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Re: Can I bake this into normal map?
I think you are not understanding how a texture is applied on relation to the UV of the model. On this gif I'm using a tileable brick texture with two examples: One where the model has some UV shells/islands/pieces with equal texel distribution (the UV's are scaled acording to the size of its polygons in the 3d space so… -
Re: Texturing Characters and more...
What you're really taking about is materials and textures rather than UVs. There's a number of reasons to have multiple materials and UV sets on a model. Some examples : 1.The character is made of modular pieces, for clothing customisation, npc/background character generation etc. 2.You need higher resolution textures for… -
Scripting streamlines your 3d workflow
I think a lot of 3D artists overlook the power that scripting with their 3D application provides them. "I'm an artist - so why do I care about scripting?" I hear you cry. Scripts are great for automating repetive tasks, and you don't need to be a programmer to take advantage of them, though if you understand a few of the… -
Re: Looking for feedback on texture realism and overall silhouette
It looks good overall, but I don't quite understand what kind of damage you are trying to portray in some places. Do you have a reference? Are the deeper holes rotten and painted over? It looks dented in with a blunt instrument, perhaps because it's an overlay and the underlying structure doesn't change. The roughness… -
Re: Unwrapping a bit more complex cylindrical shape (issue with vertical faces)
Splitting and straightening the UV islands to increase the overall texture density makes sense in theory but in practice it's a bit more complicated than that since there's multiple factors to consider. In the overall scheme of things a single road wheel is a very small part of a tank and it's unlikely that every part of… -
Re: 3d action game development
redesigned the gorgon but because she is important boss i won't show her model until game is published. But, figuring out how to animate the snake locomotion cycle took more hours than rebuilding the model from scratch and making the rig. There are a few examples online, but few are joint based. The only viable joint based… -
Re: Artists' view on proper human proportions
JordanN, WarrenM: Agreed I didn't refer to you before but I just want to say these are words of the wise which I fully respect! Mischievous: I sure know what you mean about nature being fake sometimes. MartinH: That sure is a great thread. Going straight to my inspiration folder. :) Brandon.LaFrance, Bigjohn: I absolutely… -
[CLOSED] Looking for Interior Render Artist
Hello, My name is Yannick Stoot and I work as a Content Production Manager for the company Sanitairwinkel in the Netherlands. Sanitairwinkel is a Dutch sanitary webshop that is currently investing in the automation of 3D rendering through the creation of templates. An example of how this is done can be seen here. These… -
Re: Specular map question
[ QUOTE ] FatAssasin: You talk of what happens in the real world. [/ QUOTE ] No, I'm talking about what happens in a 3d rendering engine. You keep bringing up real world examples, and that just isn't going to help with the problem of controlling the size of spec highlights on the computer. I'll repeat, that's why there is… -
Re: Programmning vs Artist in the Game Industry
I think you forgot the part where any game with procedural art, ESPECIALLY Spore, is ugly as my fuckin ballsack. I'd take Half Life 2's visuals 10 days out of the week over Spore's. Richard Kain had some good advice. Java is a good place to start, but you will definitely need to learn at least some C++. It is such a piece…
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