Interlude: Translucency Sort Order One problem I noticed when stacking decals is that the sort order wouldn't respect geometry. You can see it in the image below. Even though the screws are placed well above the paint strip, the paint gets rendered after the screws and as a result overwrites the screws' color information.…
Thanks Eric, appreciate that. And sure, I can do that. This is pure high poly rendered with vray. I started with a rough blockout. Then I started creating wall cladding for all the surfaces using just one plank rotated about 7,5 degrees and with local transform on I just copy it straight up so I get full surfaces. The…
Kevin's post pretty much sums it up but I'll share anyway. I have to say though, I wish I had the kind of time he does to spend on assets at work. No doubt they crank out an amazing amount of content at such a high quality bar, but the LD's there are masters of reuse and repurposing assets! The workflow and process of…
Before you dive into all the myriad of software and techniques out there, learn the fundamentals. Its way too easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of software out there. If you decided you wanted to be a pilot, would you start by flying fighter jets from an aircraft carrier - worrying about which one to use first? No,…
1) Yay! Yeah, they're still letting most- if not all -people sign up. :) When you configure the pages for your website, make some galleries; Environment and Prop seem like a good starter for you. Make sure you go and edit your images to be ticked as what category they belong to. This will allow you, when you have some more…
Starting from concept art, this is my workflow usually: 1. Blockout mesh to test in game to make sure nothing unexpected will arise from the asset - this can be very quick, as long as the proportions are correct. Just need to test stuff like player collision (eg. if the player has to walk through / around / inside the…
Lunarch is seeking an exceptional Environment Artist with amazing Level Design skills to help us create a breathtaking open world for Project Sophia—a multiplayer puzzle game for PC and consoles developed in Unreal Engine. We’re aiming for a high-end, distinctive, sublimely beautiful fantasy-photorealistic look on a AA…
Hi everyone! I'm the project lead on Core Overload and we're seeking some 3D artists from Polycount to help us make Core Overload as awesome as possible! A little bit of background: The University of Southern California's Games program is a world-ranked game development program (We've been #1 for 3 years now). In the…
Hey guys, I've been customizing Max for a couple of years now, and I figured I ought to package up some of my better scripts and release them to the public! Without further ado, Turbosmooth Tools is a batch processing script designed to let you modify Turbosmooth modifiers on a whole pile of objects at once. It also has…
Red Storm Entertainment is seeking an Online Services Engineer to join the biggest new IP in Ubisoft’s history Tom Clancy’s The Division! If you have strong programming skills and an extensive knowledge of online multiplayer systems this may be your next big opportunity to work on a hot AAA franchise. At RSE the developers…