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Re: WHAT ARE DISPLACEMENT MAPS???
Well as I said, VDMs uses the point (or vertex) data from a mesh, both the height and more importantly the direction of the point vectors to create its data. UVs don't really have anything to with this. Sure, it's true that UVs can (and are) used for storing and displaying that data in a map file, it's really the… -
Re: dave school...
That is a good and valid point. The argument of generalist vs specialist circulates around Dave school all the time. Having been in those very discussions and now working in vfx I have kind of come to this conclusion. Being a specialist is great. In fact I would say that it is very important if your goal is to work at the… -
Re: Neverwinter Nights 2
I have personally worked for game companies, where the AD had his power esurped by the head of the game company, hell when I was at Disney, Eisner would tell the artist what was art and make up his own. Sometimes your best intentions are not able to be shown as someone above you with more power can affect it. An AD is an… -
Howl's Moving Castle - Miyazaki's new animated fea
It's been out a while in japan and I got a chance to see it at a local arthouse cinema yesterday with my girlfriend - though hopefully Disney will release it on a larger scale at some point as well. The storytelling in this film wasn't as good as it was in Spirited Away in my opinion, but it probably is the best looking 2D… -
Re: How to know when you are ready to apply?
Until you have needed skills and can't be easily replaced people are going to waste your time and disrespect you. It's war and none of these employers are on your side. Don't let anybody fool you. Until the global culture of greed and selfishness becomes something else that's just the dumb reality we live in. I say demand… -
Re: Sketchbook: cgBrad
This was all taught in the video. It is indeed modeled open at first. There was a small opening for the mouth at one point, we then put a "mouth bag" in the mouth (which really fills out the mouth and some of the throat area) as it's for animation purpose. He then teaches you how to actually close the mouth and resculpt… -
Re: Beast Slayer
When making a character i think it's very important to consider the silhouette. Atm I don't think his helmet's silhouette is appealing and the asymmetry is not working that well. also there is a tangent at his horns. what i would suggest is look at pictures of animals that have horns or characters that have horns and see… -
Re: EA Shut's Down Visceral Games
I mean it's not something new though, if you look at the origin store you can purchase get ahead kits for all of the battlefield games, they even seem more over the top than the one for battlefront, so I guess it just became a thing with this one. Also looking at the prices, I could get the same amount of credits by… -
Re: How fast should I be making models?
Thank you for all replies. I really like the Disney animator quote, I always heard that planning is important, but this showed me how important it is. That is exactly what I mean. I began my work as programmer, I was trying to make everything perfect and suddenly project leader asks me "are you finished? Our client is… -
Re: Faceted [UE4]
Here's the rough video of a 4ish day project that basically started out as the agency wanting me to take a powerpoint slide with simple icons and arrows and basically making a simple animated version of it in the style I've been using for the other projects. Basically it's supposed to show the current complicated way…
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