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Re: 3dsmax 2012
Sorry, but I STRONGLY disagree with this. I use the mirror tool often. Especially when working with modular assets. The mirror tool and symmetry modifier have two completely different uses. I use the mirror when I want to completely flip a model. Mirror works well with rocks, when I want to break the tiling effect. Makes… -
Re: Tips & tricks for working with large scenes
Thanks for the swift reply, MoP. They are grouped for ease of selection (I saved the steps out into their own file), but Max is still having a coronary trying to export the OBJ. At this stage, I'm going to try splitting the object up into several sections, and export them out individually. Max just simply can't seem to… -
Re: Marmoset Toolbag: User input for next major revision
Referring to B. Not too much of a big deal until you have modular assets with multiple materials that all need to be split and moved around or duplicated. Although when i spend a little time and think about this its likely more of a first impressions problem, but enough of one to have me not delving any deeper into… -
Re: [UE4][WIP] Bar 2048
More progress shots! I made a few more meshes to replace some of the architecture. namely a software shop in the alleyway and an elevator entrance in the main bar area, I also added a bunch of video ads to give the scene a little bit more life, lastly, I added another set of modular pipes for the ground in the main bar… -
Re: Portfolio Dev Discussion: Quality vs. Quantity
Quality over Quantity ever time no matter what. Your only as strong as your weakest piece and if you have 3 pieces and your weakest piece is fucking amazing your way better off. Here is what you need for a great environment artist portfolio. 1 Super polished environment. Good composition, story telling in the environment,… -
Re: Portfolio Critique
Very nice Chinese garden! I love modular stuff like that. First thing that jumped out at me was your site is a bit 'busy'. I think you are on the right track using specific colors (i.e. blue, white and grey) but it doesn't blend very well with your actual content. I would try and be a bit more minimalistic, less unneeded… -
Re: How much time do you dedicate to finish a 3d model or finish a whole project?
After 1 year of self teaching and having no portfolio yet, what i do at the moment is take my time to create what i want and that is working correctly with the normal maps etc. Some examples are an architectural interior took me 2 weeks to model, just the walls/ceiling/columns. A modular pipe set that i made took me about… -
Re: PC Build for environment art and engine work.
I made some changes, like taking advice on what you guys have said, now I just have to find a case at around £60 to keep my budget of £1200 MB: ASRock Z87 EXTREME4 Motherboard £105 GPU: GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition: £335 CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 Quad Core Professional Processor (3.60GHz) £240 SSD: Samsung 840… -
Re: Transferring animations and rigs onto different LOD models?
Sorry I should have specified the application. I'll be using 3ds max for this, then it will be going into an in house renderer (which doesn't have a LOD/Tessellation system) The idea is that they want 3 LOD's to show off crazy shaders etc There isn't going to be any distance based model switching, just 3 separate versions… -
Re: Edit
Well I think the convention for UE4 is 1uu=1cm, so you can model with that in mind. Your reference will determine what size things are so you might as well use real world scale. I suppose the process would be to gather reference, break down what modular parts you will need (pillars, windows, wall sections, booth seats like…
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