Hello, currently working on portfolio work, it's my first time using UDK, so far i'm quite happy with the results but Id still like to take it a lot further. I've learnt quite a lot since the first time of opening UDK last week but as far as using shaders and lights to their full potential, i feel like Im miles off. I…
Hi fellow artists, I am currently giving a test on a 3d asset creation but I am facing 1 major problem which actually is quite tiny :| I have been onto a "Texel ratio needs to be consistent (256UU = 1024 Pixels). " problem ,which is written there in test pdf,for over 2 exact days now. I used a plugin for uv called textools…
Hey Poly, I could really use some help right now. I've been art testing for a mobile games company for some time now, and the AD just set up a phone interview. I've taken classes on the subject of interviews and business practices, so I absolutely understand that I should never bring up the topic of compensation until they…
Historical Skinpacks My first participation in the contest is historical , German Armored using known patterns from Easter Front. After operation Blue in spring 42 German Tank crews saw that the grey factory paint color affects with the environment in Eastern front. At start they used mud with color to apply custom cammo…
Are you sure about that? I thought if a mesh has multiple material IDs then it has to be redrawn for each unique material essentially increasing the draw count by the number of unique materials? I'm pretty sure that's the argument for why it's always more performant to use a single texture atlas than multiple materials on…
Again no particular order: 1. Memento 2. Eraserhead 3. Infernal Affairs 4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 5. Alien 6. Aliens 7. Schindler's List 8. The Bicycle Thieves 9. The Shining 10. The Big Lebowski 11. Blade Runner 12. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 13. A very Long Engagement 14.…
I see your in canada as well as me. I highly suggest you look into an incorporated company if you are going to be doing any longish term contracting. I have done contracting work as a sole proprietor and as an INC company (computer technician). My numbered company lets me write off all kinds of things, including some…
Your normal map looks wrong because you have too many hard edges/smoothing groups, and you have't split your uv islands up at the hard edges (this is required to get a clean normal map). Easiest fix is to simply reduce the number of hard edges that you're using and rebake. The shading doesn't need to look perfect without…
As a British Citizen I love the NHS. I like the fact that if I need the smallest thing such as when I went in last week because my allergies were causing me to loose hours of sleep but I could do it for free! Sure, I had to wait while some guy with a new knee replacement saw the same doctor, but I don't mind. I don't mind…