Hello Polycount. I have a question about topology in Maya, I see a lot of 3d models that have very smooth surface but with least amount of polygons. How is it possible to have that kinda of smoothness but without having many polygons?…
So after having this sit in my folders for longer than I'd like to admit, I decided it was time to do the annual update on this thing. It's based of "Frosty Chode" from Ashley Wood's "World War Robot". I prefer the name Beaks, for obvious reasons :* It's fully rigged + has a few animations on him at the moment. He goes…
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i've got a new Titan1 printer it does really good quality prints, if anyones interested in having something printed here is the address. i will charge extra for work i have to do to the mesh to make it printable, so save yourself some money by making needed supports and hollowingyour model with hidden drain holes. if you…
Ladies and gentleman. Sometimes there is time when an artist has to flex his creative muscles. Not only against eachother but to test oneself. There are many contests out there for sure, but there are a few that are so cool it´s hard to pass it over. I´m a member of the 3D Concept Art site, which is according to my opinion…
when i had to switch to maya i had the same problem. only the NEX plugin came close to the tools i loved from 3dsmax. on the other hand, maya has all the tools you need and much more. if you stick working with the dropdown menus or shelves, you will never get a decent workflow. i just can advise you like bugo, learn using…
I agree with @EternalEcho The head needs to have a second look at. When it comes to hair though, it depends on the applications you are using. But I can suggest Adam Skutt's tutorial (on gumroad) for game res hair with Maya and Xgen. There's youtube videos of ornatrix and GMH2. You can handpaint the textures in photoshot.…
Some time ago I made this heavily photoshoped version. I had this dream that one day I could be part of the 3dtotal.com gallery. It took over 5 years and now the day has come when I can share this link: http://www.3dtotal.com/index_gallery_detailed2.php?id=5901#.Uy6lmPl_uCk Without this forum or without you this wouldn´t…
There are tons of great tutorials out there. Here are a few recent and well rounded tuts that I like: afisher did a great writeup on a pretty typical pipeline here: http://www.3dtotal.com/index_tutorial_detailed.php?id=1763&catDisplay=1&roPos=1&page=1#.Urg74fRDuMI One of the most up-to-date free tutorials on the subject…
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