Thanks for the replies. I realized it’s probably a UV issue. I didn’t properly unwrap some areas of the low poly, like the screws, either out of boredom or because I wasn’t planning to show them in the render. My goal for now is to create some high-resolution hero shots, while also practicing making a game-ready model for…
Hi, My name is Pat Toulouse and I am a professional senior 3D artist that specializes in game development for PC, console and web, including mobile. I have been in the field for many years and have been working at Fuel Games (Ottawa, Canada) for the past 4 years. I recently left my position at Fuel Games to pursue new…
Hi Polycount! I’m a 3D artist with over 8 years of experience in 3d design, metaverse, and mobile games. I’m recently aiming for 3A studio roles (e.g., 3D Concept Artist, Environment Artist) and have spent a year refining my portfolio, but got feedback it’s “too broad.” My portfolio includes: - Manga style game demo -…
I'm in the process of trying to take my own original character from Softimage/XSI 6 and make it ready for full facial animation and lip synch in the Source SDK Face Poser. I've been using the tutorials "Character Setup Overview" and "Character Facial Animation Shapekey Set" from the Valve Developer site, which have been…
I heard before that it is something related to the mesh's edgeflow, but I have never understood how to practically do it. I'll include some images of what I'm talking about and I'll also include some questions without answers, at least from what I know. Do I only have to copy already existing good and functional…
I plan on becoming a character artist. Initially, I will use images from google for anatomy studies and likeness sculpts, but eventually I want to populate my portfolio. I am concerned about the legality and copyright of including reference images in my portfolio. Questions: 1) Am I legally allowed to include character…
The Chaos series of mods have a long history of successful releases, dating all the way back to Quake 2; http://chaoticdreams.org/about-us/ To this day, Chaos still enjoys fairly wide and positive name recognition among players; http://www.forums.chaoticdreams.org/viewtopic.php?p=69317#p69317 We've even been mentioned a…
Mare Nostrum is a modification for Red Orchestra OstFront 41-45 that concentrates on adding both new playable forces and many new specially designed custom maps to play in. Aiming to bring the most realistic and exciting experience of the battles of the deserts of North Africa up to the invasions of Sicily and Italy and…
Just thought I'd mention that VGL with be at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday Oct 29. This is a really cool show featuring a full orchestra and choir playing video game music. COPY&PASTE: The first major U.S. video game music concert tour is finally here! Think music concert, theatrical stage show, and interactive video…
It was decently entertaining, but it certainly didn't live up to the original. I am hard pressed to decide whether I liked it more or less than Predator 2. Although I don't think very highly of Predator 2, I would have to say that the writing and pacing of that film was considerably more consistent than Predators.…