hmmm, I might just have to do a tutorial on that. I was thinking about making a pretty big portfolio piece and I haven't made a tutorial in a while so I might be able to kill two birds with one stone.
Very nice! I agree with having more video tutorials from you. I would pay double for such good information/tutorials. That pit scene you were working on was just too good. (shaders and all) Go Canada!
To increase your texturing skills, I would strongly suggest you to take a look at racer445's tutorials : http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photoshop/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/ http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/index.php?pageid=racer445
Since you're talking about reactor and I think Maya is reactor-less? I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say you're using max? http://www.escalight.com/tutorials/3dsmax-tutorials/earthquake-part-1.html
I think that you will learn much more with Video Tutorials. The money that i spend for Art School was thrown out of the window. @School i learned maybe 3% of my complete knowledge. 97% is selfstudy and watching Video Tutorials.
@imbueFX first, thanks for that informative post. Will your tutorial for beginners cost anything? Don't know how 3dmotive works. Or is it more like a monthly subscription? I think your tutorial would be THE place to start for me. Cheers, Sharky
Here's a tutorial for doing the rounded normal baking in 1.5.0 beta. http://www.mightybake.com/tutorial-rounded-baking/ . Object courtesy of @malcolm. Here's a quick preview of each of the different directions. Suface Normals Geometry Normals Rounded Normals (New)
www.c4dcafe.com has a multitude of free tutorials, there is also a good bodypaint dvd on sale but you might be able to figure out whats what buy doing some of the tutorials, I use c4d at work and max. Nice community too
Make a game! Seriously, it's the best way to get a taste of everything. Also does a lot to help you understand the full picture. A good way to start would be something like the Swords and Shovels course from PluralSight or that Make a game in Unreal course from Udemy. Udemy courses are like 90% right now. Pluralsight also…
I would suggest you posting in the 3D forums, where all the handpainters are. you'll get more C&C :) For you first texture they are good, but you have the same recurrent flaws. I think your major issue here is that you follow a certain youtube tutorial (I know i saw that way of doing on a youtube video) who teach you to…