Thanks guys ! =) bjporter : Yes, I am using speedtree to create the vegetation but it's hand made. I do not take the assets from the library. One year ago when I was learning speedtree, I did open the trees from the library to looks how they made it and learn from it. I did also look at some scenes on UE4 marketplace to…
For your shadow problem- try positioning the light source somewhere closer to the window and not at infinity like the sun. I rewatched that clip and it looks like they shot in a studio without any natural light. Area lights cast softer shadows on objects they are close to and sharper shadows on objects farther away. For…
I first heard this two nights ago in my car, and turned it up. I like the song, but I don't see many qualities to it that would allow it to age well. As much as Korn tries to set themselves apart from everyone else, I believe there time is getting short. I do respect them for being Korn, and not one of the thousands of…
What I mean is the Subject matter, the photo itself is messy and dont have any defined shapes, which makes it a harder to try to paint and replicate. for example if you are struggeling with perspective, its hard enough to draw just a bunch of simple geometric objects right, taking on something like this is simply overkill.…
Yep as far as I understand it China = Collectivism. It's the group and its goals that matter not the individual. Individualism is reserved for people in high places but is a weakness in the lowly public. "Strength through unity" heh. Individualism as prized and a staple of western art just doesn't wash with the culture.…
The wrinkles don't look too convincing, but I otherwise love the design - I'm a sucker for fedoras and trench coats . I did one such coat about a year ago, maybe it can help you with your wrinkles, here. The best thing you can do is to look at plenty of reference and I'm sure you will be able to find lots of relevant…
No worries, I appreciate you taking the time to comment at all! :) The lines on the shin were added after I did some looking into how we imagine dinosaur hide would've looked. It has a lot of what seemed like a folding look to it in what I saw, so I tried to replicate that. So, either I didn't nail it or it just looks off…
I'm wondering the same questions (or almost the same) : should I try to learn 3DSMax or would I stay a bit with Maya for trying to mastering it ? I'm still in a school, I'm already busy with a lot of stuff and this is maybe why I don't try to use Max. I have started to use the scripting inside maya a few month ago which…
Got more work done today including more second pass textures, more spec and gloss maps and I added the emmisives. I feel like the scene is way blown out by my lighting right now, which is what I'm currently working on. I'm trying out different combos of point lighting and "use emmisive for static lighting" but can't find…
Thanks for the suggestion Jeff. I'll definitely take that into consideration, as it was something I deliberated on to remove the smaller details from the concept in the final model (like the bone spikes and other small rocks) so when I come back to this piece in about a week I'll probably be adding that stuff back in. Also…