There are suggested builds listed in the sticky too for various budgets, just make a blend based on the two closest to your budget. With a $950 budget, assuming you want a 'balanced' build, I'd go with something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X9vwCb $160 - CPU: AMD R5 1600 (comes with cooler) $280 - GPU: Geforce…
I'm making a low-poly character for a game that is less than 1000 tri-polygons. The character will have low-poly hands. How did games back in the late 90s like UT99 or Quake 3 do hand animations? Blend shapes? The character is going to use a gripping pose when holding weapons and open/relaxed when not holding a weapon. Do…
IMO making scanned textures tiled is better to do manually in Zbrush or photoshop . Same for roughness. Based on Adobe Sampler its a waste of efforts. More lacking tools is de-lighting , especially extracting albedo from sun shadowed images . I yet have to see something working as good as those special flash lights that…
Hey guys I meant to do this earlier but I'm doing a little weekly side project to both help myself as an artist and also teach other people too. I'm starting a article series called Game Art for Gamers and I've completed 4 articles with a 5th in progress. I'm looking for input from some of the great and more experienced…
I have planned to upgrade my main system for the next year (my pc has already 10+ years), and reading some of your replies i'm wondering if i really need 64GB for Zbrush, Substance and Unreal Engine. I had in mind to pass from 16GB to 32GB, which means i have to pay the double. I see the new PC Builds Polycounters are…
So now that it's in the right section, some thoughts; First off, props to your Uni teacher for having you learn proper optimization so early. These days a lot of artists don't put much effort into this area due to how powerful hardware has become, but it can be very useful to know for mobile games, low budget games, or…
About to go live shortly here is an update Yordle time £100 Yordles only for 5 games regardless off the position we are playing Super Supports £300 Only allowed to play support characters for 5 Games regardless of position e.g. Jungle Sona Troublesome Teemo £500 We will play 10 games as Teemo that includes jungle ATMOGS…
The painting seems to have a couple frames more latency than Mari or Krita but it's quite possible to work in 4k in SP2 on the GTX 1070 with just a tiny bit of lag. It seems to run a little bit below 30 fps although it's definitely workable. (I haven't measured that, so you should take it with a grain of salt. Also keep in…