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Re: How long did it take you to get good?
Everyones replies to this are confirming my thoughts about how important never ending progression is But they are also confirming how long I thought it would take between deciding to become a video game artist and getting a job in the industry. Thanks for all the great replies guys. - I decided about 2 years ago that I was… -
Re: Vector Normals, Cross Planes, and The Attempt To Make Lower Poly Trees Look Good
Yup. I've tried that. It...sorta works. For a better example of what my problems are, I quickly banged together a tree top like what's illustrated here: https://simonschreibt.de/gat/airborn-trees/ This isn't exactly difficult to pull off. This, coupled with the link you provided, should take me about roughly 10 seconds to… -
Re: Flash Molehill - Flash and 3D?
Neither, the API is actually extremely low-level, but it automatically chooses whether to use DirectX or OpenGL so as a developer you don't need to worry about that (just worry about if it goes into software!) Adobe's focus seems to have been on getting free third-party engines working and ready for use (Away3D,… -
Re: rendering physics from keyframe animation with constraint
He mentioned Reactor, so he may not have MassFX Physics. Here is a quick hinge tutorial for Reactor: Completed Example File: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2904948/Tutorials/ReactorHinge01.max Create the Hinge:* Parent object b to object a. * Change the pivot on object b so that rotating the Z axis gives the effect you want. *… -
Re: Pipeline workflow with Modo 601 and UDK please help!
Glad you got it working. I've started writing up a sort-of tutorial for setting up Modo for game art work, which so far covers: Setting up pipelineIO (inc. setting hard edges by uv borders in modo) exploding a mesh creating a cage basic form and input editor stuff Baking selection/colour maps baking diffuse info (Possibly… -
Re: Seek Professional Opinion for Environment Artist Career Decision
@JeremyJDickes - You should definitely give this a listen: Should You Go To School - What Nobody Tells You. At the end of the day, you should have a discussion with your son about this passion and whether he understands the opportunity cost of going to school for a degree in game art. Particularly when you consider how… -
Re: Vertex color and performance
Thanks a lot for your input guys. @Xoliul Ok, that makes sense that what matters more in the end is the material complexity rather then the actual vertex color data. @jeffro Instance was maybe the wrong term to use. I was just trying to diffrentiate between when the vertex color data is exported and saved in the model… -
Re: Veterans and Aspiring: What does your dream Game Art degree look like?
i completely agree, Garbage. My first real programming experience was in action script 3. And then recently I started learning python for tool creation / rigging help. I found it an easy transition. However, when I was first learning AS3, it took way longer for me to have that "holy crap" moment. Sure, the first few things… -
Re: FINISHED : Durga, Hindu Goddess
7 march -- got textures done using fibermesh and got the main volume layer blocked in. Slow going with lots of experimentation as this is my first time attempting high quality hair. I watched through Adam Skutts hair tutorial using xGen but... xGen is fucking complicated and seeing the end result I realized I can get as… -
Re: Aspiring game developer-where do I even begin?
@Fawful - "Greetings all. I am new to the forums here and I was redirected here by a friend who suggested I come here to learn about game development and such. I have no knowledge of any programming language, nor anything about game design. And I would like to change that. I want to start working on games, but not as a…
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