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Re: Fear of being too customized
The real beauty of it is you get tenfold the functionality for a fraction of the key memorization. Not to mention chances are a typical Maya user can still pick it up without noticing something is different. Max is unfortunately a different story for the exact reasons you mentioned. Changing the hotkeys is one of the first… -
Re: How to be more creative with hard surface?
I have a problem being creative as well so I know where you're coming from. I think the "blank canvas" issue is something that affects a lot of artists. I think it helps to "build walls" so that you limit yourself creatively and then become more focused on the important aspects of the design. I find that it helps me to… -
Re: Polycount is out of the Dominance War contest, doing our own contest
It surprises me that there's even much of a perceived distinction between "art" art and "game art" art when it comes to the general merit of the designs commonly associated with each-- particularly among people who make both (and I don't think I've ever heard of anyone who makes the latter who doesn't also at least have an… -
Re: Fictitious anatomy- any tips?
Fictitious anatomy is just like real anatomy, as it does have to look functional, so in order to be able to make up anatomy on the fly you should study the real thing. I also agree that you should be looking at quadrupeds, but The biggest problem in my eyes right now is that the muscles are wobbly, look like pasted on top… -
Re: In Need of Feedback on Medieval Weapons
Hi Frank, first of all, thank you so much for taking the time to write this in-depth feedback. I’m really grateful that you did that. The branches on the sword really don’t look like the ones on the shield, i definitely need to go back and redo a lot of stuff. i’ve already made some changes, ditched parts that I felt that… -
Re: BRAWL 2 [Environment] The Jungle, sketchem
Small update I was able to find a solution for the shading. This person put me on the tip of using the vertex interpolator with fake lights. I created a material function that uses the SkyAtmosphereLightDirection instead of an arbitrary 3vector. It generates something I can lerp between light and dark using the level… -
Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Since 1.2 I'm not noticing any backwards dragons. Encountered a couple, they functioned fine. As a whole, not much has changed for me. I think I MIGHT have noticed that vertical mouse movement isn't tied to FPS anymore, but I was still getting some odd mouse stuttering in first person in certain interior spaces same as… -
My first published game-opinions?
For past year I have worked towards publishing a game, and it has been slow, steady, and also stagnant. I want to share my prototype build, this is a stable build with little functionality, as my later build became totally un-buildable due to a series of bugs. I was using playmaker to introduce functionality, from pick… -
Tutorial: Billboards, or, "Not sprites, but close enough"
Also at HansonArtIndustries.com I had a hard time finding information on how to make these, so I made a tutorial for ya'll. Billboards are objects that rotate to face the viewer, much like sprites. However, unlike sprites, billboards generally only rotate around their Z-axis, meaning they won’t tilt up or down, only left… -
Re: How Do You Make Game-Ready Weapons? Share Your Workflow
Just a quick writeup as I just went through the process myself for the first time. But the workflow is the same as doing any high to low bake: * Going to Unreal. * 3DS Max, RizomUV, and Substance Painter (I set up my own export preset). * Starts out with ref gathering and note taking. Drawovers in Photoshop and deciding…
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