Yeh an Alienware is what I got now. It's what 5 years old haha. Old workhorse. Look at this, nice find I think. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114796 --- Model Brand TOSHIBA Series Qosmio Model X505-Q860 Part# PQX33U-01G00H General Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Type Intel Core…
I can only answer some of these questions since I don't do character work. I can give you some high level career advice but obviously take that with a grain of salt and pepper. So really when talking about next-gen they're talking about better rendering technology. Definitely read up some Physically Based Rendering, its…
I think I'll leave it like this for now and then compare it to other props and enviroment things when i have a few of those I have the feeling that it is getting a little bit to realistic have to make some more things to compare 4348 tris total T:270 tris I: 62 tris L: 110 tris U: 136 tris they all have the same texture…
What's the trouble worth if you don't even have a programmer in your team that can tell you limitations. It really depends on the tech, people really need to learn that!! And if you don't have a tech to play with this whole pretending is useless because its not even close to a real scenario. Just read these:…
1. You don't need to. 2. My gut feeling is sticking to and learning from an online subscription course is probably a better idea, while as well, going to a local fine arts school or atelier to learn your foundational drawing skills (Stil Life, Figure Drawing, etc.). Good 3D artists can become great with strong…
Thanks for all the advice! I think I'm going to end up going with the NVidia GeForce GTX 980 ($492) card instead of the AMD R9 390x ($430) or NVidia Quadro K2200 ($430). The AMD has more VRAM, but I've read that NVidia products play nicer with 3D applications; I'm not sure if this is entirely true, though. The Quadro is…