Actually all of the grain should flow vertical like the box on the right side, as that's part of the box's strength. If they flowed horizontal, then a box would be crushed more easily when stacked.
A scene I have been working on... Still way too early. I am trying vertext painting on this project. Not quite sure if I am heading into the right direction..
@iConstruct- really nice execution. though I`d increase the frequency of your waves. right now they look really large, making your scene seem smaller than it is
That's sweet Xoliul, takes me right back. You should totally drop it into carmageddon 2 for some oldschool vehicular carnage :), and i love that cyclops arshlevon, awesome sculpt.
Drew++: Realy nice work on that gun, altough the render is a bit to flat for my liking. Just wondering, on the wirers you have posted, the R and such is made by floating geo, right?
Screaming cool stuff I see in here :) Here is a wip fanart... It would be cool to hear some crits... is perspective right.. what to do with the shading.. and clothes.. you kno'.. (=:
Nah, he sits right next to me at work so that'd be kinda silly. He did this at work too, it was set for us to do as practice, but he did it last year :)
@pantsyuu: yeah, I think your model is part of the problem, proportions wise. Eyelashes will help. Maybe your skin is too saturated, the right is a bit yellow. Left is too glossy.