For 2013 I made a new years resolution to improve my 2D art. I've always felt like 2D art was a weakness and really worked hard to improve. Here is some of that progress. Keep in mind this is about 1/10th of the art I made, and some of it is really painful to post. But I'm happy with the improvement and feel more confident…
Maya's default unit should correspond to Unity's default meter units. If you make something 2 units tall it should import nicely to be 2m in Unity. Very handy. As for what to set your grid to, (Display > Grid > [ ]) that's up to you, and it depends on what you're working on. You have 3 basic options: Length and Width -…
You may have seen this floating about in General Discussion, but a reminder that The Rydan Workshop are having an Open House on February 13th. More after the jump. The Rydan Workshop provide online training classes that span over 8 weeks ranging from 2D matte painting and concept art to real-time 3D character and…
Ha, no. But environment is a big factor. Intelligent people tend to raise intelligent kids. Which comes more from the way they where raised, the way they interact with the world and how they see things as well as how well they can articulate themselves. They tend to interact with their kids instead of ignore them.…
Wow! Thanks so much for all the positive comments, everybody! :D I'm really glad the tips are of use. I haven't had such a concentrated pack of resumes and portfolios to review before, so it was fun taking notes and blasting all the info out all at once. Twitter is such a terrific format for focused thoughts. Since so many…
You are right, I made various mistakes up to now, the major ones being starting with large prizes in DWII, running UC, and ending with attempting to sell art packs in DWV. These were really dumb. I am already paying the price for my actions. GAMontreal has effectively been shut down since December 5th as I am too…
From snow-frosted peaks in the Freljord to the arid wastes of the Shurima desert; from portly, ale-aficionados like Gragas to eldritch terrors like Vel’koz, the world of Runeterra and League of Legends is a mélange of vistas and villains sure to push all of your inspiration-buttons. At Riot, they take art serious and silly…
Thanks for the feedback! I could adjust the toes so they won't be as aligned, though I'd be covering them with shoes in the end. For the skin I'll have to tweak the lighting and SSS values with the HDR I'm using. I'll do a check when I have the final lighting setup. There really was significant advantage in using current…
CGMovement is proud to announce its major event of the year, Anomaly 2015: A New World, in Vancouver on April 25th, 2015. Please come join us for an evening of inspiration! [Anomaly] is the art workshop and lounge party that brings 2D/3D artists and sci-fi fanatics together! It will be held at the HR MacMillan Space…
Hi Everyone On April the 19th 2013 I will be participating in and streaming a 48 hour League of Legends Gameathon in aid of the charity Special effect. The Stream will begin at Midday (12 pm GMT) on the 19th of April Special Effect make unique hardware and software to enable people with disabilities to play computer games…