Look at this if you haven't. As mentioned previously, 3ds Max uses "smoothing groups" and Maya uses "soft and hard edges" to do the same thing: http://wiki.polycount.com/SmoothingGroups Test the hard and soft edges. Place them on models and see what you see. If you want the edge to look hard and sharp, then place a hard…
Calling all Character Artists across the globe, I came across this live talk and thought I would share the love. Del Walker is giving a live talk on Tuesday 26 November, 17:00 - 18:00 GMT. Del is a seasoned Principal Character Artist with 14 years in the games industry, known for his work on The Last of Us Part II…
I see what you mean, you have a byte for the whole part of the number and a byte for the fractional part of the number. You have 256 steps in that fractional byte, so each step could represent that 1.0 / 255 = 0.0039215... increment of the fractional part, like you mentioned. In order to fit those two bytes into a two-byte…
Its a static piece as part of a University assignment that's not going to go past this stage unless I go back to it over summer. As for the tracks, the assignment document states everything needs to be on one sheet. I found it difficult to model certain parts of the tank, as there is lots of variants and they often had…
I can do that in a week for sure but I have exams that will continue whole week so I will only be able to work friday, saturday and sunday. I stil need masks, promo (which I suck at) and as you said high poly, and because of going back on high poly I need new bakes and textures. And a question: I splited my models into…
U picked a nice concept:) I would start of by modeling the scales and the golden ornaments that go up the pillar in maya. ( basic simple shapes) subdivide in maya and Zbrush for detailing I would also "model" the red part in maya first ( cylinder) then subdivide it a little in maya and then again in Zbrush:) im guessing…
Hey @dpadam450, the art station challenge was the ancient civilisations lost and found challenge, they had two parts a preproduction part and a production part, you could enter both if you wanted. They encouraged the production entries to go through the preproduction entries, which finished at the start of the production…
@Twister3 - hey thanks for those cool links and advice.Much appreciated. But i am done with this one for now.I didn't include broken parts in this because with this asset i wanted to try using two UV sets and using modular modeling parts(wouldn't have been possible if i broke parts), both which i accomplished.…
The flat surface on the side of your stock for the lockplate doesn't match your ref at all, take a look at it again. and yeah, it's too thin, and I'm not sure why you've completely detached those parts of the stock (under the lockplate), it should all be one piece and smoothly flow into the rest of the stock. The profile…
Modern houses do have certain parts in common. For example most builders will use pre-existing windows to create houses and floor plans will be designed around pre-built windows. here's an existing catalog of window sizes from a certain manufacturer:…