The other benefit of getting a bachelor's degree in some sort of fine arts program besides visa is, they will teach you the why, what and who with art and design (theory). You'll get introduced to art foundational skills too hopefully. As you're already self teaching 3D you'll just continue learning this, the 'how'…
Welcome to art hahahahahah. First thing I'll mention is to not rush things. Don't try to do the TV in under an hour, try to do it right. If you're trying to make a model of a TV, it should probably go through a sub-d phase first, whether its for animation or for a game. Here's what great sub-d topology looks like;…
Hello I have animated my character with keyframes in 3ds max, just doing a simple idle animation, and i would now like it to continue the idle animation while moving along a spline. Is this possible? How would I go about doing this? I can't find any tutorials online that show me how to move an already animated character…
@Kanni3d Hey thank you, yup there are too many artifacts along that curve above the extruded details slightly visible in first pic. Well actually I did this way earlier sorry didnt mention when making this post, the reason I did not continue with uv split is because I want to keep texture seamless be able to stamp unique…
@fdfxd2 Thanks for the advice. It seems to me a difficult technique to master. I will try to use this technique in the next challenge starting from scratch. However your model looks fantastic. Personally I would have added a slight layer of dust and rust. I continued to work on the textures trying to follow your…
Hi and thanks for the feedback! I completetly agree with the column, making it one big piece was a mistake in hindsight. Taking a similar approach to the pillars on the building to the right would have been a lot better, detail wise. The arches I actually had reference for, when I find time I can dig up the actual photo,…
There were a couple of nations that supplied purely ceremonial cuirasses, but most didn't even go that far. For most of the Napoleonic era, as an example, France and Austria were the only major nations to have cuirassier go into battle with armour. Cuirassier was mainly just used as a name for shock cavalry. The same way…
I would continue your own personal studies using more inexpensive sites like 3DMotive and Gnomon while building up to a class like CGMA as Pixelmasher mentioned. Based on your one showcase post, you're right at the beginning of your journey and there's no better time to learn the best practices from people who know what…
Thanks Lilith, you're totally right about the ortho, no idea how that one happened lol, I'm always in perspective when I work( with small exceptions of course)I blame how late it was when I took the shots. And you're right again about me using more than one ref. Thanks for the tip. Arkevilex/DonEngland great work guys.…
With the "Splinters in the wood" if you mean the broken beams then yeah I would go for alphas, it seems the best route (especially when talking poly count). Which textures are you talking about specifically with "Up to interpretation"? And as far as continuity between the painting and your layout, I would say to test with…