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Re: Reusing your own base mesh
paraphrased I agree that zbrush artists are a dime a dozen and the proof is in the final low poly output, but I don't agree that you should shuffle incomplete pieces to the next guy just to keep him busy. With proper planning and structuring of the pipeline and schedule it won't be an issue for the animators to wait until… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
I don't think you need to poly model at the level people were at before sculpting was available. back then if you wanted a wrinkle you had to model in that wrinkle with loops etc. it was painful. I think what people are getting at is that at the end of the day you hand off a low res poly mesh that needs to work for… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
You've made a good point, but I've never run into any situation remotely close to that, maybe I'm lucky? But it's never been a problem for me. Like I said, though, I understand the basics, how to model for animation, good topology, all that kinda thing. I spent several years learning basic poly modeling in max, so I don't… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
~ Agreed; although I never said it was sensible to pass on unfinished things. I just didn't feel it necessary to break down the advantage of having a fairly decided on mesh, that changes incremently so the rigging/animation can have skin weights loaded (by world space if necessary) without having to destroy too much… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
Personally, I have a few bases I've collected over the years that I use all the time. The Mudbox human base is almost perfect, and I use it all the time. Personal, professional, doesn't matter. It's a solid base mesh for any style of work you do. Since it's for the high res, it doesn't matter at all. You CAN do one… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
~ I'm beginning to see why a lot of people are losing their patience the general attitude of some artists on Polycount, so I'll try to voice my opinion without getting bitter and jaded; - In a dev situation, you are almost always going to be working with game meshes that have to be fairly decided upon before you finish all… -
Re: Reusing your own base mesh
a few years back poly modeling was the only option. so it was kind of a given that if you were doing good work you were good at poly modeling and knew something about edge flow etc. but now :poly122: you see people jumping strait into zbrush who don't know jack about poly tools or modeling in general. so I have 2 thoughts.…
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