Greetings guys; I have learned and practicing both programs for 3d modeling but I wanted to figure out which one should I stick to and pursue further practice and learning. I have been using Softimage XSI and Maya (as the title states) I know how to use the modeling tools in that, as well as laying down the UVs for the…
Trying to get something going for making a tree. The branch part was simple... done in less than 20 min. The problem I have now is knowing where to place the 2d plane and how to get the best look. I know placing more = more tree like, but the more planes I place the more polygons I have to generated and in doing that the…
Welcome This is a speed sculpt of a cartoon woden golem in ZBrush i have done in about 3 hours of work. I hope you like it.: Galery: suckervajs.deviantart.com/gall Title: Woddy Golem Made in: ZBrush, cinema 4d Total time: about 3 hours of work Subtools: 7 Total poly count: 9 073 245 the video link on YT -…
First of all, congratulations on finishing the scene! In my mind that is the biggest challenge of all. It does feel like a dungeon right out of Skyrim. A couple of things I feel you could do to improve your scene would be: - Make a triplanar material/shader, it would solve your tiling issue on the walls without having to…
Hey all, I know it's been a long time since I have posted on here. I have been taking the past couple of years focusing a lot more on my personal life and so I haven't been as involved in the 3d community and especially polycount, but polycount is a big reason there are so many inspiring artists and I have to definitely…
Nah I think you're good - did you by any chance follow some modder's tutorial from way back - considering Mudbox isn't 2025's choice for texturing anymore? Mudbox is fine for projecting images onto a surface, the only way I am aware of to make it better is to really dive in and learn about 3D modelling and projecting of…
I am Loving the update, huge thank you goes to Epic. I just thought I would add a list of tutorials I found, copyed curtsey of our University forum www.3dhit.co.uk Videos Tutorials Raven67854: UDK Video Tutorials(Youtube): http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=707437 IWillShutUDown:…
Have you tried watching video tutorials? I don't know for sure but I wouldn't think there are any up to date books on blender as its changing so quickly. This guys tutorial might help, [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY6-RtGwfLo"]blender 2.5 normal map tutorial - YouTube[/ame] . I think he gets to the important bit…
I am tring to create a foliage mask that appears on my soil layer and i am unable to grow any grass on the soil layer. I am using the latest version of Unreal. I have attempted all recommended solutions, yet I still cannot get it to function. This is quite frustrating. Does anyone know why this is not appearing? I have…
hey i just got speedtree and i was following the basic tutorial on their youtube. but i am running into a problem the tuturial is pretty outdated but il provide pics to show what he does. first he adds leaves that face to camera like this http://imgur.com/CKQOenL then he adds a texture and gets this…