Not sure if this is helpful. But I made an example to teach this to my students. I can share the Maya project with you if that would be helpful. [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiPn6orWwFg[/ame] And here is my stunning texture flat :)
Hey, just felt like posting an update on this, in case somebody faces the same issues at some point. I think it's just polite. The problem appears to be the constraints messing up Maya's hierarchy of the objects in the scene, effectively swapping parent and child. The solution I found with some help, was to simply bake the…
Nice silhouettes and general structure, although lacking in areas and highlighted with bad lighting. A cubemap would really make this type of environment shine (literally), as it is a lot of the metals seem flat and mat making it feel very flat even with the close fog. It might have helped to have more light driven…
Good question. I don't think AAA (or the future of) is as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. There are a fair few layoffs happening (the recent situation with Irrational being a good example,) but there's also a lot of promising titles coming up - the Division, The Order: 1886, Shadow of Mordor to name a few. The…
From your terminology I assume you are using Maya. The large cloth draping over the shoulder and elbow will be very difficult for you to get working. It'll need it's own bones and constraints if you don't want to babysit it while animating. I recommend making it shorter and smaller. At work, as a tech artist, I would…
That kind of makes sense, all of the businesses based on public or private systems which provide a very clear set of prescribed functions would probably go ai based first right? eg buying a car or a house or using a bank, applying for a passport or booking a flight, shopping for food etc. Only once all those are working…
Cool, JK2 & 3 where two of the games I modded most during my school years. What was the name of the mod and what's the UDK project called? link us lol! I'd totally enjoy seeing it :) First thing I thought when I saw the U4 tech demo was "gonna make me sum proper lightsabers" haha. Man I loved modding those games, the…
In all honesty, it looks like it was designed by a committee - there are really too many disparate parts from too many entirely different weapon systems. If you're going for near-future, then pick an existing weapon and add high-tech features - carbon/polymer/ceramic parts, laser range finder, ballistic computer - or go…
Thanks :) , I did the layout after reading a post by Earthquake, he was recommending people to space their islands out more so that they would render well at lower Mip Levels. I had intended to post they layout in that thread and ask for feedback but never got around to it. Been having problems with the wood, I can get the…
Listen to everyone in this thread and drop the attitude. I was in the exact same position you were only a year earlier. I too just graduated from ITT Tech but last year I found this place. I made a similar topic realizing I did not know enough to get in the industry and was determined to get my skills up in the year before…