Irritant: Actually it helps parents since it uses an opt-in model (kid only gets what parent allows) as opposed to an opt-out model (kid gets everything until the parent catches him). Currently if you leave your kid out of sight with a few bucks for an hour or so that's enough for him to get a game you do't approve. It's…
Nice work todman. Now that's a hobby I can enjoy. How long do each of these take, and what to the women think about the whole process? My dad bought me a paasche double action airbrush when i was very little. I didn't use it much then, it was too complicated. My younger brother recently picked it up and gave it a try, and…
Thanks for the posts everyone it’s just what I needed to read, lots of interesting information in this thread. Personally I need to choose what to put my efforts into moving forward. I am starting to transition from Maya to Houdini but I can’t help feel I need to focus more on Blender. The only trouble is Houdini does seem…
My wife and I have completely different interests and some different world views. But the things that are (the most) important in our lives like our values, morals, kids, carreer goals etc. we have in common. I think that you need to have a good balance in what you have in common and where you differ. But everybody has…
I agree that when it comes to a job, someone who specializes in one field is more desirable than someone who generalize but I believe it's for another reason, You could apply this reasoning to all beginner modelers,animators,riggers etc. The same experience gap exists whether or not someone specializes. How they over come…
Isolation is the real killer, to use a slightly indelicate word. Outside of being miserable, once you've been stuck around the house for a while without seeing many folks, your social skills can start to deteriorate which makes it harder to get out with others and harder to land that job when it eventually presents itself.…
There are definite issues in the UVS in the models due to the extraction process. Possibly some precision errors, but the stretching seems to go more than just a decimal error would be. You Can fix that up to match the wireframe UV layout as provided in the PSD's by relic. Definitely stay with their UV layout or your skins…
Kwramm - yeah i mainly do mobile stuff these days, I do the realistic stuff as a hobby mainly, so its slightly cartoony type stuff . I think these days it nuts for me to do realistic work it takes so much longer, but I get the same money as for more cartoony stuff. It's a no brainer really. I get what you are saying about…
Hey guys, first, thanks for all the feedback. It's nice to see people actually willing to share their knowledge. Monster, I'm on my phone atm, but I'll try to describe the gimbal lock situation. Say you want to animate a slashing combo on a right handed character. They would swing the sword down and to the left, then flip…
It doesnt matter if your the best artist in the world. If you are an ass then you are not someone I or most studios would want to work with. It really only takes 1 terrible person to really ruin a great working relationship a studio has. So I don't see why its hard to imagine people judging you by the way you portray…