Hey guys, so today has been a really, really bad day for me. I am a little over a year into my game art education, and today I was told by numerous people in the game industry in Denmark, (my teacher among others) that I am much, much too slow at creating environment assets to ever even be considered for hire by a game…
Hello Polycount, I have been lurking for a while and only recently made an account but I have a question for you! Where do I start with 3D modeling? I have 3DS MAX 2012, and have only basic experience with it (due to the 3D modeling class I took being a joke, while also being a waste of time and money). Most tutorials I…
Hi all As homebrew DS applications start to appear everywhere I am more and more interested into trying this out. My problem is that I don't really know where to start even after quite some research on wiki pages and on coder's blogs. I don't plan to try and code anything myself, but I have seen many projects I would love…
Start with what you know : There is already a lot of rule in place for characters in UE, the most important one being that any marketplace asset needs to conform to the Epic Male mannequin. So, what you should start from ... is to see if you can manage to create animations for the Epic Male mannequin. in other words : -…
Hi! I'm working on a environment concept. I'm trying to learn how to build environments more modularly and from the tutorials I've watched, they always start with a gray box and basic lighting. I feel like I've managed a decent lighting set up and basic block meshes! If there are any critiques, advice or tutorials you all…
I started to look into zbrush sculpting, but I feel like my lack of anatomical knowledge could impact my abilities. I know there is a ton of specialized tutorials for zBrush, that you follow step-by-step creation of a model with artist with his comments. But is there any kind of base general tutorials, which covers basics…
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/games/officer-blames-grand-theft-auto-for-london-riots/ Anyone seen this? I never thought video games would actually be blamed for bad things happening in the world. Its just as well this was brought up - after playing a bit of GTA, I always feel compelled to go out and start a…
Hi everyone! I've been a lurker at Polycount for a bit and have really enjoyed a lot of the work that's been posted here, and its been really inspiring! I've been wanting to switch to game production for a while now specifically to become an 3D Environment Artist. I have a background in CG (Modeling, Texturing, Surfacing,…
Hello all. I'm about to get started on the Killing Floor 2 Guns 'n Gear Contest. Over the next few weeks I'll will be keeping a WIP thread on this forum. I have several ideas so I'll be trying to do multiple items. This is just an initial hello and good luck to everyone. Thank you