Hey everyone, I just finished up modeling and hand painting this gun I would love a critique and some criticism. In total it has 722 faces total or 1356 tris. The reference image is in the top right, although I cannot for the life of me find the original artist. Edit* Original Artist being the amazingly talented Calvin…
Hey guys, I have two questions. When I render out single images in Marmoset they come out with the chosen background color that I selected in the View tab. But when I go to do a 360 render with X amount of frames it only does it in black. I've looked all through the settings and don't see any other place where I can change…
It's those little discoveries that keeps going; As artists we tend to find inspiration in the most interesting ways. Jump on in for 3 videos that are sure to tickle your creative nerve. Shape & form on display in 'Harmony & Discord' Chris Bassett laid this out on Vimeo a few months ago so there's a chance you've seen this.…
Now this is some news we know you'll dig! Raven just launched their developer diary earlier this month then we head on over to Youtube to check out the Quantumas Engine. Check it out after the jump! (There's a movie in it for ya!) [caption id="attachment_1089" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Creating Characters…
Hi, I'm trying very hard to record a turntable of my character for a demo. I'm using Fraps and trying to record at full HD (1080) so I can resize it to 720 later. The problem I get is the resulting resolution of my video is 1640x1012 everytime. Is there a limit to Fraps? Is it that UDK and fraps don't get along? Also, on a…
I'm going to do different projects but still trying to figure out the higest setting I can upload on to youtube. this is rendered in 1280 x 720 and vimeo crapped out on the compression, so I switched to handbrake instead and now I'm likeing youtube alot better. all the work is going to be scrapped I'm just looking for…
Hi, This is my first time here at Polycount. I plan to become an animator in the future and I would like to get constructive feedback for my work. I'm a beginner at animation so it definitely does not look professional. Here is the link to my playblast:…
I started studying Games Art and Animation about 1 year ago, 3 months ago i began concentrating on Zbrush. Did some small Zbrush stuff before, like a few detail passes on a weapon. Then i found this "Concept" of Ackbar. http://theory-of-everything.deviantart.com/art/Admiral-Akbar-s-Rhum-72309171 My goal is to get into…
Hi, I'm looking for feedback on my current animation reel specifically for gaming. Advice on both the animation and the general presentation would be appreciated, as well as things like if I'm missing an important catagory (such as a 4 legged creature, although I do have a 4 legged creature). I am looking to use the reel…
This prop is based on a concept by Ben Mauro (shown below). I can't really explain this fetish I've had with realistic/stylized, so either it's evolving or I should move on. Feel free to tell it to me straight! Anyway, I didn't skimp on the polycount: 7219 tri // 1024X2048 D/N/S Marmoset Wires(shield your eyes if you're…