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Re: How long should I spend on one model?
The simple truth is - if you can't create something in production quality without a time limit you don't have to worry about making it into the industry as you are no where near skill/knowledgewise. Once you reach that level time becomes less of a factor because there is no magic involved. It takes far longer to learn to… -
Re: Game Art Education - Need Your Advice
I currently attend a university for Computer Science. It might be different for a game art program but I have so little free time for doing game art that I'm about to just give up on it. For my own schedule (I commute), I take a two hour train ride at 9 AM, go to classes until 6:30 PM, wait for the 7 PM train, take another… -
Re: Why doesn't the game industry unionize already?
From what I know about the IATSE forming which is the major US union for the film industry (actor and crew side, I don't know if it applies to the VFX/ cg side) there were massive strikes for theaters happening because of the dilapidated and dangerous sets. This was later rolled into the movie industry when a lot of… -
Re: Skew you buddy! Making sense of skewed normal map details.
Right, most of the time what we're talking about is a trivial amount of verts that need to be added to sort out projection issues. Maybe something like 100-200 verts on a complex asset, which on todays hardware is a non-issue. There seems to be this mentality in the industry that all models must be obsessively optimized… -
Re: Retro Games
Why do I like retro games...the main reason for me is nostalgia and I hope you examine that word carefully because it's important for your dissertation. Back when I was 7 years old I got my hands on Donkey Kong Country for the SNES and it has remained one of my favourite retro games due to the fact it is still fun and… -
Re: Online Applications & Connections
Yup! I've got a daily schedule. I keep a written record of who I apply to every day and what I like about their company. After 5-7 days, depending on whether I sent it on a weekend, I'll follow-up to a company in addition to applying to a new one. I've gotten a response around 1 for every 10 that I send out! Though it's… -
Re: School game project [ A fantasy bar fight! ]
I dont realy have a strickt pipeline. But somthing i find nice to do is it work on one material at the time. For example : if i have my beer mug i work with the wood part until i think im done and then move on to the metal. In this project i made a pipeline for all the groop members to follow. 1: Make a basemesh with eaven… -
Re: Working with backculling in maya
In your example, this backface culling setting was applied to only the "selected" active selection ( if any ). That might lead to unexpected behavior if you simply meant to apply backface culling to "ALL" or on an object that wasn't selected. If that were true then the right answer would be to simply select the "all"… -
Re: Portfolio Critique
Thank you everyone for your advice. I'm thinking about the idea of upgrading my portfolio. I feel I can't destroy it because it's something that took me a while to put together, so I figure I will make a second portfolio that considers everyone's suggestions. Making a quick reference list: 1. To make pages more easily… -
Re: Maya zPipeMaker Script
annnnd BOOOM! Update V1.7 Has Custom meshes. This is also a donation only download since I have a few things left I want to do before I release it. I need to setup the site, setup the new simple free version, add a couple more features, and it should be good to go. So while I work on the finishing touches, contributors can…
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