So, i've been learning Blender for this and it's going really well. Finished my first ornament (one piece, all quads) following the workflow from 1D_Inc's youtube videos. Took me about 4-5 hours. Keep in mind that i'm still slow and haven't build muscle memory for this program. Still, doing this in max would have been much…
I would advice against relying heavily on those lazymouse style of apps/scripts. Lazymouse is importaint in zbrush yes - because you have various performance issues, artifacts (bunch of dots) when making quick strokes. As for drawing, you just need to develop hand-eye coordination with practice. Also, make sure your brush…
I would (and always do) advise against using native files (Maya, Max, whatever) for the simple reason that if you work in an environment with people that use different software it's always going to be tricky for them to open such files. Best is to always export as FBX no matter what you use. That has been proven to be the…
what you are seeing is goraud shading on a very lowpoly model there are a few ways to handle it 1. use more geometry to dampen the effect 2. use a normalmap and bake normals from a highpoly into a texture 3. use hard edges 4. use custom / face weighted normals 5. a combination of the prior possibilities i assume the retro…
indeed, coming from 3ds max the lack of sudden crashes of the "hmmmmmm, so what does this little thingie do... <click> .... BOOOM" kind was a revelation for me. when i work with someone on a shared dropbox i no longer get the "WTF! why are you updating these files like every 5 seconds" comments anymore either. :) the…
I second The_Pixel, about studying more anatomy before modeling any further. The best was to learn anatomy is, in my opinion, to draw from nude models. Only when you're comfortable drawing the human figure try to model it in 3D. What I used to do is several quick studies every day. Something like 5-10 minutes sketches…
There seems to be a typo here: 5. Winner Selection. Polycount will select the winner from the pool of applicants by March 10, 2017. Polycount will be prepared to award the winning and running up prizes to alternates in the event they cannot be contacted in a reasonable amount of time. The jury selected by Polycount and…
did a lil speedy paintover for you, 5 mins in photoshop to address most of the things already mentioned. the ground is killing it the most, its way too dark. hope this helps or gives you some visuals for thought. its a little blobby but realized halfway through i was using a soft brush. only things i really changed was a…
1.) No. So long as the color is a parameter and that parameter drives the look of the object, then you should be fine having the master with whatever color you want. 2.)For glowing outside, check your post process settings. There should be a bloom threshold in there somewhere. If you lower that you can get glow/bloom with…