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3DS Max- starting tips please!
hi all, after working in Maya for the last 18 months I am planning to do my next couple of folio peices in Max so I can get its tools under my belt. I've not used it at all as of yet- I've got some tutorials to look through and a couple of hotkey lists, but I was after some useful tips on tricks to try and "gotchas" to… -
Unity Character Head Critique
Hello All, I'm a bit new to the forums, so I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this. My apologies if not. I am currently learning character modeling for Unity, and I would appreciate and topology, anatomy, etc. critique and guidance on my character. He is one of my first characters, so I want to make sure I am… -
Re: What website, resource, or school was responsible for you first getting into games?
1) Many elements came together over time. '94 I convinced my parents to buy me RSD Game-Maker, it gave me a taste of game development. Then the Doom Hacker's Guide got me in even deeper. The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale & Polycount helped me get in the game industry and keep going. 2) Things are better now, if I was 14… -
Re: Barrels are hard.
Still kinda confused about this :P Part of me is thinking to remove all non-silhouette lines from the high poly and just use that in-game at somewhere near 500 faces (by cutting the 36 sides of the high to 18 as well as taking off the extra lines on flat surfaces) and just use the normal map for surface details and making… -
Re: Colleges, Colleges, and more Colleges!
Lol yeah, Id say now that you know what your doing, dont go to AI. Only reason I picked it is because I didnt know what I wanted to do when I was 18, I just picked an art school and went and this is where I ended up, I didnt know anything about 3D or games or anything. You seem to know enough just by being on polycount as… -
Re: Maya 3D view double-click detection through MEL
So took a looksee at what Maya does when double clicking an edge and this is what I got select -r pCube1.e[16] ; autoUpdateAttrEd; updateAnimLayerEditor("AnimLayerTab"); statusLineUpdateInputField; select -add pCube1.e[14] pCube1.e[16] pCube1.e[18:19] ; autoUpdateAttrEd; updateAnimLayerEditor("AnimLayerTab");… -
Re: Traditional sculpting viable alternative to zbrush?
Of course you can also cut back on sources of eyestrain. At one point, many years ago, I almost entirely stopped reading books, in order to limit eyestrain so I could focus more on game art (I've since gone back to reading books, because...well, books are nice). Avoiding fans blowing in your eyes, making sure you have… -
Re: Lowering Landscape Tesselation / Lightmass Out of Memory
How big is this landscape? What is the size in vertices you entered when you made it? 18 mil verts is like 4096x4096? Because that is way way too big. There is a setting for landscape lighting quality, but unless you changed that it probably already is on lowest quality. In properties, Landscape Lighting or something it is… -
Re: John Valenti (Environment Artist) Portfolio
There are a lot of talented modelers in the industry that are self taught so you do not absolutely need school. The computer is just a tool. But you do need to learn/understand basic design principles, which can be found in books. I say go for the indie job and keep practicing your skill. Your 18 trust me you have lots of… -
Re: Quit current job for brushing up Skills/Portfolio for 4-5 months, Opinions? Thoughts?
Yup. Commission per sale. Rate where I live starts at $11 Canadian/ $10.38 U.S. You don't have to take every order (if you have to take a dump or feel like humping your significant other during your shift). Even if you just make 10 sales out of a six hour shift, that can work to approximately $18 Cdn/hr. x 6 hours. You…
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