I like swords because they are always an important part of any fantasy story. Although I knew the story was fictional, I was able to have a bit of this story at home. That's how it began Is there anyone else here who is into swords? Here is my finest piece, an Albion Sovereign with a hilt done by Christian Fletcher. And…
Does anyone know any way to get normal map self-shadowing to work with mental ray? With Depth Map Shadows is preferred. I am trying to come up with an alternative to baking ambient occlusion in Maya. Thanks.
update. I dont want to change the shape of the mask, because i'm specifically trying to reference one of those drama masks. did some tweakage to the nose and lips.. This is a portrait on how i see myself.. or, humans in general i guess. emotional/spiritual machines with personalities (masks). I'm gonna put in some chakra…
http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet All About SOPA, the Bill That Wants to Cripple Your Internet Any one else been worried about this bill passing and then what? Maybe i just worry too much but this bill and its just bugging me. It is time for all the old people to…
What's up! As I say in the title I'm just a self teaching noob trying to learn 3d sculpting by myself. I just did a Metalocalypse Tribute, intended to be a REALLY BASIC cartoonish general anatomy practice, mostly focused on proportions and so. I ended up doing a composition for the main sculpt as well. I'm looking forward…
Hey just a curious question.... I would like to know if using someone else's base mesh is considered cheating. If you are creating a character and start off with a simple base mesh but sculpt that into a michaelangelo masterpiece, is that cheating? Or would you need to create everything from scratch to make it a…
Can I have your thoughts on Mixamo Also Mixamo vs IKinema & Anzovin and anything else that is on the market. Mixamo - https://www.mixamo.com www.youtube.com/watch?t=28&v=kkbu_Y1ksng Any help would be much appreciated.
I have business degree and took a single 10 week Maya course to learn the software after having used Max for 3 years. I don't think it is useful to list a degree in games or computer graphics/animation as "self taught" even if the classwork was horrible. Self-study beyond classwork is pretty much required to excel in any…
And it doesn't have to. So Updates on DW 5 for this thread is great anything else negative why bother posting, go do something else. Thanks for the updates
https://www.artstation.com/joyheart0 I am a self taught character artist. I currently use Blender. I plan to learn Quixel Mixer. I researched creating a portfolio on YouTube as well as asked in some discord servers. I found mixed feedback. Some people recommend that I get rid of all my practice sculpts, while others…