you really need to normalize the values in your textures. it's really causing your models to light inconsistently from one asset to the next. the mirroring on the corner of the trailer really sticks out. its also plain to see that you didnt do this to save memory, but its in your actual texture page. it's distracting, and…
K so couple things I wish I knew when I first tried to get into the industry. #1 Getting a position as a character artist at a studio without a shipped title under your belt is like winning the lottery. In fact you might have better odds at winning the lottery. Sadly it counts for a LOT and generally these slots go to more…
Hello - Part of it comes from experience and anatomy knowledge (and the simplification of it for a good stylised result), but another and non negligible part of the issues you are facing comes from the fact that Zbrush does not have an accurate viewport for perspective. (Now everytime this topic is raised there is always…
I really like it, its a great piece of work. I do have a few crits mostly with the texture work. - Paint less shadows and do a lighting bake instead, its just too hard to get shadows right on a UV jumble. - Things are a touch too dark and contrasty. - You painted quite a few highlights in the center of the pieces, and got…
I use a folder of shortcuts: http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/01/20/windows-shortcuts-speed-up-your-workflow/ Also at work I do a lot of rigging/skinning. I'm always dropping animations onto skeletons to test them, and by default max looks in it's animation folder. Therefor in that folder I have a shortcut to our exported…
Just to clarify. The software I am developing is more similar to Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.net, than to Substance Designer or Nuke. Because of the nature of a node based engine, almost any workflow is possible. My first objective is to implement all the functionality of Paint.net, with some extras like non-destructive…
Here is the change log of SD 5.0, in bold the main new features. Changes: [Export] discard Alpha channel for TGA and BMP when it is full opaque [3d View] Set the PBR shader by default [2D View] Switch to view image as alpha premultiplied [Parameters] Size: Add a Width/Height lock / display values in dropdown lists…
I would highly recommend checking out this excellent article: GPU performance for Game Artists. Pay particular attention to the section called Memory Bandwidth and Textures https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/graphics/gpu-performance-for-game-artists-r4632/ The Texture Fetch time can affect performance of the GPU…
@ Denny & toxic_h2o, Thanks kindly for attaching the images. The shaders were authored in PSpad and follow the Unity Shader Lab Surface Shader format and Nvidia CG. The complex surfaces are done in multiple passes with captures of the frame buffer used to create the reflection and refraction. They are both done with a…
Sorry for the lack of updates. It was a long weekend. But I'm back! and with hair! Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how things turned out, and I think it will bake well enough. You'll notice some weirdness at the point where the individual strands intersect with the scalp. I created a series of alphas which were meant to…