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Pixar's OpenSubdiv Goes Open Source
Pixar is trying something new, it is taking some of its newer tech and going Open Source First things first you are probably wondering what OpenSubdiv is and what it means for you, the short answers are: 1) Instead of subdividing the entire mesh it selectively subdivides specific areas. 2) It doesn't mean a whole lot right… -
Halo - Hard surface modeling
Hello everybody =D I'm glad to come and share a personal project that I'm currently working on! I'll be posting updating as much as I can. I'm following a concept art from halo 4 that i saw being used in halo4 Forward unto dawn and in some cinematic too. I think Halo have a Awesome world with a very peculiar Art's style,… -
Polycount at Magfest 2012
It's about a month and a half away before the start of Magfest, the gaming and music festival, in Washington DC, which I will be attending to give a Polycount themed talk. It will surely be a geeky discussion. They have also promised me a TF2 panel. Which with some of the other registered attendees, such as… -
Keeping my polycount down
Hey guys. so i want to get into tf2 modeling and im pretty new at it but i started my first hat today. Its nothing fancy, really just to practice making it and getting it to work in game. The thing is im having trouble keeping my polycount down. Alot of trouble. As in i am about 6000 tris over the recomended limit. How can… -
Steam Community
The latest update to Steam includes the Steam Community. This allows you to share a profile, and view who's online and what they're playing, and join them, friends, groups, etc. It can be accessed as an overlay while playing games. If anyone else is playing, my ID is ElysiumGX. Psst...this will be awesome for TF2 if you're… -
Need a new monitor
Hello dear polycounters So i would like to buy a new monitor. But have no idea what to buy. I would totally like to have a 24 incher, to have a 1920*1200 screen res, but dont know any cool one. Any one has any infos about screens they which to share like color quality and tft panels. Hope to hear from you. k thanks bye -
Unreal 4 Next-Gen Building - The Fox Theatre
Hi all polycounters Here is my newest project, The Fox Theatre This was inspired by the the Chicago Theater in the game Watch Dogs and another actual Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, The Fox Theatre and it is also inspired by the Fox Theatre in the game The Crew. Mainly made to show how to use the Quixel Suite in a set of… -
I'm having problems with a ramp shader for toon shading...
Ok, it's been an absolute nightmare trying to learn about how to use gradient maps for toon shading, as I keep on seeing examples of people using it but never any explanation to how they've done it. I was lucky enough to come across polyphobia's TF2 shading tutorial (… -
Davon Allen's 3D Artist Improvement Thread Comment, Critique, Feedback, Advice Please
Hello. Some of you may recognize me by my user name or by my real name and some of you may not know me at all. My name is Davon Allen, im starting this thread at 23 years old. I have attended school for game design and development in 2010 and graduated with a BFA in 2014. My goal is to become a professional 3D artist,… -
DS 3dviewer
I've been working on a 3d viewer for DS homebrew cards. Progress is a bit slow, but it is going nicely. This image shows one of Spaceys TF2 low-poly models. Textures still seem a little bit off, but overall it's looking quite nice. There's two things I need to do before I release a first version: - Online conversion to DS…
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