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Re: Basic Help diagnosing the UV Editor Box (Maya)
As throttlekitty says it's just extra space and for game models you will only really care about the upper right part. In VFX they use UDIMS which go off the 0-1 space but we don't typically use those. As for your questions on materials, no they're handle on a polygon object basis not specifically a UV basis. Picture a… -
Re: N99 Pistol from Fallout New Vegas (Critique are welcome)
Sorry for the quality, i am in a crappy laptop with no mouse and i only have MS paint. From a technical point, you have many errors in the way you build your model. 1) your main part is only 1 piece, so when you want to bevel edges, the edge loop goes ALL AROUND the model = extra geometry.All the green lines i made, show… -
Re: max world displacement modifier
cheers but that dosnt work for me, was the first thing i tried. and im using hdr maps so ?mid grey? Ive just got it going both ways by adjusting the colourmap in max from 0-1 to -1-1, this makes it displace in both directions...... ....but... im getting billowing along the lowpoly mesh lines? -
Re: Does Josh_Singh even do anything anymore??
hey josh, she is very cute, but something seems wrong with that smile it appears pretty staged and somewhat unnatural i guess its basicly because of the banana shape of the upper lip, if i grab a mirror and try to reproduce that shape with my mouth, i can only do it with closed mouth, once i open it up to let the teeth be… -
Re: Learning how to sculpt
hi I'm also in the position of spending my time trying to improve my sculpting, specifically heads. here are some things that are helping me, and may also help you. 1. do some lifedrawing. draw faces on paper with a pencil, or something else, but draw faces, lots of them. you'll start to memorize shapes and anatomy on the… -
Problem when disabling normalize in Skin modifier and Stop Max from redistributing vertex weights?
Hi PC, I have a problem that comes from various ways: I'm trying to assign values between 0 to 1 to some bones, let's say 0.5 for a vertex to a single bone, and only that bone. To accomplish that I have to disable Normalize for that vertex so I can assign weight values for a vertex that don't have to add 1 between the… -
[workflow/best practice] 3ds Max/SP/Unity Hero Asset Help
Hi everyone, Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am not convinced with the recommendations of the Unity developers I am working with, that's why I am asking you all for some assistance and guidance. Although I do realise, if I implement a hybrid atlas technique using 4 Map Channels, they will have much work… -
Converting Line to Points - Help
Hi. Haven't done anything constructive in a while. Been busy on some stuff. Anyway ~ I'm suffering a problem with one of my projects. It's a drawing application that uses OpenGL for rendering. Basically, when drawing, data is recorded from the mouse/tablet. A series of X Y locations enters the drawing buffer. Depending on… -
Re: Seek Professional Opinion for Environment Artist Career Decision
UPDATE! Thanks again for the valuable feedback. I wanted to update the thread about an alarming discovery related to the instructor's artwork referred to the images above. I did not originally include a couple of the 2D art examples in this instructor's online portfolio, but one of the pieces, a painting of a frog,… -
Human character topology question (female hip)
Hello everyone! First of all I'm kinda new to the forum (or at least just finished being a lurker lol), decided to post because I need some pointers from experienced character artists Been working on a character as a personal project, so far I made 2 versions of the topology based on references but also while following…
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