Another Michigander! Welcome I think all programs are going to be just a difficult to pick up from the start. Most of the programs are pretty powerful, which translates to: They have an intimidating amount of options. You may want to try a few of the other programs to see which 'feels' best to you. Everyone here is likely…
I would personally refrain of making the community guess who you're trying to model. if they are here asking for you to post the reference, then please don't waste their time? Especially if they cannot see who it is... If you are new to this, rather than trying to make people guess (personally I hate guessing games), post…
You can disable the tablet service as mentioned and it should remove all of these issues. However it may interfere with accessing windows dialog boxes in some applications. If this is the case, these steps will also disable the most annoying bits in a more surgical manner. Issue #1: Every pen click produces a gray…
Hey gauss, thanks a ton for the crits and the time taken to do that mockup. I see your point about indentifyable space parts. What I was going for with this concept was basically just to get a mental image for a 3d model I started. I have very little experience with max, I've been using it a small amount at work, but not…
Hi Tili Perhaps this paintover will help you out. I didn't do anything fancy, just used the standard hard round brush with spacing set to 1%, its opacity set to pen pressure, and every other feature turned off. My painting could use more loving to get the feel better, but the idea is to build up the texture with three…
When I do contract work, a lot depends on the reputation I have built up. It is nice in theory to say "I will only accept $1,500 for a character" but if you don't have the skills and the rep, good luck with that. I was getting paid very well for my most recent contract work, but only because I had years of proven track…
That's a bummer, might want to give MoPs Normalize script a try it started out compatible with 8+. http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=52415 I agree, align to face would be handy. In 9 or maybe 2008 they added a "quick planar map" button that does roughly that. Super effective. Before that I think it was a script,…
this is the closest thing i could find to your cinema. I started out by deciding what kind of time period the building was from. Its often a good starting point. A lot of more derelict cinemas have a kind of art deco feel hence the image. http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1633/northampton4thedecogj1.jpg Study the image…
couple of animation crits Walk cycle - everything starts and stops at the same time. give it some overlap, delay the tenticles a little bit, maybe give them a little up and down too. this will give them some weight. he doesn't look like he has much left to right movement either, maybe its just the angle though Run cycle -…
Hi, I just registered to the forum. I'm a newbie to the world of 3d. I have learned the basics of modeling in 3d Studio Max. I'm done with the modeling process of the chair or throne of the Emperor from Star Wars. It's a relatively simple object, but I'm quite happy with it. Now I want to make it look nice with materials…