For posterity's sake: This account and 4 others on the same IP were banned for astroturfing for 80.lv (on duplicate accounts), and for not stopping when they'd been warned. I've deleted all of their threads but this one , and will say that ofcourse 80.lv articles are still welcome to be posted to Polycount, but not under…
Finally finished the project, take a look at the final result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcqMxeae_RA&feature=youtu.be Also, I wrote a large breakdown article for 80.lv in case you are interested in some breakdown material: https://80.lv/articles/how-to-build-a-look-for-the-game/ Let me know what you think! Overall…
I love love LOVE how Prometheus still has that 70's-80's sci fi movie x factor. I don't know what it is but i feel like i'm watching a trailer for an 80's movie but with better cameras and hair. I'm so glad ridley scott recaptured that essence we all fell in love with. I think it might be that he's using yah know.....sets…
Thank you all for the feeback. Here is the scene with one more week working on it. Unlit, lighting only, edges and roughness Before and after How I masked and blended materials. Mirror material, was going for a dirty silver look. Here are the curtains where I use the carpet material as base and blend unique baked folds. I…
80 GRAND! nothing is worth 80 grand man... jesus. I say get out and look for a cheaper school... or maybe even do some traditional art classes at night or something, save that money and spend on something better man, rent... food... new art equipment. I pay 15 grand for 3 years... its really in-expensive compared to other…
Bottom line: in this day and age we don't need to upgrade to "insane specs' (tm) to stay on top of things in 3D. I have to know: I once bought a noise-proofed rack from a specialized vendor for a workstation or two I owned. These machines were insufferable to listen to. Cost me high three digits or perhaps early four -…
Hi guys, I am trying to learn how to make a snow material but I can't figure out how to get sparkles on the peaks of the snow. I saw this article on 80 LV, but I still can't get the sparkle that Adam Dudley had. https://80.lv/articles/how-to-make-a-snow-material-in-substance-designer/ I have a Secular map and Subsurface…
Hey guys! Happy to share with you the final result of my work on Artstation Wild West Challenge! It was fun experience for me, learned a lot of new thinks for me. Main scene (and gifs) - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6A20n Props and small breakdown - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/a2Zqq If you are intrested, you…
Hey everyone, I read the fantastic article "Realistic vs. Stylized: Technique Overview" from 80.lvI https://80.lv/articles/realistic-vs-stylized-technique-overview/ and I decided to challenge myself with random items generated with this random generator https://www.randomlists.com/things My personal goal is to make at…