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Re: Digital Camera for texture sourcing?
I recommend investing in a low end DSLR camera. You can usually nab the basic ones for about $500 and they will give the highest quality that are needed for texture sourcing until you get a full frame dslr which run $1800+. To get the best photo with the least amount of lens distortion you will want to stand as far from… -
Re: Charlie's Chocolate Factory
Thanks for the extensive crit, there's plenty for me to think about there. I thought I'd give a couple of responses to each point: 1) I agree with the noise, it's not very balanced artistically, so I'll try and keep it cleaner in the future. Concept art is a huge weakness of mine, and it definitely needs something like… -
Re: Tiling Textures/UVs for game environments
I'm afraid so. An unwrap is just a way to tell your program to display what pixels on what part of your model. So if the seams don't align on the uv then that means the texture will no align on the model and thus show you an ugly seam. What a seamless or tiling texture lets you do is that it allows you to overlap geometry… -
Re: Question - where to discuss art fundamentals?
You're right to an extent that it's relevant to everything, which is kind of an indication of the issue rather than a solution. It's partly a matter of catching the right fish for the thread. You might have people who browse 3D sketchbooks looking for a specific kind of content - 3D sketchbooks - but you're in there asking… -
Re: How to Train your Dragon - Arena Spectacular. My Latest Project.
So I went to this on friday. It was a really good show!!! The dragons were amazingly done. Though, I feel toothless was the worst one, and I think it's because of the restrictions of the motors. How slow they go. All the other dragons walk cycles were amazing. Their feet planted nicely and all that. Their bodies were… -
Re: Which game would have the best market? And make the most Money?
Lololol. Yeah if you have a team full of senior/lead type artists with real experience, the situation will certainly be different. Even then, it's not "simple", it may be somewhat routine because you have a team full of experienced, qualified people, but simple is not how I would describe it. Judging by the OP's post, I… -
Re: for people taking game art classes...
Thanks you all for your Replies! At most I can only muster 2-4 hours per day on weekdays and around 6-9 on week ends, (in between 2d projects which Ive decided to abandon until my skills and time permit) being active duty military. However, Ive been an artist for a long time and have extensive experience in photoshop, so… -
Re: Is there Any data available on payout/acceptance rate?
I don't know exact figures, but from the extensive searching I've done, here's what I've found. If you get at least two acceptances a year, you should make enough to live off (whether or not you can live comfortably on that is another story). Good and experienced artists tend to get somewhere around one in every 5-6… -
Re: Anyone know of a cheaper animation package to motion builder or maya ?
I wouldn't be surprised by anything, since I've used Blender extensively, I can't remember when I first tried it, but it's at least 6-8 years ago. And I've continue to check out versions since then, and once 2.5 is in at least beta, I will check it out again. I wouldn't talk about it if I didn't know it well. I've even… -
Re: High poly missile tank WIP and portfolio
I think there's a lot of randomness in all the details and nothing that looks like it has a purpose, or is identificable as something that could have a function. It's pretty much all bevels and insets over a lowpoly frame. You should put more time into research and concept (collect related images, steal details, see what…
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