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Sub-D, inset on curved surface?
hey hey.. im currently workin on a high-p piece that will require a rectangular inset on a curved surface.. my problem is that i cant find a good meshflow to make this look right w/o pinching. take a look at these example pics: 1. flat surface = inset looks right 2. curved surface (well kinda but u get the idea..) surface… -
Which program to use for hard surfaces?
Hello everyone, Should I use Blender or Zbrush to go about hard surface modeling? I've heard the new Zbrush 4R2 has gotten a few more tools for hard surfaces. Can anybody speak from experience working on hard surfaces starting in Zbrush? I will eventually be switching from Blender to 3d Studio Max once I have enough money.… -
Arc Productions HIRING FOR Senior Surfacing Artists
Arc Productions, a Canadian based CG animation and visual effects facility located in Toronto, Ontario Canada is looking for SeniorSurfacing Artists to join our team. With over 250 artists and technical directors and the most up to date resources available, we bring the vision to both major Hollywood studios and… -
Maya to Zbrush hard surface mesh preparation help!!
Hello polycount and hard surface modelers especially, I have a Maya to Zbrush, hard surface related question for you all. First off, I have worked a bit with 3Ds Max it is a fine program, but my main program is Maya and for my current project I need to stick stricktly to a Maya to Zbrush to Maya pipeline. Within this type… -
Did the Surface Pro just get awesome?
In the last few days Wacom (they make the pen for the Surface Pro) released a driver update to add full preasure sensitivity to the Surface Pro. Combine this with the Surface Pro's ability to run Windows applications things suddenly become more interesting... Surface Pro WinTab driver Review… -
Normal Mapping - Surface vs Geometry Normals
I've noticed when normal mapping that selecting surface normals or geometry normals in the Maya bake settings gives much different results. Both methods result in errors in the maps, but in different ways. I was hoping that someone had advice on how to achieve bakes that don't suffer from these issues, and to see if this… -
Re: Hard Surface Modeling - Sculpt or don't sculpt
I guess this subject is bring up since Pixologic reveal Zbrush 4R7 with the new "modeling tool kit" IMO, that's not "new technology", sculpting and Sub-D modeling are still different and can not replace each other, they simply use for different jobs not quite long time a go, I was wondering the same thing, Zbrush seems… -
Re: Rawk - Post any rocks you make here!
Hello, based on another post I made about the topic it was suggested to post about some rocks I created for the latest game I worked on. The game follows a semi stylised art direction which took a lot of trial and error to reach the result we have today. Here is a quick breakdown of the process I put in place. 1. Sculpting… -
Surface roughness images ?
Where can I find images of a huge list of surface rougheness typically created by Surface Profilometers; I don't care how they look as long as they represent the physically accurate roughness of the surface in an image; obviously they can't look pixelated :neutral: -
About topology for flat surfaces in the low poly
Hi guys, I have a question about a topic I know there are a lot of threads about, but after some time of searching I'm still confused about what would be the most optimized form of disposing the topology in a flat surface for a low poly that's not going to be deformed. Most of the discussions I've found treat this only for…
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