not to derail further, but i like this little gem in his comments "Until I actually get good, i consider most of these studies and practice pieces. " fuck..
to be honest...things are going to be wonky at first. but after lots of practice and edge flow study....you'll definitely get there. don't get too frustrated. you get it.
Nah, not discouraging ... Yeah this is more for the hell of doing so then for anything else... Just practice. Where would you pull polys from to free them up?
im going to ask an even more stupider question now; is it ever practical to literally tile a texture within the atlas to make use of tiling method of texturing?
Personal project Furthering practices with Xgen C&C are welcome Modeled everything in Zbrush Xgen Fur done in Maya Texture done in Substance Painter and Mari Vray-Render Comped in Nuke and photoshop concept by Ilse Gort