I would ditch that entire mess you've created on the helmet to create the inset for the helmet. You could get away with making the helmet hexagonal like its wireframe profile suggests and just paint in the inset and save yourself a bunch of tris. I'm not opposed to the major silhouette changes that you've made, but the…
It's a bit comforting to know that I'm not the only one with severe issues like this. I've just never seen a catastrophic failure like this before, and I'm worried it may have taken some other parts down with it. The thermal paste I used was what came with the H-50, which I read at several places is better than the Artic…
Okay ... I reinstalled Windows ... AGAIN ... TWICE! Once is when I had the Maxtor 40 GB drive and a 80 GD Western Digital drive as a slave. It gave me some weird blue-screen during the Windows bootup ... And the second time with the 80 GB WD drive by itself. sonic: I hooked up an 80 GD Western Digital drive this time…
Fantastic start, always great to see environments. Try not to lose the girth of the stalk at the top, and when you get to the top of the mushroom, warp it up a bit from the concept so that it looks more natural. What type of gameplay do you intent to use this level with? Looks like a platformer style level. If by floating…
For sub-surface scattering you will have to use Mental Ray. Then assign a "SSS Fast Skin Shader" material to whatever you want to have SSS. I'm not sure what you mean by caustics, again that's a mental ray thing, but if you just mean light bouncing from diffuse surfaces (radiosity), then you can do that by using Max's…
I sort of agree with them as ghostscape has said the companies not too sure about your skill level. Thus the art test sort of tells the hiring manager, "or whoever" if you are qualified/fit for the job or not. I wouldn't want to waste my time or the hiring managers/company time not being sure if "I" can perform on-site and…
following up on my tax credit / kickback in vfx thread i came across this gem. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22185476 the sad thing here is that the artists lost there jobs in the UK and the jobs were shifted to canada and elsewhere to chase the tax breaks. now the UK government is showing a little tax break T&A to…
CGMovement is proud to announce its major event of the year, Anomaly 2015: A New World, in Vancouver on April 25th, 2015. Please come join us for an evening of inspiration! [Anomaly] is the art workshop and lounge party that brings 2D/3D artists and sci-fi fanatics together! It will be held at the HR MacMillan Space…
Hello everyone and welcome to the Monthly Noob Challenge for the month of February. Hello everyone. We are finally back and ready to kick off yet another great year. What better way to celebrate than with a new Monthly Noob Challenge for fellow artists to participate in! Join our Skype group if you want! Add me on Skype…