I'm working on a DBAL-A3 IR laser and illuminator and there are a few lens covers that are in a taut or bendy position. There are three elastic bands that I want to create, but how should I go about working on this? Aside from trying to model it awkwardly in those positions, I have no idea how to go about doing this. What…
Can the crazy bump method be used for high resolution textures ? I understand one can take an image and create scratches from an image, with the aid of masks etc for high resolutions but having your own set of brushes, that can be reused, rather then a collection of images is more convenient and can be used many times. Can…
Hey! I wanted to share a video with you. It's a recording of a presentation I held at the SideFX booth during GDC. It covers how we used Houdini to create fluidmeshes and spawnsurfaces for clouds in Battlefield 1. Hope you find it useful! https://vimeo.com/207921165
If you have tips please post. Im new to 3dsmax11 and i ran into the problem of only haveing one image to work from,it was a photo that was angled the way 3ds max11's perspective viewport starts in default.One thing i did to create a rough side image of this was to use splines and trace out half of the picture in the…
Hi all, I am working an an animation and I have to create very dramatic looking gunfire...and a fair bit of it. I would love to make something like the results in this video - http://youtu.be/agk2svo7svI From what I know, I think the best option would be to set this up using particles. That way it can be adjusted and…
Hello to the ever inspiring artist community. May this message find you all more than well. I am seeking 3D artists interested in human anatomy with a strong background in 3D digital sculpting and modelling; ideally with some experience in 3D printing also. I am a clinical anatomist and are eager to contract an artist to…
I'm trying to create this kind of shader for the building, but I cant get the exact the same as the photo even close, anyone here is good in shader and texture with maya? regards
I've been trying to correct some small imperfections in the normal map using Substance Painter, but every time I paint, small artifacts end up appearing (they look like small grey-ish dots). It's not immediate either; they take a while to show up and can be painted over, but they reappear regardless. Any idea what could be…
SO to start this project i wanted to redesign the character i made for my final year project, so i first looked and noted what i liked and hated about that design. so parts liked the spiky hair and split toed trainers i still liked a lot. whilst things like this made up snood jacket thing and the general colour scheme i…
Hey guys, I'm trying to get into Nvidia Hairworks and for that it was recommended to use a script that creates a spline on every vertex normal. Shave and Haircut innately has that and was recommended because of that, however, I don't have a license for that. Could andbody help me out here? Thanks in advance!