I finished a prototype to extract the major axis (run the script and then drag the mouse, at end of drag the proper axis constraint should be set) sadly maxscript has no global mousecallback, which means mousetrack blocks all other mouse operations. so one would need to do the move in maxscript, which would be ugly so, as…
Having just learned digital game art over the past three year while trying to learn to draw, which was a massive, MASSIVE pain in the ass for me, i would like to say please don't spend money on schooling unless you want the social interaction or don't like learning things from the net or youtube. Everything you need to…
hand painting textures is a bit different than, let's say, doing life drawing. And even if you start drawing, adding mediocre 2D art to an excellent 3D folio still pulls the folio down. I know some folks who work at Blizz and who didn't have 2D art skills in their folios and still got hired - their 3D was top notch though.…
I was talking about the digital sketchbook thread which is in the 3D & 2D Videogame Art 5th thread down. So there is obviously confusion with the digital sketchbook forum, and the sketch thread. It's one of those problems with no clear solution. Stromberg makes a point about not having too many threads that would splinter…
This is my year of hardcore improvement as an artist. I'm going to break it down into monthly chunks and dedicate all of my spare art time to a specific discipline. So far it breaks down like this: Dec 2012 - Digital drawing/painting Jan 2013 - High poly modeling in Modo Feb 2013 - ZBrush sculpting (not sure WHAT exactly,…
Erik - Thanks! And thanks for checking out my SB! You do too. Gestures. Bridgman. Gestures. Loomis. Gestures. Gestures. Gestures. Daily diet, right? Anyway... Something different but fun! I freelanced for about 1.5 years almost exclusively in the music industry creating art for shirts - this is one I finished recently and…
Hello there. I'm learning animation in maya from Digital Tutors. I've started from basic 'getting started with maya', then went to learn some general basics with tutorials on modeling, UVs, texturing and render and now I'm after probably half of the all cool stuff they have on animation and rigging. It's all amazing and…
I've started up Scott Eaton's anatomy workshops. I'm tackling his two courses, 'Anatomy for Artists' and 'Digital Figure Sculpture' in a particular way. To really hammer in all the substantial information Scott is throwing at me, I'm running the two courses together. They tackle the body anatomy in a similar manner,…
@nomzod Depends on what you plan to use it for. Wouldn't be a bad choice if you need a PC dedicated to both CPU and GPU rendering, but probably a huge waste of money for a normal workstation. About the specific parts; The Western Digital SN850 has been succeeded by the SN850X which is a little faster but should be about…