Joe, spend more time learning about floating and cutting your geometry. You've expended so many polygons on tiny little details and making sure everything is watertight, that you have missed the overall realism of the rest of the prop. Spend those triangles on actual boards instead of the normal map. In fact, don't even…
if you want the best bang for the buck the regular "consumer" stuff will be it. the xeons and quadro cards will run you alot more money for not that much more performance. you'd get that if money was no obstacle and you wanted the very best stuff out at the moment, but chances are 2 years from now a typical consumer…
So some of you might know that i just started with modeling. You can see my sketchbook i started it at the same time (jan 18th). So far it's only been 3ds max and maya but being very very curious about zbrush i just had to give it a try. So hooked up my new tablet and gave it a wirl. Started with some basic lessons on…
Apologys for this being an amateur question (I assume it is) also apologys for my spelling, (Dyslexic, but using a spellchecker) Anyway straight to business, I am preparing for my Graduation show and final hand in of my Environment project at the moment (hand in is on the 6th so rely working on it day and night now) my…
Hi, I've created a sculpt, it's my second sculpt on Zbrush I've made to date and I wasn't aware of the correct workflow the software at the time. Which kind of leads me here. But as it's my second sculpt, I don't want to loose all my progress. So here's my issue: Each time I 'Append' a new subtool and move it to the right…
Hi I posted this issue in some othe thread and was directed to the technical area. Don't want to make it look like spam. So just tell me if there's some problem. I'm having serious trouble making this rigg to work in Unity. In Maya I just use IKs to make the hydraulic looking cylinders move into each other when the arm…
This is a legit link with a deadline: June 9th, 2015, for conventions in 2016. Australian & New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Conventions are seeking a keen and dedicated Northern Hemisphere Fan to come downunder in 2016. I'm sharing it here because I know that fans for SF&F overlap gaming, books and film industries.…
Hey guys Having met far to many US polycounters and no EU counters (apart from Frankie and peppi) I figure I should come across the channel and say hi to whoever wants to say hi back . Well an oppotunity has finally arissen for Im going to Amsterdam on Friday 18th november for the weekend,flying back Lunch time on the…
iClone to Sketchfab update! Enter to win a HTC Vive VR! Are you ready to show off your character design and animation? Do you want to immerse yourself in the 3D world with your character? iClone to Sketchfab is a fast and easy way to prepare and upload your character for sharing in live 3D anywhere, even in VR! We’ve…
There are just 9 days left until you must have your entries in! The deadline is December 9th! Remember to adhere to the rules to ensure your final entry is accepted! I have seen a ton of great WIPs so far. Way to go! Make sure you have 4 in your thread before the deadline. Reference images do count, but only as one WIP…