I am planning to create something similar to the scene below, but am not sure where to start. I took this photo, among others, on a hike the other day and was inspired by the fall/winter feel of it. It's on a small mountain ridge in northern NJ: Some other shots I could potentially use for ground texture: I would like to…
well, I can think of two big things to comment on; 1. does the katana have distal taper? Many 3D artists model swords as if they were cut from a flat sheet of metal; you want distal taper. 2. Is the cross-section of the katana grip oval or perfectly round? You want an oval cross-section for edge alignment. other than that…
This has been pecking away in my brain for awhile now - As the thread question implies, how many pieces should be in an artist's portfolio before they start applying for freelance or full-time opportunities? I'm specifically interested in reflections on a character artist's port (how many full body, how many busts, etc.)…
Hey all! Well, I got my 3ds Max 2012 student version, so I thought Id actually start learning to use it. I have been using Wings 3D soon for 2 years. It's quite simple program and but not clearly as feature rich as max, but it's quite powerfull and very easy to use. But the problem is that everytime I try to use max, It…
hey guys i just started work on a bit of fan art after seeing the trailer, i started modelling on and off for about a month now and finally have some free time to work on texturing it, so far i've only really started blocking in colour so there is not much in the way of details in the texture, i will be updating here often…
@gnoop for sure! I've found the same, leverage procedural stuff for quick results but polish there is brutal, it's just so much easier to finalize in ZBrush. I'm usually sending things back and forth. I really enjoy starting tileables with sculpted heighmask chunks from zbrush. Then I'll usually have to paint stuff out.…
So I use my intuos for everything. It's been a few years now and the drawing area is starting to wear out a bit. I saw that Wacom sells covers that you can buy, but they're like $40 which seemed pretty expensive. I was wondering if I could just get a screen cover for a surface pro tablet or something and cut it down to…
I drew this on the canvas, the starting screen before you make something polymesh 3d. Sorry please disregard the context menu popup from another program.
Hey guys. School is out. So, I wanted to do something during the summer. I have been working on a lot of projects but failed to complete them because i lacked motivation and eventually lost interest. I am going to post all my stuff here so I am more likely to finish my project and receive feedback. I am going to start…
nice start! - The shockwave expands out, how about adding pieces of the barrel flying out in all directions too. - when the inital explosion happens, maybe use a sprite glow to show the inital heat blast facing the camera. - I really like how the eruption starts, but it seems like its a tad large in the flames trailing…