"I could write a detailed post mortem about what I learned but I think most people wouldn't like it, because the biggest thing that I have learned is that nearly all best practices need to be binned for the solo developer. If you try to explain things like that with any nuance people just fight you so it isn't super…
Wanted to show off my old project that got me learning Blender! I wanted to practice hard-surface modeling and creating a stylized version of one of my favorite suits in the Metroid series!
I am using Maya along with advanced skeleton. I have followed the suggested workflow to keep geometry in separate file, reference it to the rig file, and then publish the rig file to be used for animations. The problem I have is that reference between the geo and rig file is really brittle. Naturally you change material…
These baking artifacts are caused by the convergence of a number of separate but related issues. Material artifacts: The material on the high poly model is generating additional surface information that's causing normal baking artifacts. Removing the material from the high poly model resolves this issue. The material on…