One thing that looks weird to me, and others could pitch in on this, is that the transitions of snow piles that connect from the walls to floors look a little weird to me (particularly on the second to last image of your first post). They have a really bad sharpness to the intersections. One thing you could do there is…
I actually think theres a problem with just saying CGI, because most of the time people will think of it in terms of characters. However I think that most of the CG/VFX burden on films go unnoticed by a large amount of people, even films that don't feature any otherwordly entities(like aliens, spaceships, monsters etc.)…
No worries Pies- Im just glad to finally know what Halo level people are talking about! Synergy: We might post some process stuff down the road. Whats been exciting about this project is its the first time I`ve ever been able to work almost exclusively in max. The way cryengine3 is set up, 3dsmax is basically an extension…
I wouldn't use zbrush's UV master for the low poly asset image that you posted. It is extremely simple to just UV that in Maya or whatever 3d modelling package you are using. If you are focusing on environment art then I'd get very comfortable with 3d modeling in maya or 3ds max or any similar modeling package. Going…
I'm Kenae Lowry from Ringling College of Art & Design, and I did the War Room for this project. The War Room really isn't its own area in the Avatar universe as it just shares a space with the throne room, so I decided to give it its space as an extension of the Fire Palace. This room takes place roughly 20 years after the…
If you plan on publishing the game and attempting to sell it or profit in any way, use a game engine. I personally say just use a game engine, especially if you are creating a whole new game. Not only do you gain the perks of have complete control of every aspect of the content you are creating, but you also have the…
I think I am going to do more extensive research. I can't afford a 500.00 camera to be honest, I want to try to get something nice though to take reference shots and for game textures. If I can find a happy medium then thats great as well. I might just get the bridge camera DSLR I mean if its bigger I don't mind much. I…
i'd attempt that in max with the cloth modifier. in the cloth object properties window you'll have to add all the objects that are going to be part of oyur simulation and set them to either be a cloth object or as collider. you can set vertex groups to attach to other geometry in there so this is how you would have your…
I agree with Calabi to an extent. three or four years down the line you're going to be looking at the level of modelling, rigging and lighting sophistication that was put into cg for hollywood movies 3-4 years ago. I don't include animation in that because it's the one thing that really doesn't (or shouldnt) change across…
DOH!. tracked it down. Something call Yontoo installed itself on my computer. Apparently its something I might have picked up from a Facebook app!...ffs. http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=62640 "Yontoo.Pagerage is a browser extension for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox that enables customization of ones…