Hi guys! This is my first technical topic here, and I hope I'm doing it correctly. I'm trying to create an interior like the one in this reference picture, but I can't seem to get the same lighting. I'm using a V-Ray dome to light the scene evenly and a V-Ray sun for the light on the wall. Generally, it looks okay, but as…
As we gear up for the next round on consoles, we are all looking at polycounts and texturs sizes. Now, I was wondering..... We like BIG textures - we can pack the detail in. But is it work it? In the UK, the standard TV resolution is 720x576 (HDTV is very uncommon here). If we start using 2 or 3 textures per character, all…
Hey! I've been trying to improve my environment art skills and I've realized that one of the things I really need to work on is to get the different textures to better match up and work together to achieve a consistent style. Usually I start the texturing process by making placeholder textures with basecolors and maybe an…
--- Update: Oh what a long strange trip this has been. Here is the short of it; I started this 6 months ago, I got better. Where it is now. Where it started, it is figuratively a piece of shit. --- I've been working on a female anatomical sculpt for a while, but I've decided I'm going to turn it into a full blown…
Ever since Zbrush added the dynamic option to brushes, I've noticed that the 1000 max brush size is completely dependent upon the size of your model, which is great... unless your 1000 max cap turns out to be the size of your characters fingernail. Tt tends to happen when I follow these steps: 1. Blockout with dynamesh…
There is something about this forum I really like. All of you guys(and gals) are really talented. There are plenty of talented people on CGTalk too. But I guess what makes me enjoy this site more is the fact that you people are way more critical. On CGTalk, I can post something and one or two things will usually happen. I…
Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I've been learning Zbrush for a little over 2 years but I'm always a little weary about showing my work online. :persevere: Silly I know! :P This is the character I'm currently working on and some critique would be most welcome! I'm planning on making him a King type character,…
So this is an issue that has been annoying me for the past year already. For some reason, over half my autobak files are always corrupt! I have been using max 2010 and now 2012 and I still have the problem. There are some issues with my laptop which causes it to crash now and then. So right now I am making 60 autobak files…
Well, usually it's both a period of time for the job to be done and specific cost for a job you have been ordered. A racing track or a game location for example. Sometimes it's R&D projects with no strict deadline or exact number of assets still the contract is usually having the time frame and full sum is gonna be paid…