The path into game development really depends on where you're starting from. Some people start with an idea or thing they want to see in a game and learn skills as they go. Others master art or programing first and either find a counterpart or eventually branch out into the other discipline while working on different…
Also wanted to add to @William3DArtist answer. You can create an additional channel that is custom one User0, User1 etc and put it as an extra export map. I used this a lot because needed masks exported from specific textured regions and use it later in shader, because of the amount of iterations, that gave me automaticy…
While all the current replies are good, I would also suggest a slightly different approach. Start by deforming your mesh into some poses, and you’ll see right away where it starts to break! For example the Warrior 2 pose from yoga. Then you can refine your loops to help your model retain shapes. Experience is often the…