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Re: Field of specialization
to answer your first question, you can incorporate your computer engineering skills to become a level programmer/level designer or a vfx artist. 2nd question. It is always good to have a background in as many traditional arts as you possibly can, because they help you "look" at the artistic detail that distinguishes… -
Re: "next-gen" eyes
That part isn't done yet, but had some spare time to mock it up. I am going to be using a 2nd layer and actually texturing it better, so I can have anisotropy, and a higher texture resolution than the underlying texture. And it's not 1 bit alpha, for whatever reason when using Xoliuls shader on my machine, soft alpha still… -
Re: [WIP] Stealth Lift
Hi there.... let me be the first to welcome to the boards! I think rule one of polycount is... gentically engineer and grow the thickest of skins 2nd rule... post wireframes as the guys here can tell then how the models are made... it can help the guys here get a good critique for you/ I think this is coming along nice...… -
Re: Groom Lake Warning Sign
Readjusted the file. I increased the visible area so you can see the poster on an actual wall rather than just hinting at it. Everything had to be reorganized to make this happen, and the file is a lot more organized now that I can put layers into groups again. I've also got the 2nd pass on the velspar looking like a… -
Re: Normal mapping seam on mirrored UVs
I can't tell if that mesh is all one piece, or if there is just zero distance between islands. When you unwrap in blender you can pack islands with cntrl + p in the UV editor, and a menu will come up in the 3d view that says "Pack Islands", make sure you set a big enough margin size. Also instead of worrying about where… -
Re: So I'm Making a Gaem
Thanks for the link! I am aware of most of those principles of animation, I have done a small bit of 3D animation and those foundations were drilled into my brain. The challenge comes in creating an animation in as few frames as possible while trying to maintain the fundamentals. My first pass on the walk animation was 13… -
Re: Questions regarding texture maps
1. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Normal_Map_Modeling#Low-Poly_Mesh 2. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Texture_atlas 3. Several ways to do ambient occlusion for games: a. Create a 2nd UV set for static baked lighting. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Light_map, http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Ambient_occlusion_map. b. Bake AO… -
Re: Displacement maps, help
The 2nd one is a pretty standard low poly model for Xbox 360/PS3 specs. It'll use normal maps without displacement maps. The tri count and topology is set up to animate well and only have geo where it effects the silhouette. The 1st one is a base mesh for zbrush, but models that will use displacement maps will work better… -
Re: Business Lobby Environment
Image spam continued! 2nd Floor Offices. I spent a lot of time redoing parts of the PC screen and TVs graphics. Here's an abbreviated making-of in GIF form. You can see I experimented a lot early on before settling on a style. Hope it's of some interest. And for the hell of it, I made a panorama. I'm getting sick of… -
Re: Smoothing Groups in CE3
I would agree. Even though CE3 handles normals pretty well however, it can still be very situation specific. I would 2nd what choco said about doing some simple tests with basic shapes, it will help you out in the future to know how a specfic unwrap/SG setup/bake will turn out in engine. Heres one I did awhile back, its…
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