one thing about realistic forest is that there is usually as many dead/fallen trees as there are living. Very few places in the world where you just have a bunch of straight perfect trees neatly in formation like this. You can also improve composition by using some sort of pattern (like voronoi) to clump trees together.…
Here are some good books, mentors, tutorials and references I've learnt from a lot: Eliot Goldfinger - Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form https://www.amazon.com/Human-Anatomy-Artists-Elements-Form/dp/0195052064 Gottfried Bammes - Der Nackte Mensch (written in german, but it has great illustrations)…
Hi there, I was in the same shoes with the GPU vs CPU rendering. I actually end up with 4 GTX 780 with 3gb RAM and even bought the Octane render for hopping the best result. And Bought an 1500w PSU of course. But I missed the point there because no matter how hard I tried I just didn't like the way how the GPU rendering…
I am learning anatomy myself and I follow almighty_gir steps. While observing I am using different anatomy books on my table and on pc. Also I have got some anatomical sculpts and I place them near my sculpting and constantly checking if my proportions are correct. Also I have scanned human model in front of my model which…
Lovely pastel like colors Wez, you have a real knack for fantasy and colorful environments. I loved your New age industrial Deck 17 and your space castle was super vibrant. I think if you want to try your hand at outdoor environments, try to give something more to the environment than just rocks and water. If we're talking…
MotionBuilder is pretty awesome, I like it a lot but it can be a bit daunting to learn and it might be easier to just stick to max. Are these being exported to a game engine? Or are they just for rendering? For the bipedal characters I would say use Biped, CAT or PuppetShop. Biped: It makes great use of Motion Mixer…
@divi: Thanks for taking the time to make this, man! We have noticed some discrepancies already. The one on the top right of your paintover is fixed already (the slope below it is fixed too, it's a little too long in the mockup while it should be a little more steep). I'm aware of the one in the bottom too, but I didn't…
https://www.thingiverse.com/ Is what we referred a lot of people to when I worked at a 3D print studio. Its got an education section as well...though looks quite different than when I used it. I would download some models from there and examine them as part of your learning process. I never made too many things with…
I felt like coming back to this thread as I just did this asset yesterday. This is the crate that I did, there's a side by side comparison of what a normal map will do and will not do. Left has a normal map, right does not although they look quite similar. Probably the most noteworthy thing is that the diffuse map is going…
So are you using another device to actually type in long strings of letters, or are you actually standing there punching that into your phone? Can I send a text msg like an email? Or use any kind of device that was actually built for typing? Because a phone, even though it has little letters next to the numbers is not an…