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Re: Noob Struggling with Advanced Project (Need Help ASAP!)
Oh, my bad. :x From your second post it sounded like you didn't have a real solid focus. I second Dygert's suggestion to start with modeling simpler things to learn the basics and workflow of the program. A gun is a little too much to be jumping right into. They're deceptively complicated little bastards. :\ How about the… -
Re: Portfolio pieces under construction - crits welcome
This might not get validated for a while but here goes: The floor seems to be grid-like, yet the parts of the machinery which intersect with the ground do not fall neatly into these grid sections. Maybe it's a design choice, but it's very obvious with the feet in the second image, and the large pipe at the front that goes… -
Re: Little Kerrigan Prime - Smallcraft
Hey everyone, just dropping by with an update. I know most people are frolicking around GDC, but, alas, I couldn't afford to join the party. Curse you unemployment gremlins! Kerrigan here got delayed a by some technical issues, but she's back on track. Just uploading some progress so far. The major change has been her… -
Re: Stone Ogre WIP
Interesting. One crit I would have, and this is more of a stylistic one, is that the stone aspect of him almost seems to be secondary. As if it were a growth on top of his flesh rather than integrated as part of his physiology. Now that could certainly be an approach for this, but I think it would read better as stone if… -
Re: WIP - Island Shrine Environment
Oh hey! Funny you should ask I was gonna post about this later on. I don't have a lot of experience building complex materials in the editor, so I searched for "Ocean material" tutorials and came across THIS DUDE. The material looks AMAZING. And on top of that, he graciously put a download link for it, saving me hours of… -
Re: Is the extra effort really noticed
Personally I think they do notice to some extent, but what they notice is the Overall graphic quality rather than anything specific. Halflife, when taken as an overall, is still a pretty good looking game. Yes, it's low poly, lacks real time lighting, etc etc, but it's art direction was outstanding when it first came out,… -
Re: Sprite Editors and 2d Engines
Can't really say without knowing the engine. It could be as simple as simply changing the screen mode initialization from 8 to 16, 24 or 32 bpps. This would probably work if it were using DirectDraw or some other DiredtX module for graphics. Of course, this would break any palette tricks instantly. On the other hand some… -
Re: Who Works On A Laptop / Recommendations?
If you are going to write a novel a laptop is great for you! If you intend to make 2d/3d art I wouldnt recommend it. I have a laptop and you'd allways have to carry a mouse with you. Working in max/photoshop with a touchpad is impossible because most of the time you cant 'hold' and/or drag the mouse button very well. Also,… -
Re: Sharing tips vs keeping tricks to yourself
I like sharing :D , so many other students in Fine Arts who were great at physical drawing failed miserably when it came to figuring out how to use layers in photoshop, or if I see someone doing something in a way that is backwards as fuck/theres a way they don't know about that speeds up their process x1000 I'll kindly… -
Re: Personal Work
Shot: I was a little terse sure, but he already knows he can model shapes fast, as do I. He's got nothing to prove as far as ability to model so, reproving that is redundant and I spent a lot of words on a long explanation(previous to this thread) as to why modelling something we dont just dream up is the best learning…
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