It all depends. What equipment do you currently have? What's the overall sales goals? The best gear to start with is the gear you already have. If you already own a phone with a decent camera you can use it to put together a pack to get a feel for the amount of work and cost involved in producing this type of content. From…
Well first off, I use Canon, so my recommendations will be based off of that. Nikon and Pentax make great cameras and have pretty equivalent systems, generally when i was researching my camera, I found Canon had better image quality and less noise at the same price point as other systems. Also canon EF lenses are very…
Right after college I started working a desk job doing package tracing for an international shipping company, off topic, but always fill out the entire form damn it. Back to topic. Decided I was a fat load of s- and started doing research. After 2 months of busting my ass I dropped 100~ pounds and 20% body fat, at the…
Sketchfab & Polycount are teaming up for a brand new, lowpoly contest: the VG REMIX! The VG REMIX will be a 3-week long contest where artists will create lowpoly dioramas of a scenario or setting from one their favourite videogames. These depictions do not need to be in the same style as found in the game they come from -…
So I've been playing PC games now for like 10 years. I've ALWAYS had crashes/freezes/BSODs but I figured that's part of the PC gaming territory. My older brother, a longer-time gamer says he rarely encounters problems with games and has no clue why I always have computer problems. We both have good knowledge of…
This is an abridged amateur translation of the article. May it inform you still. Anyone fluent in japanese is invited to report glaring errors. Original article there The article is the first in a new series of technical articles on 4gamer by Zenji Nishikawa about game graphics, and Guilty gear Xrd, which came out in…
edit: oh god, just saw the size of this wall of text. Another good ol' pixelmasher novel :P sorry guys! I can see both sides of the coin. On one hand, free doesn't always mean good (just look at canadas health care system...) and on the other the internet has given anyone the ability to start a business and sell whatever…
Just wanted to share some advice on the Editor. Couple of things have been bugging me for a long time, and only recently I've figured how to fix or explain them. 1. If you are using Parallax Occlusion Mapping feature in your materials, you may be familiar with this issue: ^ PoM off ^ PoM on To avoid incorrect self-shading…
Hey guys, cleaned my machine up and once i installed the Quixel Suite again NDo keep timing out when trying to register. I have tried disabling antivirus and the firewall I dont know what else to do. This is what I get from the program p.s I dont know why it says im using Windows Vista, Im on windows 8.1 License Failure…
Concept/Overview While I was trying to find inspiration for my next scene, I became fascinated by the works of Chong Fei Giap. They held so much life and color, and the feel of the textures and colors was fantastic. I wanted to see if I could recreate that look in 3D. Modeling From the beginning, I knew I wanted to create…