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Re: How does one get started with Environments, Vegetation etc?
One of the best tutorials I found that has helped me in really understanding the creation process of vegetation is "Creating Foliage for UDK" by Damian Lazarski on 3D Motive. It is a bit older and he populates his scene in UDK, but the creation method of the branches, leaves, manually adjusting vertex normals, alpha cards,… -
Re: Blood Elf Spell Breaker Final
@ ZacD-- I painted in my, would be, "AO"-- darker values in the same color family around areas that would potentially cast the soft AO shadows, rather than bake the starting texture manually. The last image of the figure is purely flat viewport shade, where as the top image was painted on a little more for those areas, and… -
Re: Height Map and World Machine
No, I was doing it on my laptop(don't have a sculpting app on it) so I just tried it out on PS. I wouldn't really recommend it as I didn't get very good results myself! Sculpting seems to make a lot of sense though. Trial and error is how I've been learning WM here too, I'm getting some decent results doing everything in… -
Re: [texture sketchbook] dunbar
the engine i'm using does not support decals in that manner. so it's all the old school way, without vertex blending or other tricks. i've been having trouble finding some decent hard surface texture examples other than the usual always-floating-around tutorials. texturing big areas is always a challenge, because most ot… -
Re: 3D modelling software for the terminally poor
seriously if you are thinking of doing 3d for profit. You shall consider purchasing 3d software like 3ds max, maya or xsi. I mean yeah it might be moreless 2k$ for one of those, but you need to see this as an investment ( as a work tool, you can maybe even put it in your taxes) if you plan doing this professionally. I do… -
Re: Selaznog's WIP Props
Hey David, I've actually used zbrush a fair amount before, but never baked to a low poly object :P The way I use ndo is I get my objects uv's, bring them into PS, and basically paint on all the seams and bolts etc. It basically gathers height info based on how white something is. Sadly, it wont read black though so… -
Re: normal maps, i have never made one right.
Its funny but the guys who also say they do all sorts of bump map detail in photoshop claim that its faster, when in reality doing the same thing in 3d is just as fast, more accurate(works perfeclty with any uv layout, even when you have distortion, which is very common) and gives you things like AO bakes for free(assuming… -
Re: Motivation to work when you get home
Personally when I spent more than 8 hours working in front of a screen (and thats my usual mon-fri routine this times) I arrive home and try to do other stuff, play guitar...go out to the rock climb gym, snowboard...take a beer with friends, draw in paper or whatever..., it cleans my mind, and I feel even more motivated… -
Re: new sculpt
is it a human who has transformed in to something? If not and its a fanciful alien/monster thing I'd consider different muscle forms and layouts. Never understood why all bipeds must share the same muscle layout, typically. It's interesting to go ahead and think of more intriguing forms sometimes but then, you have to play… -
Re: NEWBIE NEEDS / WILL NEED LOTS OF HELP!!!
Wow... they were REALLY great tutorials, thanks... Some great advice on making the textures themselves... which weirdly is the part of the process that I dont have much fear of, I am an experienced Photoshop user. The part that I'm specifically having trouble with is the IN MAYA part... the actual UV mapping stuff... (so…
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