Can't thought-experiment through this. Too many variables. What the pro's are saying is you got to prototype it out to find your specific case answer. What you are looking for is simplification, but looking for it in the wrong way. Simplify the problem not by designing some arbitrary guidelines, but rather by reducing the…
Really great stuff so far. Already you've got a vibe going and I like it. Most of this is stuff you might have planned already but I'll mention it anyway =) I liked the floor better before when it was tile, but I agree it shouldn't be too similar to the type of tile as the walls, which it was pretty close too. Some high…
I've started on my showreel and branding and I am also mid way through creating a low poly version of my car from the end of my first year at university, its something I did a little of a while back, but I started again so now I have this: Password: port https://vimeo.com/282992171 This is the low poly version compared to…
My first thought seeing the page was... :/ hmmm Carbonmade. I have been seeing Carbonmade more and more. And the porfolios sort of start looking like carbon copies of each other. I specifically can think of 2 other 3d artists who have the exact same theme as yours. I don't know the limitations of carbonmade... but, I would…
Hey guys! Sorry I didn't answer earlier! Had a LAN party here at home, playing dat LoL and Tekken all night! :) Andreas, I have emailed Touch Arcade that monster mentioned as well as TIG Source, which is an indie blog. I haven't heard from them yet. I'll try some others I guess :) might have to send a redeemable code as…
not sure what your trying to ask...as for your high poly...all your cracks and divets and n e thing that would be unnecessary to model(all the little details) should be in your high poly. Looking at your bake, it does not seem like you have those details in there. Your high poly right now is just a low poly with lots of…
@Ashervisalis On starting the
mentorship program I mainly wanted to improve my buildings and
foliage. You choose what you are wanting to focus on and the project
that you do with guidance from Ryan. I've quickly listed what I
learnt below – although keep in mind I wasn't a complete beginner
at some of this but Ryan helped…
Thanks guys @vig: First, thanks for taking your time to write all that stuff down, it's nice to have someone do a breakdown and provide lots of good crits. The thing that puzzled you about the pants are actually seams modeled in, he's got no pads. I wanted to make some pants which were baggy and made out of a very dense…
one last thing then I'll get off the whole cat rat thing. A cat running mid stride works for a single render but really was wasted time if thought about in real time. Balancing your time is just as important as texture size and poly count. If this is just a pretty render then forget about poly count, and texture sizes and…
Update! So I meant to post this earlier, but unfortunately baking the meshes took a little longer than I'd initially planned due to an unforeseen glitch with the arm high-poly... When I uploaded the last post, I had everything but the flamethrower attachments concepted and made - I've since then done a loose, simple…