Hi everyone, I have a question about a problem I'm having with a simple model I'm working with. i'm no expert at this so forgive me if this is obvious. I have this model of a wine glass which was all in triangles and I want to convert to quads (I want to duplicate some of the geo so I can create a liquid that can deform…
Qualified applicant must: have shipped two titles in the industry as an animator excel in and understand the core principles of hand animating be knowledgeable and have a basic grasp of motion capture technology have extensive experience with 3D Studio Max (5+ years) have extensive experience with Character…
Hi guys - for those of you in Australia and want to see what Houdini is about (yeah these are film-centric but feel free to hit up Jeff Wagner for questions on Houdini+games), there will be 3 events held in the month of February, in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Limited room so register for your spot! Adelaide - February…
I'm a 3D generalist, but my main things are 3D character modeling and animation. I've been doing freelance since I graduated, but now I want to gain some work experience at a studio or company who's looking to hire. Also my health insurance is about to expire and I live in a country where I need to have it. I'm currently…
Not to sound like an old fart, but I remember back in 2000 they were talking about how photo-scans made texture artists completely redundant. Then producers started telling us that Turbo Squid was the future, and that one day MMO's would be made by 5 designers, and a bunch of bought models. In 2005, we were told procedural…
Yes I am aware of the 3DS Student licenses. I have been using Max for a few years now and have grown quitw fond of it, but I am not allowed to make money off of anything made with said student license. This is why I'm forcing myself to learn Blender. I'm aware of most lowpoly modeling techniques and sketching isn't a…
I always wanted to attend one of these really prestigious game animation/design institutes and get a kickass game art/design degree but I was far to poor and I used to just be all like "man if I attended that place everything I do would be so much better. I would have access to all this equipment and I would be a better…
.....and now that company/product they belived in has way more resources to further develop its vision and goals? if they paid for a dev kit, its not like they suddenly wont be getting what the paid for. and if they donated to help, well its called a donation not an investment, so they are not entitled to anything. when…
I am in the same boat as the OP. Though I start some courses in september on games design (though I plan to be ahead of the course before I even begin and am mainly using it for a 'look I've got the education' part of the CV.) I would ask you this: Want to be a character artist and have zero art skill? Don't worry, google…
@Grimm_Wrecking Sounds like the Merge Vertex Command isn't set correctly for you grimm. I'll be adding in a settings thingamabob later, but for now you can open up the script and at line 631. it sayscmds.polyMergeVertex(fp_Name+".vtx[0:5000000]",d=0.5 ,am=1,ch=1) You can mess around with the part of that line where it says…