Just some random thoughts, maybe you should try it out see if that changes anything. . Include frame 65 in your fbx export. When I tried to remove the last frame of my run animation to have something that loops perfectly, that's when I noticed some hicup in my cycle. Not sure if I was hallucinating, but who knows, maybe…
Hey man, always good to see someone interested in concept art in this forum. I'm always a bit harsh on critiques but I hope you take it as a checklist on how to approach the next pieces instead of as a character attack. John Sweeny's tutorials right? Not saying its a bad thing but this is one of the biggest catch alls to…
MOAR updates. ====== March-22-2012 Added an Alpha Lerp mask for the diffuse, just incase you need to have a mirrored texture but would like to have color variations on a second channel, replaces color, isn't additive. Not sure if I will keep the Switch for the Alpha, might as well keep a white texture in it and have the…
Hello again JEP (very interesting subject, well worth putting some thoughts into ...) Since you are bringing up Sparth, who is a perfect example of what is expected from a concept artist in the strict sense of the word, here is what I think on this subject based on personal experience and what I have observed at various…
Hello Rogelio, I do appreciate you giving me such a detail insight of your production process and constraints. I do agree that vfx texture & surfacing process is a very different animal than the one for video games. To be honest I only have production experience in film or high res advertising. So my thoughts about…
@Downarmy - I actually wish those were speed trees, unfortunately i couldn't get speed trees to place using S-Click in static mesh mode, so i had to create my own tree, but i used the speed tree textures which I've been re-thinking. Also, though i am capable of creating my own content, i just don't have the time right at…
Killing another human being is not the same as murder. "Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being" -Wikipedia Killing in self-defense is not a malicious act. It is a defensive act. There is no intent to kill without the threat of imminent danger. If someone is released because it was…
Just as a side note - regarding portfolio & indie projects I am working on one myself (we are at the absolute start), so here some things you should concider: 1. Game comes first - there are compromizes to be made and if the whole project has to have a solid quality, don't expect your portfolio to get the love - triangle…
You guys will love version 2 if you're only using the 1.55 demo. There were huge improvements to the tools and performance made. The 2.2 update which was just announced promises further improvements to the Zsphere tools which are an excellent way to approach character creation. The interface isn't bad... just different.…
EDIT:ThomasP summed it all up. Just adding a reason was (and I believe still is) that Mari doesnt pick up on normal maps for stuff like cavity painting A personal thing for me, is the camera orbit. I always orbit and tumble around like a drunk person - would love if it was possible to contrain it to Y or Z like in Zbrush.…