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Re: stray sod wip, needin some thoughts.
try to stay away from adding too much dark splotchy stuff to the texture, unless it is part of a pattern or design, it really muddies up your normal map and complicates things. Your diffuse and specular should compliment the normal, and the normal needs to work with the diffuse and specular it is a fine balance. Let the… -
Re: Environments questions for nextgen artist
I disagree. There is no "should" when it comes to normalmapping (and making games in general) You do what gives the best result in the shortest amount of time. Learn how to use the PS filter to your advantage. Its a great tool and espceially in combination with generating normals from high res. About polycounts and texture… -
Re: Old Fuel pump
Agreed with above crits. At the moment the texture looks like pure diffuse... I'm not seeing any evidence of normals or spec at work there. Chris is spot on about modelling a big, simple high-poly mesh to base your initial normal map off. You can do the finer textural detail in Nvidia filter, but it doesn't take long to… -
Brandon's Practice Thread!
Hey PC, so I'm creating this thread so can I dump my studies whether it's 2D, 3D, texturing or whatever. I need crits! MARCH 15, 2013 - PROJECT 02: FUTURISTIC GUN SKETCH [2D] OBJECTIVES: -Practice line weight -Practice perspective -Practice sketching complex round surfaces. TO-DO LIST: -Block in values -Clean up lines… -
Graphics for the Wii
Hello polycount(ers)! I'm interested in knowing a bit more about typical graphics specs for Wii and I thought this would be a good place to ask. I realize a lot of this is game specific but if anyone could give me just a rough idea that'd be great. Stuff like this: 1: Typical tri count for a "secondary" character, let's… -
Restyled Link Model, Feedback Appreciated
I was given a modelling assignment to redesign a fighter character and I chose Link from Legend of Zelda as he appears in the Super Smash Brothers series. I decided to restyle him as older, more muscular and in a samurai style outfit, as you can see in the concept below. I created the model in 3ds Max, with the body and… -
Stylized docks asset pack
This is an asset pack created for an introductory first year university assignment. Six assets were to be made under the following constraints: Five general assets using a single 512 diffuse, under 1k tris. One hero asset using a single 2048 diffuse, under 5k tris. They must all follow a similar art style to Fable 2.… -
How to easily and quickly create a high-res, smooth version of hard-surface props for baking normal?
Hi Polycount 3D modelling experts, I am working on some props which require a normal map to go with diffuse textures. They don't need to exhibit much detail though, and are mostly just there to help bake a better diffuse texture and to make the final model look somewhat smoother. What I am looking for is a very easy, fast… -
isn't enough for even half my model?
Hey, I'm making a Viking ship, my first model, in 3ds max, and I thought I'd aim for the stars and go for a 8192x8192 UVW map since you can always scale it down. But now that I'm finished with the deck, it's turned out not even 8192x8192, which is extremely high according to most people, provides enough sharpness for me… -
Masakari's Art HQ
Ok, instead of opening up a new thread everytime i work on something, i'm gonna use this thread for all my work. First up, my entry for the Dominance War contest, i didn't finish on time, but i'm still gonna finish the work. This will also be used on a mod for UT3. DAEDALUS HK + ZAHN DRONESTools: 3ds Max 9, Photoshop CS2…
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