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Re: Why are College and Uni lecturers paid differently to teach similar HE courses?
I'm from the UK; Leeds infact, and went to Leeds Met Uni. I was lucky enough to have my lecturers with a good background in art and had spent several years at a few big name studios. What helped is that they loved what they did and what they had achieved and the effect was quite contagious on the students. I went to a… -
Re: portable media reference device
I'm not sure this would be good fit but there is a product by Western Digital called WD TV. It's basically a small black box you connect to a USB thumb drive or portable HD that plays tons of media formats, it does slide show plays HD video, mp3s etc. There's a new version I think that is slimmer than the one I bought a… -
Re: Ketura's workshop
Hi! The model is a great learning experience but here's some feedback from someone who's a bit of beginner as well. While the model is good, it's also a bit too safe. It leans heavily on Lina's already established silhouette and while it works on that level you should always try and play and pull out the silhouette,… -
Re: In what specific circumstances are tris bad for deformation, and why?
Yeah, it's so fast and easy to test a lot of this stuff -- and many times it's circumstantial. Almost all of the "rules" I learned starting out turned out to be kaka. I wish beginner tutorials would say things like, "in a lot of cases, if you use triangles in such and such circumstances, it will give you problems." Rather… -
Re: Fellow Environment artists? Is Zbrush/Mudbox really worth the effort?
Hey there, Registered just to resurrect this. The thing about ZBrush and Pixologic is they have a clear plan. There are many big brands out there that make certain kinds of productions a lot easier because it is their niche and ZBrush is constantly moving towards their own niche as well. I am no professional, no master,… -
Re: Books and Guides
Books specifically made for games or animation tend to be underwhelming. You're better off browsing the Polycount wiki as well as video tutorial sites like 3dmotive and eat3d. I personally wouldn't recommend Digital Tutors or Gnomon because a lot of their game related tutorials aren't really up to date with current… -
Re: What you think of the new Cintiqs?
Not at all. It will probably be one of the MOST comfortable cintiqs made. It can be flat on the desk like an intuos, which is great for modeling in 3d (looking primarily at high quality desktop monitor, it can be propped up at 3 different angles and slide right onto your lap. If you have a portable pc (like the microsoft… -
Re: Games that inspired you to get into games development (all areas)
RPG in general (not nesseraly digital) and RTS (genere as whole). It's rather funny because RPG inspired me in a way that there is no RPG on the market that I would really enjoy so I decided it would be best to try make my own :D My issue with RPGs is rather odd one. There is just no combination of RPG mechanics, Slasher… -
Re: Settled in Toronto
wow, i got replies that i didnt even know aboit thanks for all the advice guys. its helped me think up wat tracks may and may not help me. right now i have to do scholarship research, and on that path i found out some other courses etc that i wanted to check up on. let me know how much these are 'worth' for the industry… -
Re: artistic anxiety
One of the key important aspects to creating art and understanding it all. Is not to rush it, but take you're time as needed with it. There's a certian trend I see with CG/Digital artists today, and that is "make something cool, and do it quickly!". Which in the end is a really bad way to work. I remember when doing…
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