Haven't done much on Cain this Weekend... Ah well... Finshed left secondary Arm: "Look Mom! New Hands!" Gotta rework the left side of his chest armor with the cables which is gonna be a major pain in my ass. *curse those damn ref pics with the arm in front* The beginning of the Shoulder Cannon: Still giving me troubles to…
1: yes, rather than try and fit them into one material, you can simply apply multiple materials to the object in maya (select faces and then apply the material to them), and then export/import again and where you normally apply the material to a mesh in UDK there will now be more slots...and each slot can have its OWN…
It really pumps me up to hear that people are seeking a game like this. I could talk your ear off about foliage and draw call consolidation. I plan on doing a dedicated blog post with a video that goes into technical detail on how I'm doing just that, but in the mean time here is a summary I gave to someone else who asked…
Unwrapping and then instancing the geometry is OK in most instances. New engine changes in Unreal Engine 4, and possibly others (I don't know about others) requires completely unique UV's for all parts of the mesh to properly calculate light maps on the 2nd channel of the uv map (not the first). What does this mean for…
I was in the same boat as you a while back. I see this as the path of the artist. Let me lay it out for you so you can see where you are on it. -The artist's path starts as a child, and you like art so you draw a lot. -As you get older, you are better at drawing than your friends and that gets you attention, so you draw…
it was always characters but yes, eventually if you really enjoy stuff you "fan" out to the other aspect of the creation pipeline which is a good change of pace and could help with the "main" choice. For drawing anyway i took and environmental idea and made those into characters so meshing the two works for me here is an…
Welcome to polycount =) I'm about to rip your model apart in the hopes that you can put it back together and have it be better. Or at least you can walk away having learned something you can take to work on your next model. This is going to take up a good chunk of my free time this morning. Recognize the fact that I don't…