I'd also buy some charcoal pencils, and be sure to get a range of hardness levels, from 2b to 9b, and buy some white erasers--also kneaded erasers are popular for working with charcoal. And the size of paper isn't so much important as the tooth of the paper, or the texture. The thing about working in charcoal is that…
OK, messed with it some more tonite. I tried my lowres cylinder test again. It appears as though my Flat Tessellation is not deforming correctly. The object gets more triangles but fails to deform. As soon as I switch over to PN Triangle mode I can clearly see the tessellation but with poor results. The mesh deforms into…
I still have an intuos2 at home so I have no buttons, I'm forced into the keyboard, but at work I have the 3 and have found the buttons are enough for me so i don't have to reach for the keys. It sort of makes me dread working at home. But I keep it on my lap leaning against the desk with the keyboard right above it. I…
At some point you will probably need to learn some coding. I would recommend the C# programming language. You won't have very much low-level memory control with it. But if you don't know how to program already, it is unlikely that you would care about getting that close to the circuitry. C# is one of the .Net framework…
Here is today's progress sofar. I feel like I'm moving super slowly but I'm definitely getting in to all of the short cuts already. Can anybody spot any major flaws in the blockout? I think I'm going to leave all of the roof slats separate for mudbox and make one shape out of them after sculpting. Thanks for the maya help…
It's not really a "stupid jocks" kind of thing, its more of a what hell are we spending our money on, kind of thing. I like sports that have actual athletes not 2 ton walls of grislely meat byproduckt. I'm a big soccer fan, played it for 19 years and actively support our local team. I love Basketball, Hockey and even…
Ok so other people have said to remove edges and I've gone and done a paintover to illustrate some things. In case the text is hard to read (I don't write well with a tablet >.<) here's what things say, with some elaboration The red lines indicate loops that could be removed entirely with little or no silhouette loss Blue…
I've never been to Niagra Falls, so should I assume that it doesn't exist until I've been there? Parallel shadows don't exist in reality. They may seem parallel, bit that's a function of our brains' compensation for perspective and the fact that our view of the world is distorted like a fish-eye lens. If a light source is…
I'd like to add that aside from the masculinity the face just has very peculiar and distinct features, none of which really bring to mind the character you're trying to portray. If you managed to nail the typical smug look on her face too, I think that would help with the likeness as well. Beyond the face, what stands out…
I had pretty low hopes for this game, but a number of people at work convinced me it was worth buying. I'm only at the end of the second chapter but so far I'm pretty disappointed. Everyone talked about how scary the game is but it's not scary, it's just semi-stressful. All of the grates/vents/fans that the monsters come…