I don't know if you can consider the plot to be dumbed down, it looks like it's more of a case of where a B/C-Class movie got a LOTR budget scale and VFX green-lit more then anything. I mean it follows old school cliches to the letter honestly, "Man is the most savage of creatures", "We are the real monsters", "Vox Populi…
Glad you decided to add the satellite installation in the distance..if you could get that modeled and texture out like you have in your paintover...yes..this would be very cool indeed. But agree with others that perhaps you could do more with lighting and the glass..I for one actually liked your alien blob paintover…
My random Star Wars thoughts Thought it was ok, it was better than the last two... I rank it on par with Matrix Reloaded. When I get it on DVD I'll probably skip right to the exciting scenes. The majority of the Jedi death scenes were lacking and you didn't really feel anything even though you've been seeing these…
QA. Just sign up at one temp agency that services devs. I think it depends on what type of game animation he wants to pursue. Since more and more devs are using mocap or procedural animation (aka ragdoll), your friend may want to think if he would have a problem cleaning mocap or not. Otherwise, I recommend stacking his…
I would suggest you get more details in the models, work on your textures and UVW unwrapping, poly-flow, etc before you start worrying about your triangle counts. Current "Next-gen" platform consoles can easily support 5-10k triangle animated characters - But the budget is dependant on what the character is used for, where…
cycloverid - thanks for the input ! so I'd consider another light source. Where is this? Deep within a cave perhaps? - I was thinking of making more bio-luminescent plants to help brighten the scenes up a bit , but wasn't sure if it would make the level look too Alice in wonderland'ish. the initial plan was to make an…
Thanks for all the replies. I will try and break up the brick building more by adding trims. I will also be bumping up the spec as RexM suggested. I had thought about going zombie apocalypse but decided I want it closer to just a small section of a city before any disaster. I might go back after and create a post…
very cool model, really liking this creature - kind of an anthropomorphic gargoyle. As alluded to previously - the wings kind of stand out. Google image search "Wingsuit" to see how the structure would look if its purpose was flight/glide assist. Not sure how much you are willing to deviate from the concept, (concept art…
Sorry for the long silence on this one everyone. I got discouraged by the sheer amount of detail needed for him so I started on an environment of a chapel. The comments keep me motivated though, so a big "THANK YOU!" to all who have posted on this thread. Always rough when you start sharing your work, too much second…
Thanks for your help Scifix. And Laze, your right :D Maybe later I will complete the whole model without a shell and make a dragonlike creature out of it ;-) I turned down the specularity and used a cavity map to control it. And I decided to learn V-Ray. It took a while to figure out but I like the result.I think it`s more…