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Re: Understanding averaged normals and ray projection/Who put waviness in my normal map?
I normally wouldn't leave all the indents in, but I would like to have them for some of the parts due to a band that wraps around a set of barrels I had modeled originally, I want that inset slightly. I have read that post several times, but I don't want to bevel the top and bottom of the barrel to remove this: I don't… -
Re: My Quest to Get Job Overseas
Nice job on the axe. I think there's a few things that could be changed to make it look better though. - First I think the wood is really nice. I like it quite a bit. - I think the wrap material needs to be better defined. I can't really tell if that's cloth or leather or some other material. - The chipped up metal with… -
Re: Sci-fi interior
Looked at the high poly mesh on your site, it's really soft and pillowy which seems odd for a big piece of sci-fi tech. I'd anticipate some hard edges. Most of your back surface is flat with random shapes spaced evenly across it. This is revealing to other artists as lazy since is so easy to do. It's much better to conform… -
Re: How many textures per model is too many?
You can use as many as you want, but: The GPU works like a factory assembly line. You tweak all the settings, then you send it a large batch of vertices to work on. The bigger and fewer the batches, the better. If you want to upload a different set of textures into the texture units, or change vertex arrays, or change any… -
Re: converting local to tangentspace normalmaps
Well, we have to recreate them, we don't export those from Max. We have some cool blending code that apparently requires more intense tangent calculations. But anyhow, even if you export the tangents that Max creates, you still have trouble wrapping a 2D flow across a 3D surface. You're going to have to have some seams… -
Re: Gears of War PSP Character
Leviathan: Thanks, the elbow and knee deformation setup is the same as the first model which actually worked surprisingly well. The biggest problem is the shoulders, but I don't think there is a whole lot I can do while maintaining the polycount. Indecom: I have been playing around with this now, thanks for bringing it to… -
Re: Favorite 80's material!!!
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The Mysterious Cities of Gold was by far my most favorite show evvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvver. Remeber?: Trapper Keepers Hacky Sack Converse multicolored canvas shoes Pinball Machines Saturday morning cartoons (where the heck did they go?!) Those wrist slap things that would wrap around your wrist Friendship bracelets Jellies… -
Re: What games are you buying this holiday season?
I would like to have the time to play the games I already own. Between work and a 3mo old, I'm not sure my home system will turn over for me, she feels jilted, my 360 laughs and threatens to tea bag me when I log in to live. "baby please, when Halo3 comes out I'll show you a good time, you just have to be patient" I plan… -
Re: Techniques / Behind The Scenes - Mixing realism and anime aesthetics?
When it comes to outlines in UE4, how you set it up will depend on how predictable your camera positioning. Setting up a one-size-fits-all solution is hard, which means you'll probably use a mix of different techniques depending on the scene. If you're looking to slap a silhouette outline around individual objects that… -
Re: Around the World in 12 Months
So, unfortunately, I had some computer trouble and business from school and I was not able to adequately wrap this level up for presentation. I definately learned a fair amount from it, and frankly learned the direction I took and scope I had in mind, where not productive to creating the scenes I want to achieve with this…
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