On the note of getting better and practicing, I've heard many awesome artists mention most people don't practice correctly. As in, they just keep doing tutorials without any rhyme or reason, or they practice drawing anime eyes without ever thinking of real eyes and why some artist substituted these symbols for eyes and why…
Props to all the entries. I'm very happy to have been a part of the finals judging. I tried very hard to lay out reasons why one entry would receive a higher score in a category over another, but in the end it was still just 3 opinions choosing these things. As a guy that has never placed in the contests I've entered, I…
Thanks for the reply, Dwalker. I take your point about the intro taking too long - it's something that has been burning in my mind for some time now. I'll also see about trying different glares for the moon. Though I haven't explained who the characters are in this thread, I go to some depth outlining who is who on the…
Right, the biggest problem with this sort of things is they have this horrible tendency to snowball. You post some seemingly harmless bit info about something you've done, and all of a sudden we'll see countless people who don't really understand what or why you've done it repeating it because they think "gradients in…
I'm a dick to people who don't think and start stupid threads. Everyone else handles this kind with kid gloves, which is why we have three 'what should I do with my life' threads a week. If people were treated more sterny for making stupid threads that umpteen people have complained about due to their consistency, the next…
Hello everyone, I wrote a quick article on some thoughts I had about providing constructive criticsm. Since we are in the media age, a lot of artwork is shared and a lot of feedback goes back and forth. I decided to elaborate on some experiences of mine, and provide some feedback that i'd thought i'd share in terms of…
whatttt? I don't want to make this turn into a debate about it, but honestly, I don't think anything out there is anywhere near as powerful as blenders hotkey workflow on polygons. A LOT of blender is not up to par, true, but poly modeling isn't one of them - I Enjoy making models again, because it is so slick with…
Hello again! I am just starting up a new 2D game project and I will be requiring some voice actors who can run some quick lines for me. Concept: My project is a card game playing on a typical rpg theme with monsters, swords, spells, and items. There's a reason why monsters drop so much sweet loot and that is why players…
What bothers me, is seeing people on the news this morning, talking about all the things they are doing to raise money for this. The money isn't going to do shit. They need to spread the awareness. Sending money to an organization, that will only use a small percentage of that money to raise awareness, is only a waste.…
I don't believe I'm arrogant. If you don't believe me, compare my thread to this one that was made yesterday: http://polycount.com/discussion/184440/xenomorph-armour I'm not going to kick a guy when he's down but look at the difference in how one person took criticism. Now look at what I've done. I've kept my composure and…