I know you aimed for 500. I did that with the first one too, but Raul said something about "try to get very low in our tri budgets" so I went and made that was very lowpoly. My point was, with both these posts, that the detail levels are inconsistent. You have a very bland cylindrical part, which is fine if you're going…
Looking at numbers lately ( and the lack of numbers )... I am actually surprised when PC sales are notoriously under-reported How Huge of a market exists for PC games. And as unhappy and dedicated that market is, How hard could it be to see a viable markets needs and developing to them? ( unless the actual numbers are…
Maya Apex Workflow - Steps and Troubleshooting First of all - if this is your first armor try to make one part of the mesh first where you can test out workflows and learn how to troubleshoot your mesh before doing the full set. I did this with the arms of my armor and I still ran into trouble later in development. This…
Welcome to the 'Retro 3D FAQ', a thread dedicated to sharing information about the creation of 3D art for game consoles made before the age of programmable pixel shaders. If you enjoy the look of 3D games from the 90's and early 2000's, and would like to learn how to make such art yourself, this is the thread for you! :)…
Right after college I started working a desk job doing package tracing for an international shipping company, off topic, but always fill out the entire form damn it. Back to topic. Decided I was a fat load of s- and started doing research. After 2 months of busting my ass I dropped 100~ pounds and 20% body fat, at the…
Hey guys, after seeing a thread about revealing the input object for a Boolean in Maya, i realised that Maya had procedural Booleans under the hood (athough not 100% bulletproof). So I went to work making a script that i would love to use, and that others could use. This script doesn't add any new functionality to Maya it…
The Photomerge tool in Photoshop is great for normal panoramas, but it cannot stitch fully spherical panoramas. (This will be added in CS4). Don't even spend time on the mirror ball technique, it's a lot of work and the results are not very good. You are very limited by the resolution of your camera, so at best you'll get…
If you're a 3D artist in need of a new computer, or just want to upgrade an old one, this is the thread for you! Building a PC can get very expensive, and many simply don't know enough about computers to make an informed decision on what to buy. This thread aims to help those who are less tech savvy, or whose knowledge is…