Looking nice so far. I would suggest adding some variance in detail, adding some lower-frequency areas for the eye to "rest". For example not using the same rock models everywhere, but having some differentiation. The roof opening looks a bit odd with the same high frequency rock as the lower walls, like it could cave in…
depends how you want to drive it the simplest way is probably to use a tile sampler set tiles to many in x and 1 in y plug a noise map into scale and have it only affect the y axis (pretty sure you can do that) if you want full control you'll need to dig into pixel processors and/or fx-maps I dont have any really good…
Hey everyone, I’m getting back into 3D modeling after a long break. The last time I touched modeling was in a college elective years ago, and I used Maya back then. Now I see so many people using Blender. I’d like to ask: should I switch to Blender for my current projects? What are the main advantages of Blender compared…
I am just really anxious right now with being afraid of my future due to my stupid mistakes, let's say you are an self taught artist currently at a college specialized for a field that is far away from art, for example economy. But you have been working on your portfolio for many years so you have a fairly good one. Is it…
I think there are quite a few materials where a layered system would be necessary. Essentially every material with truly distinct material layers and some kind of transparent (glossy or semi glossy) material on top is only really achievable with a material layering system. The bike and the car you posted are good examples,…
Yes, this question has a lot to do with the original people no longer being in control. Thats sort of a key thing here. An example would be like Infinity Ward. Activision purchased COD more or less and then people worked on it under their power. It has to do with a company having the majority power over another. I am…
Don't know if there's a way to slide things to match an axis if you have an off angle edge? For example, I want to align this loop on a sloping section to the y-axis of the perpendicular box, however it snaps a few units off. Am using the following snap controls This is for a project where I'm taking old BSP level geometry…
Quick example of the gun rig I’m currently working on. I also came across a great Maya tool for creating control rig curves by Perry Leijte https://peerke.gumroad.com/l/cuHte https://vimeo.com/1172146442?fl=pl&fe=sh.gifv
Not what he was asking, there were methods to get explicit normals in UDK before, but they didn't work on rigged meshes. So it will be curious to see if that is fixed now. Also, heres to hoping this is actually "synced" and not just "better", from the example mesh there it looks like there are a *lot* of hard edges there…
Welcome to Polycount! A good way to learn how to model complex shapes is to give it a try, and post your attempt, like Fabi_G suggested. Then people are more likely to suggest ideas how to improve what you have. For example see How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before…