Hi Polycount, 7CGI is hosting a free global 3D Visualization Challenge based on a real client-style hospitality brief. The challenge is to transform an existing deli into a refined Italian deli and café concept suitable for a luxury hotel in Downtown Napa, California. Everyone works from the same brief, but artists are…
Hi all, I'm building an AR hair try-on feature for a premium iOS grooming app (ARKit). I'm looking for a real-time HAIR specialist to create men's hairstyles as optimized, game-ready models. IMPORTANT: This is real-time character hair — hair cards / groom-to-cards workflow. Not sculpting, not photogrammetry, not…
Hi! What does the mesh shading of the lowpoly look like? Is it the same on all parts using the same texture? Are the stacked shells oriented in the same direction? I would expect the final shading (normal map applied) to look off for each part that's reusing texture but that has mesh shading that's different than the part…
Hello everyone! I’ve been searching for answers to my questions for the past two weeks, but I still haven’t been able to find a solution. I built my PCG setup based on the official Unreal Engine 5.7 documentation and several YouTube tutorials. However, the solutions shown in those tutorials don’t seem to work in my case.…
I was one of the main shark modelers for the previous app, Hungry Sharks Evolution, so when the sequel was started, I got to be the principle shark modeler. It was a really nice gig, working remotely but they flew me in for the launch party which was a river cruise on the Thames, and referred to me as the 5th beetle. Never…
It's a largely speculative article with little to no sources, references or even understanding of the problem (he also contradicts his own article title in his conclusion...). The idea of vector based animation isn't new; it's already used in some cartoons as a prime example. It's a natural extension of vector based image…
I'm an aspiring environment artist. I'm not a complete noob, but I often feel like I am. There's a lot of holes in my education and I've been trying to fill them, but I haven't found a place that gives a full breakdown of the entire creation process, whether for character or environment. If you know of where I could go to…