Hey all, I'm in need of a little guidance when using 3ds and substances for a unwrap to texture workflow. The end goal is to have a library of substances which the team can reference and unwrap models against. This library will also be reference inside Unity. Currently each substance/material has a manual overhead setting…
Imo, the most enabling fundamental is Perspective. I haven't seen your work, but if you are struggling to envision shapes and invent things, then i am certain your perspective isn't the best. A few people mentioned this but i want to hammer it home as the most important thing that you will learn in your 2d career. Can you…
As to whether Rockstar should be held liable for Hot Coffee, I would say no, if this is true: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=5923 If the mod guys did actually decompile code in order to create the minigame, then they are responsible and in violation of the EULA. Shame on Rockstar for including the…
Getting an upgrade for my computer costing me just under £520... this is the spec i'm upgrading and what too... - 4GB of RAM DDR2 of course, PC2 6,400+ 800MHz Upgrading too - 8GB of RAM DDR2 PC2 9,200+ 800MHz (no point going higher, too expensive even with a major discount) - Nvidea 8800 GTS 640MB Upgrade too - ATI 4850…
Artists at 3Point Studios had the great pleasure of working with the team at Splash Damage Inc. on their recently released title Brink (www.brinkthegame.com) Below are but a small collection of weapon textures I had created for the project, myself and other 3Point artists will be sharing more of the art created in the…
I turned off the ceiling light and trying it more with desk lamps which I need to model. The lighting can't be for the benefit of 1 camera angle as the menu will include the whole room. This is the kind of look I am after…
I'm playing alot of GO lately and I've found the Workbench editor to be really fun to play around with, especially with repeating patterns. I'll post my experiments and anything I learn here! First up I was experimenting with Patina skins. It took a while to wrap my head around these but you can get some really cool…
Absolutely reeks of corporate bullshit to move operations to China. In the last three years Dreamworks Animation have put out 9 films: Kung Fu Panda 2 (Profitable: 450% return). Puss in Boots (Profitable: 425% return). Madagascar 3 (Profitable: 520% return) Rise of the Guardians (Profitable: 210% return). The Croods…
This is actually what is done a lot in studios that can afford it and actually the position that i have right now. Most of the senior guys are producing stuff to sell to producers. If it isn't flashy and dramatic it won't get funding to work on so the pieces they want to go forward are generally the ones that make the most…
Dont know if your asking me, or generally the thread but here ill lay it out for you right up until recently. Not disclosing what I earn now though. In USD. Started freelancing and made about 10k my first year heh. made about 25k second year. about 60k 3rd year. I then got a job inhouse for 40k per year. Bumped to 45k per…