When i was in highschool i dedicated maybe 2 years (a long fucking time back then) to 3D modeling and worked on it like crazy even into my 1st year of college. Fast forward past school into the job market, and I somehow found myself as a 2D animator (???) instead of doing the 3D modeling I thought was my ticket. These days…
I disagree. Even mediocre guys who know how to play social media and work the crowfunding sites can easily gain access to capital they need to move forward their career goals. Just look at some winners of Kickstarter for proof. Just look at who's making monthly mortgage payments via self-publishing on Amazon. Youtube…
I am actually liking the multiplayer a lot. I have so far been owning with every weapon each map has to offer. Usually its nothing but rails for me there are too many people online to shoot at. I've been falling for the nail gun seeing as people seem to have a hard time maneuvering around the shots it fires. the shotgun is…
I think personally that the NHS is great. I have never seen any of my friend or family go without the treatment they need to have and this includes my Grandmother who needed (and survived) a triple bypass at the age of 80 and my father who has MS and needs so much medication he rattles when you shake him. I think the…
Max or Maya (or Modo as a personal recommendation) is fine. There's no substantially significant difference in quality between the software, just workflow differences. What does change is that Maya, across games and VFX, has been the preferred animation software. There are Max animators, but my impression 6 years in was…
sybrix and rockguy, thanks for the feedback :) I'm aiming to maintain a consistent painterly look, but it seems to get problematic in large areas of tiled texture due to lack of variation. I'll experiment with adding decals to break it up a bit, or if anyone has other ideas let me know! Calluhain: the tree's looking good,…
Quok, yep. Sand, just tossing out possibilities. It seemed like he was pretty quick to blame the pot without taking into account a lot of bipolar's tend to be addicts and alcoholics, mostly because they're self medicating, consciously or not. It could also be an easy out for the docs. "Oh he smokes pot... pfft well there…
I can see where Frump is coming from, and to an extent I agree. However, I think other important points have been made, especially in that making your own concepts is essential and basically the entire point of the contest. Dominance War is much less about simply building cool shit in 3D and much more about showing that…
@ Avanthera - Thanks Elijah!!! I appreciate it. Ya, I've been spending lots of mornings drawing and painting. :D Definitely still have a ways to go, especially with characters, but its a slow process, and I'm alright with that. Thanks for the thoughts. Ya, I agree the first dude was really stiff, second was a bit better…
So I tried to address some comments I've been getting. First off we added more detail (molding and floor path) with some nice yellow to add some more variety to the boring feeling. Then we tried to make everything more interesting by adding some contrasted lighting. Here's what we got so far: Note that the position where…