@naman Looks like the subdivision artifacts are caused by a combination of issues. The curvature at the bottom of the guard is deformed by the intersecting shape and the extraneous loops that run across the intersection are pinching in the corners. Similar to the previous examples: both of these issues can be resolved by…
Hi, please could anybody advise. I have two issues on my model. Problem 1 can be seen in the 1st 3 pictures where i'm getting some picning once Turbo is applied. I'm struggling to terminate these polgons on my lowpoly so that when a turbosmooth is applied i don't get pinching throughout the model. I know this isn't a tough…
Trev: Suggestion for your tyres. NOTE: I screwed up the patterning so they don't line up right, but the process is sound. Model the tread gash straight across the tyre surface. Just do one section. Looking at some other reference for that tyre model there are 10 harley logos around the edge, making them spaced 36 degrees…
Hmmm, alright, I'll try that. Thanks guys. Edit: Question though: if I get the shape right with the edgeflow in for an easy cut-out, wouldn't smoothing it (like actual smoothing, not the preview) smooth out everything and I'll lose the edge contours I want? Example: Since this surface is a little curved, manually moving…
OK, I've been trying to teach myself Mudbox lately and I've run into a wall where I need to ask how the pros do it. Consider this space dude face I've been working on: Now, see that thing on the side of his head? I struggled endlessly trying to get that to be a nice flat piece of something but no matter what I do in…
Yeah more geo. Once again, I didn't really get the "more geo" thing until I started to understand the concept of meshes "holding shapes" You need to plan out your models and look at all the smallest details your going to model in. If your surface is curved in any way your going to have distortion unless your mesh can hold…
@amoeba there are no hard and fast 'rules' when it comes to modeling something, just general optimisation techniques shared over time among people passionate for our craft which by the way are really worthwhile keeping in mind, like here, for example. Anyway as mentioned, if your mesh overall sub divides with a few minor…
It depends on why you want to unwrap the high poly Bogacki. In film for example, they tend to unwrap high poly organic models because they are dealing with resolutions where texture stretching are more noticeable. However, when it comes to technical models, things like guns etc, the texturing is handled differently.…
@TelekenticFrog: Hehehe I had a similar TOTALLY OCD problem with the top of a ceramic kitchen pot. Simple-seeming inset drove me up the wall. I redid it 7-8 times over two days and came to the same conclusion as EQ. Specifically, that if I can identify a real world shape as "inset", then insetting and controlling the…
Hello, I cannot start new threads as of yet, so I hope this is a good place to ask my question. I am marking out my base topology plan on the physical object I am modeling. This is the door to an Audi R8. So the white lines are either heavy curves or creases / open border edges. The red arrows point to where my main edges…