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Re: The gym for the 3d artist ?
Very true, fight smarter, not harder. I push myself too far I will blow out my knee for sure, but beyond that I might pull a muscle in my back or tear my external oblique like I did once in jiujitsu and not be moving on one side for 6 weeks. working to the point of failure is the surest way to fail, don't overdo it, its… -
Re: Military Desert Knife (WIP)
Hey Thank You! Its just a Diffuse Map on the Blade. The Handle is a Maya standart material, because i didnt unwrap the handle yet. Ok, i didnt know that the logo is an american/english company. I just picked it up from google pic search. My reference is an Eickhorn Kampfmesser 2000, and thats german. I changed Name and… -
Re: [source] Modular multi-purpose tileset
Well thats the thing really, i'm not intending to go into a professional career*, as this is just a hobby of mine. :) However, these forums have inspired me to improve my skills, and this is a little project of mine to apply some of these skills onto something more than a 20min test model. i'm also using source/Alien Swarm… -
Re: Teaching 3D at High School
I hadn't considered teaching game modeling before 'regular' modeling (or at all for that matter). I was definitely planning on teaching UVs though, and game modeling would be a great time to introduce that. I think teaching both game modeling and non-realtime modeling is a great idea, and it can show a larger view of what… -
Re: Maya UVs - peltwrap, layout, etc
That is what he explains in the video too. Works fine for most of the shapes. What is the lcsm mode though? Maybe I am not using it to its full potential. I downloaded the demo for Headus again it was much more precise and faster than Maya. I like how Headus shows me stretched polygons in a direct way _(it colors them… -
Re: Squish - 3rd Person Shooter
Turned off mipmapping, thanks HughieDM, it definitely helped sharpen everything up. But like you said it might now be a bit too sharp everywhere. Would adding a subtle Depth of Field to the game camera help? I might see where that gets me. ajr2764 - Thanks, glad you dig. About the edges of the windows, where do you mean? I… -
Re: Specializing in low poly...
keep in mind that technology advances. People working in mobile games a few years from now will probably have other skills than people who work on mobile games now. Mobile GPUs will be able to push more polies, offer better lighting models, etc. And there will be studios who will want to make use of this. Look at unity,… -
Re: osed's forest environment (UE4)
There is a thread of that tutorial on polycount, it is pretty famous around here: http://polycount.com/discussion/92432/3dmotive-creating-foliage-for-udk/p1 I have done it myself and it really helps if you are completelly new to foliage. While most of the stuff in that tutorial is still aplicable, now that PBR has come to… -
Re: Temple of Apollo
Improvement, yes. You have a lot of work to go though. From a model perspective, you could get fantastic results if you look up ref for those pillars and then do a high poly. Zbrush or Max/Maya is fine, the important thing is to add details. You light maps don't seem to be working quite right OR your lighting is broken.… -
Re: Getting realistic renders the right way??
I suggest you look at training websites like Digital Tutors for visualisation pieces. Creating a realistic render is a combination of several skills - modelling, lighting, texturing and then actually understanding the render settings to make the most of what you have in scene. In regard to Fade1's advice, I believe that's…
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