It's best to dedicate yourself to only a single project at one time, and picking that project is determined by what kind of area of the industry you'd like to focus on. One thing you should do before starting a project is outlining the list of skills you'd like to improve on or learn upon completion of the project. In…
I would recommend UE4 but considering how much older UDK is, there are likely to be a much larger amount of well made tutorials for getting things done in UDK versus having to randomly experiment or wait for tutorials for UE4. There are also some other factors to keep in mind such as the fact that UE4 requires an absolute…
What object are you trying to unwrap? Joe Harford goes over a lot of the basic techniques that you can use to unwrap basically any object. [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdLAdprceM"]Tracker Knife Part 3: NextGen asset production series - YouTube[/ame] Millenia also made a nice tutorial, it's a bit slower paced and…
Hi guys :) I was wondering if anyone could point me to some good uv mapping tutorials for 3dsmax I've been trying to uv this stupid object for hours now :l
It's just simple door for a project on the UE4 engine I tried following tutorials for baking but my high poly models didn't show up where I could select them :/ I'll try looking at these though :)
That's true. But for an environment artist looking to just showcase an environment or artwork there are enough tutorials already available to get you comfortable navigating the Editor and importing art assets and materials. Plus you can take advantage of the use of PBR materials. In a year or two, if you're not making use…
They are related positions, the difference is that the level designer focuses on making a level gameplay ready, or in other words "fun" whereas the environmental designer focuses on making a level "pretty." You shouldn't worry about which tools to use because at the end of the day, they're just that, tools. A carpenter…