@ZacD I agree we've had a strong run of sci-fi interiors the past few challenges, I'll swap up my initial concept suggestion for the next round. I try to post this thread about a week in advance of the Challenge start - it seems like we need a bit more time to get everyone's suggestions in so I'm going to post the next one…
Another quick update, Cyber gun for cyber turtle. (with a few changes from the concept). Retopo and baking everything now :) @Wester - will do :D @Ripper/ZacD - Yeah there are alot of smaller inconsistencies with the concept - my interpretation was that the ammo crate was maybe attached the the molle/vest? Idk...either way…
Thanks for the comments guys. @ZacD: The Cop? Its male, is there anything particular that's making it look feminine? @MoP: I tried to avoid that, but I guess I still needed to push it a bit farther. Is there anyone in particular that are heavy offenders of this? Textures are one of those things I've improved greatly in…
Hmm, I've been reading up on a lot of stuff and searching the forums as Frump suggested. The link kauran posted is also very helpful. I'm thinking about picking up an extra moniter ZacD. I had an old one, but it broke when I moved and I miss having dual screens for my painting references, especially since i have a 15 inch…
ZacD: As long as business is good (you're working) what you have on your web site is whatever you please. When looking for work, sticking to strong set of standards is the best option because you're trying to sell the art you produce. Personally, I have a gallery page that includes tons of silly things I made over the…
Can't say why we went with such a short FOV, but a lot of us didn't notice the difference until we released the full game. Some of us think it was tweaked right before shipping... it could very well be due to clipping issues, but I have no idea :( I do feel bad if this has caused issues when people are playing, and I will…
@ ZacD - I will working on rez-ing the images next. @ brandoom - thanks for the advice, I'll see if I can do that in UDK @ RictusGrin, whats_true - when I thought about the domain name, I was thinking more in lines with anything moving is animation, not necessarily animation for the sake of film or games in particular, but…
Hehe KateC - Still, Tomscholes has be beat by a metric fucktonne! gotta start riffin on some new shit. ZacD - I've recorded me doing a study but it really isnt that dynamic to see, and recently ive been tryin to mimic other peoples process to try and see what they see a bit. Most notably -…
Most of the environment artists I know go for stills over a video reel. A fly through movie for a scene can be a cool extra. However, a youtube video that's highly compressed and the size of a deck of cards on my monitor doesn't show the detail of a large scene nearly as well as a high rez screen filling still. The videos…
Turista: I actually made some changes on the wheel after the first post and before putting it in the environment beacuse I wasn't happy with the end result. ZacD: I've been looking at some referense when I placed the soldier in the scene and I don't think the soldier is way to big? The houses in middle east are in some…