Hey guys, I know this gets brought up a hell of a lot, and Ive gone over several of the threads concerning the fundamentals of Normal mapping but I just cant seem to wrap my head around it. I'm trying to bake out a desk that I work on for a scene I am creating for my portfolio - My workflow that I use is Maya (subdiv proxy…
Hi guys, after a long time from doing anything 2D or 3D I've decided to open up maya and photoshop again and do some work. Its been 4 years since I graduated university so I'm expecting to be massively rusty in both areas. My 3D work is much stronger than my 2D, so I'm hoping to improve in both areas but especially 2D,…
So I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who's looking to buy my current computer. The specs are as follows: AMD 64 4000+ 2.4ghz ASROCK Dual-SATA2 mobo 2 gigs Corsair Value RAM XFX Geforce 6800GT LiteOn P.O.S. CD Drive Seagate Barracuda 160 gig HDD Coolermaster Centurion Case Antec 550W Power Supply Totals: About…
Hey polyc, Recently decided to try my hand at making a photorealistic bust, i chose Jason Statham because im a big fan (especially of lock stock and two smoking barrels), and because i wouldnt really have to deal with the issue of hair. Anyway im having some real trouble and i desperately need some advice and crit from a…
This is for a game. Character Rig & Animation No of character to rig and animation: 1 (to begin with) Rig with body and face, Rig needs to be transferable to another character along with animation. All source files need to be submitted. Reference Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTQxY13vBk Breathing is needed for all…
Lumonix Releases ShaderFX 2.0 - The Node-Based Real-Time FX Shader Editor For 3ds Max. Dec. 6, 2007 - Lumonix Inc, today announced it is now offering version 2 of its unique ShaderFX plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max. ShaderFX is designed to allow artists to quickly and easily create shaders for use in Max's real-time viewport…
So I've been trying to get this thing to bake since last night. No matter what I seem to do it gives me flat errors on almost half the model every bake. At this point I don't know what could be wrong -I've built and rebuilt the cage multiple times, and it always appears to be completely covering the high at all points…
The folks at Allegorithmic are ready to start announcing the Top 10 winners of the THRONE ROOM contest they held here at Polycount. It was a massive, massive contest that saw 500 threads get made and 111 entries submitted. For an environment art contest that is huge! Congratulations to all those who participated and…
https://youtu.be/jdncFXpPB8k (Preview Video) Interplanetary Spaceship asset pack can help jump-start your next great project. This pack include a variety of uniquely stylized spaceship and sci-fi elements. Interplanetary Spaceship Pack portrays an engagement between opposing faction of interplanetary spaceship in a epic…
Here is a build I just built about 2 weeks ago thats been running AWESOME with anything I throw at it. Total cost was just a touch over a 1000 bucks (seriously it was like 1,004 bucks) Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 Video card: EVGA…