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Re: WIP M60 machine gun
In one form the lightmap could serve as that. The lightmap is an unwrap, independent to the diffuse that serves to hold b/w information which get's applied (I believe it get's "multiplied") to the diffuse. That b/w information comes from the lighting setup. If you run an AO light setup, you would get AO, but if you put it… -
Re: 8 Tips for artists struggling with motivation
Thank you for these advice Tim, I just discovered your blog and it seems gold :) I like your quote: "An amateur waits for inspiration to strike, a professional just gets to work" It made me think of this quote: "The Strong finds a way, the Weak finds excuses." I really agree with the deleting old work, these are thoughts… -
Re: Jacob Minkoff on "no business being good"
And he's right. Look at old NES or C64 games. I'm not saying that these games all hold up, but you have to look at what they actually did. Devs pushed past weak hardware and strict limitations to make their dreams come true. And the limits they couldn't bypass ended up influencing their creative decisions in some… -
Re: WoW Inspired Enviro
There is a minimum thickness to a lot of wow assets. One thing to keep in mind is where this game is coming from. It WAS a RTS game with a camera that didn't get in close so buildings where chunky and over the top so they could be recognizable and hold up at a distance. That style carried over to WoW. Most noticeably… -
Re: Character Model - Sexy News reader
Loads of improvement over the old model. And my $0.02... I'm aware she's suppose to be sexy, but the waist is sickeningly tiny. It's like she's been wearing one of those waist cinchers all her life and her internal organs have been pushed up into her chest. And on that note, her chest is massive. I think it could be shrunk… -
Re: Face Topology [Breakdown Guide]
I kinda disagree on a bunch of this stuff, I'll try to get some images approved, until then a few general comments. While realtime is different from CG animation, the methods are close enough nowadays to be able to share workflows and ideas... Poles are OK, just don't use too many. I personally prefer to avoid triangles… -
Re: snake
Ha well it's faaar from finished! I have all the gear ready for normalmapping (gun, holster, water supply and such) and also the body is not rendered at all yet. I have plenty of texture shots I took recently (I have a sort of baggypants pair of trousers with a material similar to what snake is wearing) that *should* help.… -
Re: RIP Dimebag Darrell
Pea, that's more or less what I figured it would be about - it sounded like the shooter went straight for Dimebag Darrell and then turned on Vinne Paul. The background for this is apparent, as there was an awful lot of shit-slinging between the Abbotts and Phil Anselmo when Pantera broke up. As far as I've heard, the blame… -
Re: Warhammer: Dawn of War - new map
Gauss - Dawn of War is a pretty easy RTS (against the AI anyway), you should give it a try. SjetvsKerrigan - I thought you'd approve ;-) Astro - there's two new detail maps (the base sand and the pebbles on the clifftop) and 9 new decals (all the cliff edges, the oasis textures, the dinosaur and various 'spot effects'… -
Re: Watchmen Trailer
Jox: er... StarDust? Beautiful, wonderful story... god awful trailer, but a brilliant movie with a refreshing take on the 'classic fantasy story' filled with odd humour. I think in one stroke, Gaiman has had far better luck with his work being adapted to the big screen than poor old Moore who's simply seen his work…
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