Before you dive into all the myriad of software and techniques out there, learn the fundamentals. Its way too easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of software out there. If you decided you wanted to be a pilot, would you start by flying fighter jets from an aircraft carrier - worrying about which one to use first? No,…
Starting from concept art, this is my workflow usually: 1. Blockout mesh to test in game to make sure nothing unexpected will arise from the asset - this can be very quick, as long as the proportions are correct. Just need to test stuff like player collision (eg. if the player has to walk through / around / inside the…
An overview of the blending technique commonly used: http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/MultiTexture#Modulation_Blending Witcher 3 Blood and Wine architectural material shows a nice example. More examples: http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Modular_environments
Lunarch is seeking an exceptional Environment Artist with amazing Level Design skills to help us create a breathtaking open world for Project Sophia—a multiplayer puzzle game for PC and consoles developed in Unreal Engine. We’re aiming for a high-end, distinctive, sublimely beautiful fantasy-photorealistic look on a AA…
Hey guys, I've been customizing Max for a couple of years now, and I figured I ought to package up some of my better scripts and release them to the public! Without further ado, Turbosmooth Tools is a batch processing script designed to let you modify Turbosmooth modifiers on a whole pile of objects at once. It also has…
Red Storm Entertainment is seeking an Online Services Engineer to join the biggest new IP in Ubisoft’s history Tom Clancy’s The Division! If you have strong programming skills and an extensive knowledge of online multiplayer systems this may be your next big opportunity to work on a hot AAA franchise. At RSE the developers…
Hi everyone! I'm the Art Director on Core Overload and we're seeking some 3D artists from Polycount to help us make Core Overload as awesome as possible! A little bit of background: The University of Southern California's Games program is a world-ranked game development program (We've been #1 for 3 years now). In the…
Hi everyone! I'm the project lead on Core Overload and we're seeking some 3D artists from Polycount to help us make Core Overload as awesome as possible! A little bit of background: The University of Southern California's Games program is a world-ranked game development program (We've been #1 for 3 years now). In the…
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Ooh look, a purty render. It's a doorway. It's not done. It's confusing me with animation. The frame of the doorway needs work. I need anchoring to the walls and floor. But so far it looks mudular enough to me. It needs some work around the connections... The blocks that make up the door slide away to the side, starting at…