Ok, so here I have this mesh in zbrush which is at 113 Million polys with plenty of subtools to get along with it. Questions is,what's the best way to retopologizing everything? Do I have to go through every subtool one at a time? This was started in zbrush so it's no UV'd yet; will the retopologized low poly contain the…
Hey guys! I'm joining the ranks of awesome artists who've made sketchbooks here. I've found myself working on pieces that I eventually just leave sitting on my drive for eternity, so I just want to share with you guys finished pieces, studies, or WIP projects. I want you guys to feel free to comment/critique or ask about…
Gannon: I thought that you were supposed to separate hard edges on the UVs for normal maps? At least that's what the tutorials I got showed. I was going through the Colt 1911 tutorial from Gnomon and he splits up the UVs on the gun. I did sew them together and it helped a little, but I'm still getting weird banding. I…
Skankerzero you are wrong, i'm the second to point this out to you. you have the right idea but its backwards. below is a graphic that i found. ps. I love it when someone has already done what i originally set out to do. its truely a beautiful thing. especially for time wasters like forums, to explain to someone something…
Juan Gimenez...the man is active! rare in the comic giants of the time...Just discovered...Nice site.... I use to prefer more strong drawing, detailed in different wa, butis only a preference, not a level of it...and I found always amazing the way he draws...and is said one of his best qualities is an incredible speed...…
I feel like I can anticipate one of the new tools in IC.Shape 2.0. Anything to see a girl smile. From MAXScript menu, create a New Script. Copy and paste following code, then from editor menu Tools choose Evaluate All. You'll find the command in Customize User Interface... under category IllusionCatalyst Tools, named…
Tried v1.4. Problems remain. 111 Starting NDO from GUI crashes NDO and Suite. Executable started manually doesn't show. Can Switch To and press Alt+Space to move invisible window. 112 No materials listed. Base Wood selected on load, still inaccessible. 113 Inactive or broken menu. Highlights on mouseover though. 114…
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/191/conroepricesgs0.jpg The l2 cache on those conroes are huge, no wonder why they have good performace and more expensive a bit :P Im sticking with amd at the moment, its pretty good atm, and the price cut makes it even better. Besides ill most likely spend less geting a amd x2…
Might have a solution for the hair buns I'm not sure what program you're using but if you use 3Ds max this tutorial might come in handy for the hair buns http://www.francescolegrenzi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=191 It's a rope ball tutorial but if you replace the alpha with something more fine and flowing you might be…
My render setup is catmull-rom with light tracer. Theres a regular skylight and 1 omni with intensity 0.5 and colour of 206, 193, 158. The material is dark grey with spec level 65 and glossiness 32, theres a reflection map at 80 with first map falloff and second map on the white slot of raytrace. Makes it all nice and…