hmm after scaning through comments here people went all out war on which software is best and what Industry uses and forgot to help our man here who wants to learn lol. In my 11 years exposure to 3D arts I started with Kinetix 3Ds Max 3.5 and have since kept learning new softwares from Adobe packages to Maya and now…
Hi Everyone, Terrain is a popular topic for any game engine, and there are various ways of generating the heightfield data. If you're looking at some popular PC and Console games, chances are they're using World Machine. It doesn't make much sense to have to hand-paint kilometers of terrain with a push and pull brush. I've…
Hello Guys I just finalized the build of PC that I need for work. Main use (In order of use) - ZBRush (Sculpting highly detailed human characters and creatures) - Max, Maya, XSI - Vray or Mental Ray - Key Shot - Marmoset tool bag ** I mainly work in games and occasional 3d Illustrations. Here are the main components Parts…
Crystal Dynamics is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join its studio in Menlo Park at the heart of northern California's Silicon Valley. Job Description: The Senior Technical Artist will work directly with the Director of Technology as part of the studio's shared technology group and is responsible to evaluate,…
Wrapped up the expression sculpts. If I were doing a likeness, I would try to spend more time here but I'm happy to just keep working through the pipeline for now. I booted up the Metahuman for Maya Expression Editor and loaded in my metahuman DNA file where I keyed the 5 expressions I'd be updating to match my sculpts.…
I'm currently working on a project that will hopefully help toward my portfolio! I'm working on a discipline I want to go into - Character art, and a discipline that I struggle with - Environment art. The fable game series inspired me to pursue this direction of career path, it was the reason I went to university and the…
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Tocsin:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif] Don't throw the baby out with the bath water, here's my attempt at a Necris themed map With regards to the new visual direction.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://i.imgur.com/dNQWCMZ.jpg[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://i.imgur.com/UEXosyZ.jpg[/FONT]…
The 'cube to masterpiece' line is referring to this post on blenderartists.org: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?193068-Unlimeted-Clay-models-Aleksaurio Indeed, he took a single cube and made some pretty amazing 3d art. The idea behind my series is...I know I can never do that, even with a lot of practice.…
When it comes to science-fiction, you have quite a bit of lee-way when it comes to reality. Laser swords are about as believeable as space stations the size of moons that can detonate entire planets. At some point suspension of disbelief takes over. At the same time, I agree that the prequel trilogy does an ass-tastic job…