I was reading about the modular asset technique used by Philip Klevestav on his article at Vertex 2 and i ended up with a few questions about it. Maybe some of you, with more experience, can help me sort it out! * The screenshots show walls with at least 2 units of thickness. Is this important so you can create a bevel at…
I have been using and learning MAYA full version (student) from last 6-7 months. Now I'm thinking about doing some commercial work so, i am thinking about buying MAYA LT. I usually use MAYA for hard surface modeling specially for modeling weapons, cars and level designing. Is MAYA LT is enough for modeling all that things?…
This is great advice. I conducted a fair number of interviews at my first industry job and once we brought the artist in for an interview, it really was just to see what sort of person they were. It was for a very small art team and we were pretty stingy about who we interviewed. If you are nervous, find some peace and…
@perna I understand the meaning in your answers, maybe I didn't explained well my needs, still it's nice to know a little more about the multiple ways it's worked those days, as you and AlecMoody told about :) @AlecMoody Well that's what I worried about, the reflections are not working well actually. I'm not gonna improve…
Nobody can know anything about the past. If the government is covering something up, they are just as likely to be the ones posting crackpot theories as anyone, making it harder to tell what really is true. I didn't believe the WMD stuff for a second, and all I had to do was watch CNN and use my brain. The government is…
I've got a question about workflows for creating certain types of terrain. In the first picture, you see the grass blends into the rock. You can see it in the second pic on the left as well. So how are these sorts of terrains created in games like this? Is it just vertex blending? if it is, how do you get the perfect…
Hi. ive been given this job, where i had to completely remodel a chair i had to also uv unwrapp, texture, and sample render the model. The thing is im new to freelancing and i didnt get my head around where to aim yet. The job took me about 7 to 8 hours, but something tells i bit too much .since the employer is requesting…
Hello people of Polycount :) ! I was thinking about starting a path about 2D Digital painting. But i've some questions regarding the right way to do it. Starting from the fact that i don't have any experience regarding drawing skills but i'm enough proficent with Photoshop,in your opinion what's the best path to follow? I…
Ban This Game is a small game about censorship in Australia. I made it in a couple of days using Torque Game Builder. It's a pretty simple game but I'm hoping it will draw attention to this issue among people who didn't already know about it and perhaps spark some interesting discussions. Trailer on YouTube [ame]…
Today threat we are reminded about how easy it would of been to place liquid explosives on an aircraft. Would you still fly given the increased risk? are you worried about an attack?