I am with Vassago on this. My passion on this has died over the years for various reasons. I often think that I should get in to environmental art to restimulate my interest, but after a while the same technical contraints/frustrations would crop up again. I still enjoy making 3d art , but at times it becomes a chore which…
@gav if you write an article about character presentation my life will have 100x more meaning.. your an inspiration to us all! ahhh i didnt know you were in GDC i would have loved to chat with ya in person~ that 3dmotive article interview on you really inspired me. as for character presentation some of the guys that I…
to me it really looks like you've added a Bevel/Emboss filter to the top metal layer which is making mit look like a poor bump map, I'd really follow TeeJay's method and try to get something more natural. perhaps like this: I found this by googling Rusty Conatainer and there was a whole bunch of usefull pics/links.
this update contains: over all time tweaking and adjusting some offsets ________________________________________________________ _________________________ next update i will update part by part detailing