This was my first time creating a small scene. I have never used zbrush or substance painter but I had fun to create high poly detail that I thought i had to create in maya. I feel like I have learned a lot creating this scene. I used a tutorial from pluralsight to create this to help me understand the work flow that I…
yeh i havent been here in ages, but anywhoo i need help with the UTPT, lately ive been into lineage 2 and i realized that it runs on unreal format so i got UTPT and i try to extract some anims and meshes but it always says "The new (UT2003) SkeletalMesh format is unknown". I have know idea how to fix it so that it can…
Hi, i'm new to this forum and also a beginner in Maya. I've been trying to learn how to UV and retopologize these past few weeks by reading websites and watching some free tutorials on Youtube, but I still have a lot of questions regarding what makes a good topology and UV mapping. My questions are: -Why do we not cut…
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Hey ladies and gents, I am new here and hope learn and help as much as possible! My question lies in topology. I have been asked to make this character into a 3d model. I have sculpted it and I am ready to move forward. I was in the middle of my retopo and I realized I have no idea how this should flow for animation. The…
Hello, I want to work as an Environment Artist in the future in AAA Studios so I would need a great Portfolio. Well, I also would like to try to make a Game because I have Programming experience and I would like to know how people like my Game Ideas and I just want to make them real. There's just 1 thing that stops me from…
Hey everyone I am going to upgrade and get a new computer soon and I was wondering which ones you guys thought were a good deal and the best to support programs such as zbrush and maya. I can afford a desktop thats around $800-$1100. I was looking at the alienwar computers but i feel like you are paying for the design and…
I am currently working on a little scene, where I have to model some buildings for. I have nearly finished my first big model (and a few small) and now I have a little question. Should I bevel some outter edges of the object, to add detail, or isn't it neccesary? The model currently has a little over 6k tris and i don't…
Hey guys. I'm working on my senior project and haven't had any time to really work on personal stuff. As a result my portfolio is thin and I grow more and more worried about finding work in the current market. Ideally I'd like to work around level design/environment modeling/asset modeling. I'm trying to have fall backs as…
I set aside 3 hours for concept and start modeling. I sit down, spend 1 hour thinking, and swearing. The second hour is spent playing solitare. Then i piss off and do somthing else. Where the hell are my ideas? Is it because i am not artistic and cant draw for shit? I dont understand, i cant even doodle, because I dont…