@Funtimes: I think you are misunderstanding how the outline is made. You create a copy of the entire 3D model, scale it up a bit (in edit mode using blender terms, so that you are leaving the object origin the same as the original model), and then invert the normals. (This makes the faces "point" inside the object.) With…
Thanks for the replies cryrid - I really really appreciate it. Honestly, I'm slow to dealing with it bc I'm dreading the process. If I may, here's another follow-up: why wouldn't I need to subdivide, even if I baked maps in another program? Essentially, I don't truly get how high-poly detail can be transferred to a low…
I'd probably definitely recommend a starter guitar pack from either fender or ibanez, but try them first to see what feels good for you(VERY important). I had a fender strat (mexican) as my first guitar, I think it was around 200$ with an amp and that held up pretty good for 4-5 years (only really played it during that…
hmm I turned down a couple of interviews recently and I didn't even think about if we were still "cool". My parents aren't fit for working full time, they can't speak or understand English fluently and someone has to stay around to pay the rest of the mortgage until we sell this house :/ And I also have to be here to sell…
wooo boy... so the current word on the vette is the #7 and 8 cylinders *might* have a blown out gasket... I'm not really believing it cause the car's never shown any symptoms to suggest it. Currently waiting to hear back from the dealership in the morning regarding how precise the test they want to charge me nearly $300…
I got thrown into the deep end right off the getgo in college... as an artist I trailed behind my classmates by FAR. They've had pencils in hand since they could hold them, and me who decided to try for 3d animation a year and a half before applying into college and never having drawn seriously before in my life. It was…
You can assign "Place Pivot to view & Surface" to KB shortcuts by going to: Customize > Customize UI > Keyboard Tab > Category: Working Pivot Also the pivot point doesn't always need to be centered to your selection, Use Selection Center is just one of the pivot options you can have it set to. At the top there is a drop…
I don't understand why there's such strong opposition on health care reform. Half of all individual bankruptcies end up as a result of a mountain of medical bills, and many are people who were already insured, so you see how well that works out.- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6895896/ Im a student that just got kicked off…
Night goblins are awesome, as are spider riders. I used to have a whole bunch of Warhammer Fantasy Orcs & Goblins (mostly orcs with some goblins, a dragon and a bunch of boar riders and wolf riders). They were fun to paint, I played a few games against friends now and then but it was generally too time-consuming and…
I gave up on my first model too, it's not easy. That was about 3 years ago. Since then i worked a QA job for a year, got fed up with it and decided to go to school and learn this shyt for reals. One of the best decisions I think I ever made. But for every kid i see making it at school there are about 15 of 'em that are…