FTC Ship "Speedster" * Work done: model clean up, texturing * Based on an original model by Erik Rocha * See more renders, concept art, and other goodies at this model’s Behance page. FTC Ship "Leaf" * Work done: model clean up, texturing * Based on an early model by Erik Rocha * Based on a original concept by Ole G.…
so in the case of the UE4 (among others: the order 1866, codblops2 etc.) their tech papers show that their BRDF is formed of three components: Specular distribution, Geometric shadowing, Fresnel. the math given in the UE4 tech paper (and in their source code) for Fresnel is this:Fresnel = F0 + (1 - F0) * pow(2, (-5.55473 *…
Heya - About this new handle : IMHO it's really just a matter of looking at the reference in a more investigative manner. "How would this be built in the real world ?" Obviously this would be achieved by carving details over a smooth wooden handle. Meaning that the surfaces that are not carved in will have continuity since…
@gnoop for sure! I've found the same, leverage procedural stuff for quick results but polish there is brutal, it's just so much easier to finalize in ZBrush. I'm usually sending things back and forth. I really enjoy starting tileables with sculpted heighmask chunks from zbrush. Then I'll usually have to paint stuff out.…
Sure. But some focal points are very hard to rescue, if they are not interesting to begin with. If you pick an uninteresting subject people are not going to be interested when they look at your images. The same way it's hard to tell a compelling story about a boring event. Here are 2 examples of a pool shot from Wes…