Ive just run a series of pretty exhaustive tests with simplygon 10 vs manual lods on a load of characters (we already know it can't cope with hard surface meshes so didn't bother there) TLDR : You'll get a better looking result doing it by hand for the same geometry cost - especially on the lowest lods Simplygon still…
Right, so here is what I would suggest doing. I would stay away from designing your own stuff for now. You'll need a hole lot more art under your belt to figure out good design language etc. So make real world stuffs, (you can do sci-fi I wouldn't 100% suggest it at the moment) So pick a subject matter and do a series of…
I think you're making things a bit more confusing for yourself Did this myself in XSI too, the way John said. Basically, you will have 2 (or 3 if you want) nulls that are placed along the forearm bone, the verts in that area are weighted to the nulls instead of the forearm bone (or you could skin verts near the elbow to…
Hello, this is the last work I've done, wanted to learn a little bit hand painting texture and lowpoly. Everything are screenshots from the maya persp window :) Character: 705 tris. Weapons: 100 tris./ Texture: 512x512 Additional weapons: respectively lance:99, shield:84, one hand sword:94 and two hand sword: 100 tris /…
If you want to model for the industry 100% do not design it yourself. You're highlighting the wrong skillset. By using another persons design you're doing two-fold: showing that you can nail a brief/concept and translate it with fidelity to 3D, and second that you can collaborate and address notes, which is major if…