Hey everyone, so I just played my 9th and 10th league of legends games ever, after not having played for a year and noticed that a lot of the effects in the game go very quickly and there's hardly any charge times. So, my take on the intent of separating effects into 'charge, attack, impact' is not as exaggerated as some…
As part of the unfortunate layoffs at Activision/Blizzard (Closure of the Z2 studio in Seattle), I'm now in the process of updating my portfolio and getting a new job hopefully. In the meantime I thought I'd start on some new projects. First up. I wanted to create a really highpoly vehicle/prop that would demonstrate my…
So whats yours? i just got mine today Background: i am the lone 3d artist in a company which does mini 3d games to sell along with our "duck hunt" on crack type of system we sell. so anyway my boss comes in and tells me he wants to do some deer hunting game we plan to advertise in europe along with our laser thing a ma…
The Cyclops is more than a myth, its also a fairly straightforward way to get your feet wet with some 3d scanning at some rock bottom prices. The Cyclops is a kit of parts from Makerbot, with the requisite instructions, that when added to your own camera will allow you to start generating some point clouds. A cut and paste…
Notes on "Art Tutorial" by Arne Niklas Jansson (androidarts.com) This tutorial makes many good points and wise comments, and I'd have no problem recommending it provided people make use of the following footnotes: Terminology "Saturation - How much color there is. Grays aren't saturated. Neon colors are very saturated. In…
Ahh cool I like it. I like the area where the tower and house meet, that mossy/ivy bit is a nice touch. I like the painted details in the textures nice work! This next bit might scare you but I wouldn't take the time to post it if I didn't think it would help. It's not meant to make you feel like crap but to help you…
Hey guys, this is where I'm at at the moment.. not sure if I'm going to get this finished on time. still so much to do! spent an hour today trying to get Mayas skin shaders to work.. does anyone know any tutorials for rendering out a turntable with mental ray? also has anyone any experience with Maya hair? as always crit…
Looking killer. I like colors you've chosen. The yellow stuff looks a lot more lasery now :) I'd add yellow chunks to the hair as well. Right now it only has a slight yellow frosting.
If you're going to keep working on this, I'd animate a run cycle and use what you learn from that to inform this piece (or just work directly on this, I just thought a cycle would be easier). The contact of the feet, the up-down motion of the hips, and the readability of the silhouette can use use some work. This is a cool…
The bolt and especially the cover over the bolt don't seem quite right. If you look closely at the concept, you can notice that the cover is more of a rounded octagon than a cylinder. The rear of the bolt should be simpler - just a cylinder tapering in a single segment; the extrusion in yours isn't in the concept. Many of…