design. design is still about communication, not making pretty pictures in and of themselves, however much more some concept artists seem to be getting into the…
Usually texture artists will only enter contests (or start doing textures) in their spare time if they have an idea or a theme for their own personal gratification. Having to enter a contest and then being told that the texture MUST resemble a very specific theme (in this case, C&C NOD troops), will alienate a huge amount…
ninjas dont be a dork. you are insulting for insults sake. I very well know all of the figures you spoke of. i hate protesters, not people who actually accomplish things. i'm not a nazi, i just can't stand groups of stupid people making public protests of insignifigant crap and disrupting others normal lives. people always…