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Re: Stripping down 3ds max
okay haven't posted back in a while. so far, max is really a pain to strip down. for a modular program, there seems to be a lot of co-dependence going on with the plugins. of course, it may have to do with the fact that i'm trying to strip out rendering and physical lighting right now, heh. nothing significant to report...… -
Re: Are there so few game jobs atm?
learning how to make good tileable textures is a valuable skill. Making normal mapped buildings and environmental props would make you stand out imo. Practice making landmarks, and things that would define an environment. also if you can demonstrate modular environments (peices that can fit to one another seamlessly) that… -
Re: Zbrush/mudbox tutorials for Environmental Models
The main problem I see is with tiling modular pieces. Since you paint to the edge of the model piece, it will obviously not tile properly to the other side. Perhaps ZBrush has options to fix this, but Mudbox doesn't (yet). For now, you could turn on mirroring, so that as you paint the edge, it's mirrored to the other side.… -
Re: Ancient City Environment
Thanks, it's very encouraging to see so much interest! Bit of an update, been mocking up the facade on the side building using modular pieces. The number of unique planned assets is starting to pile up, but I'm trying to keep them relatively simple. Plus the fact that the entire structure is made out of the same material… -
Re: Arch Doorway Scene
Thanks. I made these to be modular, so baking lighting between them isn't possible. I'm still working on advanced lighting in Source. I'll try to add some variations to the wall textures. I did use photo reference. I didn't aim to add lots of details. Maybe when I can work a little faster. And there is a distinct lack of… -
Re: Game asset - good practice about hidden faces/ geometry?
Games generally use libraries of modular assets that are instance at runtime to save memory. Since these assets are all the same and can be placed at any angle you model all of it - nothing is deleted and occlusion / culling at runtime takes care of not rendering bits you don't need. For unique or very specifically placed… -
Re: (UE4) Japanese Alley (Done)
Hey Polycount people! So I have added wires and modular pipes and air vacuums to the environment, made some versions of the materials with a dirty look so I can vertex paint them in the scene, The lighting still needs work, the next step is to add decals(signs, posters, stains, and damages) If you have any feedback I will… -
Re: Are there differences between 3D Prop Artist, Jr. Environment Artist, Associate Environment Artist?
Another difference is that prop artists might working more with unique textures, where environment artists work more with modular models and textures, which does have a slight different approach to how to do some of the work, because it has to come together in a whole. Also, I believe that environment artists might have… -
Re: {Practice} Sci-fi Space station
Looks like a good block out so far and the floor texture looks awesome maybe a little tweaking to be done on the normals to give it a nice pop. If you are putting this into udk. Use a cube map as it will help dampen the modularity of the scene. I am no expert but that is what I know from being crit'ed here before. Already… -
Re: Sketchbook: Myles
So fucking over the previous post, I was asked to start another art test based on the oddworld style again. I made a bit of progress this weekend, aim to have it done in 2/3 days. I've been told to try and push my technical skills, so I am to use as many modular pieces, vertex painting, decals and shared textures.
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