Hi everyone, I´ve been lurking on Polycount for a while and after getting sufficient practise modeling and some experience with the UDK I think I´ve worked up the confidence to do my first portfolio scene. I´ve photocopied unused concept art for Mass Effect 1 from the artbook. Also made a mockup scene to test out the…
Hello everyone I created an environment piece in Unreal Engine called “Merchant in The Valley”. I want to create a short breakdown for Polycount how I created the trim sheets and approached the modular assets and foliage. If you want to watch a video, I created a video breakdown for Stylized Station. Under the video, I…
So for the past couple of months I've been working on a UE5 environment mainly educating myself on different methods for specific results. basically I have everything done as far as main props and house, just mainly importing in UE5, clouds, mountains and sorts. So here is a sample of my mountain modular terrain, created…
Dear Polycounts, We are a team of second year student Visual Arts, and we are currently visualizing a 4 person death match map based around the 2012 Total Recall movie (specifically the Colony). In order to achieve the highest quality result possible we are looking for C&C from the community/Industry. We are starting this…
Hey JustColorado, Pros would probably use a plugin :) I assume you've googled for building modular structures/things. Here's a tute that might help you get your head around what you are doing when you are creating modular features:…
Hi everybody! I'm doing a school assignment right now where we have to prepare pieces of a modular environment for use in UDK (the course doesn't actually teach UDK as it's a general 3D/animation/VFX course), but since I'm very focused on game development, I'll be taking my environment one step further and actually…
For anything non-modular that doesn't have exact measurements/surfaces, you can pretty much start from scratch in Zbrush, no need to really model by hand in the very beginning for that type of stuff. Of course you will just about always have to build a retopo somewhere else after (essentially you either model before or…
He's using modular, tiling geometry there. Each piece is unwrapped in a similar manner into the same UV space (independently), and with there being variations on the texture sheet, he is able to unwrap different pieces in new ways so as to reduce repetition and create a more natural, less tiled look. Study the…
After re-reading this entire thread pior is spot on, leaving one error to focus on another merely compounds a veritable litany of mistakes. Please listen and readjust your thinking/attitude, in my experience fanned caps would've been acceptable 5yrs ago however tech evolves with new (well probably rediscovering old…
[LATEST] Hi all, Got a new deadline on my portfolio so I will be doing these 'small' environments every 2/3 weeks and hopefully have something nice in the end to show off on my portfolio :) Any feedback is greatly appreciated! I will use this thread to keep track of how I'm doing and for self-motivation ;)…