Hi all, I'm building a PC on a somewhat tight budget. As I understand a high clock speed is necessary for smooth operations, and a good graphics card makes render faster as well as viewport (I think). so the question is, will a base clock of 3.8 GHz be good enough, or will viewport performance will suck with big scenes and…
Hey all! Little last on posting this up.. but wanted to get my initial thumbs and color progress on board here. This piece is also being painted live this week on my twitch channel @ www.twitch.tv/davegrecoart We wanted to create a piece to someone who could possibly become a champion! If the story changed a bit that is.…
They make high end CPUs largely because manufacturing silicon chips of this complexity and density isn't reliable enough. If a quad core CPU rolls off the production line with a dead core or two it's sold as a dual. If the cache has a defect, that area is disabled and it's sold as a lower end CPU. If it just doesn't run…
WIP/unfinished projects are a bad idea for portfolios; you will always be judged by your weakest piece, so only include your best stuff and cull periodically. Untextured projects appear unfinished. Always include your contact information on your images. If you're looking for work in games, make sure you include renders…
So I have a small sketch up of Invoker that I did. The concept and art is pretty simple and basic, but I wanted to get a vibe of him being a mysterious mage who didn't want his true power revealed. (ex: Ghost walk) Although his lore tells of his brazen appearance and nature he also has a darker and mystical side to him. I…
much of fantasy fiction and art is inspired LOTR universe anyway that as long as u make no reference to it I don't see how copyright holders could realistically differentiate your game. ( otherwise most fantasy genre works would have disappeared a long time ago? ) LOTR does not own orcs dragons wizards and goblins... Take…
I'm not sure what to montiro graphics card temperatures, I think there is ATI tool which I'm guessing is just for ATI cards. For the cpu, some software take their readings from outside the cpu, and so give a less accurate result. Core Temps and Intel TAT take their readings from inside and so are more accurate. And will…
Hi everyone! So I am going to enter this even though I'm pretty busy with work so I'm at least hoping to give it a good go even if I don't manage to finish it in time. My idea is a decaying old clocktower that has been abandoned and is now home to a lone vampire. The clocktower has been his home for so long that overtime…
Yes I would do the entire boot together. Laces and all. Unless you have a game where you can customize your shoe laces :) Unless you are going to have variations on your boots I would just retopo them as apart of the legs. I'd do the buckles as apart of the body. The bullets... egh could go ether way. Personally I would do…
42. Oh, I thought you were talking about that question... Ati is a nightmare if you're doing anything other than gaming on Windows. Linux will cause you headaches and 3d applications will often suffer from Ati's drivers. I think the general rule is that when you're a modeler or a Linux user, it's always NVidia. Clock…