take a vacation, look for a new job/project/country to work. I find even if im working on a huge AAA franchise that I know is going to get 8-9's reviews after working on the same project for a year + you get in the monotony groove, the first few months im always motivated and inspired, but once the long haul kicks in I…
Glad I use dropbox now. "Dropbox does not claim any ownership rights in Your Files." - Dropbox terms of service. Edit: Imageshack is safe, but it is kinda annoying in its self now "The content that you distribute through the ImageShack Network is owned by you, and you give ImageShack permission to display and distribute…
I'll chime in with my lowly 2 cents. In production with characters, usually you have to start from scratch, so the orginal concept initially is a proof of concept as well/beauty shot thing. This might be anything from a speed paint to an action pose. Just really establishing a base that fits the subject matter and that…
Plagiarism is when you steal someone's idea or product and pass it off as your own, it doesn't have to involve selling and distributing. If I steal someone's idea and sell it as my own that is plagiarism. If I present an idea or product as new and original but it's derived from an existing source that is also plagiarism.…
Thank you for this. I keep reading it and laughing. As Rick said, it is indeed a Duane Reade, and it's a pharmacy/chemist. All the time I lived in NYC and I never heard it called a Douche Reade, but it's a great name for the place. There are no 7-11s in NYC, and you wouldn't want pancakes from them anyway. Depending on…
Hey Remerbr, here some feedback: Why are the pods on the opposite sides of the room? If you take a look at reference material, you´ll notice that usually the beds are on one side of the room. Why is there so much space between the beds/pods? Usually prison cells are really small and narrow-ish. I would try to make the…
hi, So i think your uvs are alright there's a lot of empty space that maybe you could expand your sets and fill it up, I'm not super great a uv advice. I think your wood texture on the sheild is getting there i think you need to add some highlights and edge lighting to help add some contrast and make the weapon pop. On…
So I'm assuming the top area circled in red is the trigger guard area, and if thats the case you could probably cut it up a bit more since its all the same material really, so seams shouldnt be too much of an issue. those little wings on the long and tall piece can easily be cut off, they are taking up a huge amount of…
To be perfectly honest, I almost replied to MagicSugar about that comment, but decided against it. There's a lot of perceived ageism in this industry. However, this isn't usually down to a numerical factor e.g. you're 28, so there's no way you could possibly handle the duties of an entry-level artist. When most people talk…
Hi guys! Good points from Nightshade. As you´ve already discovered, good UV maps are crucial for getting the most out of The Suite. So what is a good Uv map then? depending on what type of model/style you´re going for you can get away with different level of ambition of the UV map. But no matter what you are doing always…