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Re: Old Hand Drill
Just wanted to add something to what eric said: - the edges are quite sharp in places, especially the lever metal part - sometimes the transition between rust and paint is more a gradient than a sharp edge. Your model has only this sharp transition which is kinda unrealistic - paint chips consistently on different size… -
Re: Helix-handle normal map problem (Please Help)
That's the result I'd expect in your normal map, looking at the low and high. The high's edges are much too sharp, and the "in and out" angles of the grip are much too steep to show up well on the normal map. Edit: Here's an example You can't expect the normal map to do all the heavy lifting. It's only a 2d texture. You… -
Re: Need Help With UV's & Texture Resolution
Understood. I looked through all 3 threads previously but I thought the instructions were maybe specific to OP's situation. Say, if the the smoothing groups can only be 1. That means the whole mesh will be smoothed therefore removing the look of sharp edges. So what if I want certain edges on my model to be sharp and some… -
Re: freelancing with blender?
It's not the fact that Blender has or doesn't have smoothing groups really. It's that Blender physically breaks the geometry where hard edges are assigned that is causing headaches. Blenders hard edge system (called sharp edges in Blender) is very flexible and similar to Maya in that you select an edge and mark it as… -
Re: Viktor's character scribbles
Hey! Your last face is really starting break away from familiarity :) I love the eyes. The top of the nasal bone wear it intersects the brow still seems to feel familiar through your pieces aside from the first one. Maybe choose a reference where that area is softer like this, in contrast to this. I know that the lighting… -
Re: handplane - new tangent space tool in public beta
I tested this with Blender -> xNormal -> Handplane -> UDK, and the results are amazing! However, Handplane seems to average the normals for the entire mesh, regardless of sharp edges (Blender's equivalent of smoothing groups). In most cases, this isn't that big of a deal, but of course sometimes it is required to have a… -
Re: Advice and help on head sculpt
corners of the lips on your model have round shape. for a smile the corners should have a sharp cut between the upper and lower lips. yellow indicated where you need a sharp crease and blue indicated where you need to bulge out the flesh due to muscle tension. to me it looks like your model has bad topology that doesnt… -
Re: Normal Map Help
another thing to watchout for is sever angles when working with raised surfaces. in order for the raised areas to show up on the normal map, they need to have a beveled look (ala photoshop's bevel and emboss). ie, if there is a raised set of faces, you will want the edges to slope down rather than slope inward. (like a… -
Re: [FIXED] Problems with baking high to low poly between marmoset 4 and substance painter
I've flipped the Y Channel for DirectX. With "harden edges" are you talking about Mark Sharp? -
Re: Character Practice – Personal Training Project
Thank you very much for the feedback and for sharing these resources, it really helped. The notes about anatomy and lighting were especially useful, and I’ll keep them in mind moving forward. This piece is still part of my learning process, so comments like this make a big difference. Thanks again for your time and help!
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