"Known issues: I know my character isn't great, say, her arms are too thin. Whether I can fix it is down to my ability." No. It lies down to you measuring the diameter of a good reference model, and thickening yours appropriately. You can do that. Forget the myth of the artist feeling/improvising things. Observation lies…
INDUSTRY GIANTS 2012: Visual Effects, Animation and Game Conference Presented by A Bunch of Short Guys September 22 and 23, 2012 DALLAS/FORTWORTH: Creating entertainment in today's high-tech environment may seem otherworldly, but it's not. Take a look behind the scenes and talk with the shamen who create some of the top…
Environment Artist - Game Team https://jobs.lever.co/skydance/1270f0fd-eb2c-4e0f-a135-13d221830960 At Skydance Interactive, we believe in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in interactive entertainment. Innovation in game design, technology and storytelling is the passion that drives our agile studio of dedicated…
If you're having an actor sit down and run through lines it would be well worth it to capture 3D data as well, that can go a long way in helping build out a robust FACS system based on accurate 3D depth data. It's much more reliable than just 2D tracking. There is a solution for just about every budget so it would be a…
Okay so I'm going to be going off here on a little story and then some questions/career advice. My name is Ben Henry and I'm 16 years old. I have always loved to draw, build things, solve puzzles etc. I've always been a spacial thinker, a visual person, not a verbal one. I took interest into the game industry when I was…
Hey you beautiful people. For the next few months I really want to spend some time exploring a pair of characters that would fit into the Overwatch world. The first one is Valeriy Vegera's Rose(https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VDrdZ). I chose her because in the game's world, I envision her working alongside Luca, which…
He sent me this about an hour ago: 7:19 PM - Ziedrich: add my new acc h t t p://steamcomunily.com/profile/6258923158712436/ (added spaces so no one clicks on it) Notice the address, takes you to an exact copy of steam, profile pages and all, and asks for user and password info to login just like always, when you get the…
Hello! In the coming couple of weeks Polycount is going to be receiving a much needed overhaul to its backend software, which means a number of things we think you'll find interesting. First off, we're no longer going to be using vBulletin. We've teamed up with Vanilla to bring the overhaul to our community. Using Vanilla…
I hope this isn't a faux-pas to make a thread here with such elementary questions, I'm new to polycount and frankly I don't even understand what most of the thread titles in this subforum mean. I'm trying to teach myself low poly 3D modeling for fun and have been learning 3Ds Max for a few days via youtube. My main…
1st off don't be afraid to experiment, try things and to find ways that don't work. Finding out that something doesn't work, is one step closer to finding a way that does work. It's only a failure if you give up. When it is for your benefit to do so, but don't be dogmatic about it and cause more problems by trying to fry…