@Tusk Having lived in all except Montreal I'd say if you just use common sense you'll do okay. Best city for you? I recommend actually visiting each city (but not in winter) and factor in your career (cost of living vs expected salary, etc) and lifestyle choices (are you gay, you like outdoors a lot, you like crowded…
It looks like you have a good base, but i feel that there are some things that you could improve on to make this piece come together. -Wood feels really saturated and unnatural. Another thing that throws me off is how monochromatic the textures are. Trying desaturating your texture and building some yellow/browns back into…
Okay, metalness maps are supposed to be flat black or white, no greys :) For the grunge you'll want to make sure that it's completely black on the metalness map. You'll want the roughness to be really high for it and the diffuse should just be a mid-brown/grey tone. Rougher materials catch more light so diffuse colours…
I understand where you're coming from, but what happens when I want to move that asset from your desert level with a strong key, warm fill/bounce to a forest level with a very soft or nonexistant key, green/brown fill. Or how about to my snow level? Would you expect it to look good in each case, or require a new map to…
nice idea... think the execution could do with a bit of work though. firstly the bits and bobs look a bit stuck on... and could do with bedding in a bit more adding dirt or oxidised areas of metal in the occluded parts. secondly the wood looks like its been sandblasted the temptation is to add lots of nice normal detail…
UPDATE! So I spent some more time on the concept, looking at league concept art as reference and also just tried to make him look cooler and more epic overall. I also made a Pirate chest as his Jack in the box. @TouijriHamza - I agree, B is pretty much what I based this updated concept on. @Ro-Bo @FemCharles @noth - Thanks…
[ QUOTE ] that actually sounds way less practical than using it for art.. i mean come on. the US wastes money on the stupidest shit. super dancing shocks.. almost as bad as the 1 million dollar pen nasa developed to write in space... guess what russia used?? fucking pencils.. very cool stuff.. [/ QUOTE ] Ever heard of the…
Back to the water and vines of the center scene レ(゚ロ゚ ; )ヘ ≡≡=== Like I mentioned, not a fan of the implemented water include with The Courtyard, mainly because of the non-reflection of shadows. So here's what it looks like now. From left to right you can see where I started and where I ended up trying different methods…
I used to join drawing classes at my local community collage. Very cheap with life models. Other than that, you want to draw A LOT. The more you practice, the better. And having a nice crowd to critique your work can set you in the right direction and speed up your learning a lot. You want those who point out all the bad…
It would help if you used something else to host your images. Something like www.Imgur.com would work better. I don't know how the scene was before improvements were made? Why not just post these in your original thread? I personally love seeing work before and after improvements. It makes it difficult to do if every time…