mcsuede posted:So which tutorials should an absolute beginner start with? I'm looking to add a bit of 3d to my skillset for design purposes--nothing fancy or photoreal, just the basics. Honestly the tutorials that come with the applications are great for beginners. Also, click on the Modeling title in the OP. Good site. ceebee fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jun 17, 2008 |
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concerned mom posted:My mudbox trial has run out but I still really want to use it at work (for learning and portfolio, not profit). Its about £150 for the learning edition which is a lot of money so its a tough decision but zbrush looks like even more money and I didn't really get in to using it. You could buy a used license, or if you are in some kind of schooling you could get an educational discount. It won't be much cheaper, but it'll be less.
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wasabimilkshake posted:Am I on the right track? Looks pretty good, if you're looking to be an environmental artist I'd recommend also getting into texturing and matte painting even. Even the shittiest low poly models can look amazing with some skilled texture work.
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Jul 18, 2008 18:14
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Isn't Overlay pretty much Add? I can't imagine normal mapping an eye being of any use. Oh well. ceebee fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jul 24, 2008 |
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Jul 24, 2008 18:41
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I can't wait to dive head first into the industry, even unemployed.
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Jul 29, 2008 04:06
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I've seen some applications/addons for animators in Maya that make Cintiqs/Wacoms awesome animation assistance hardware. I don't remember where I saw it, maybe vimeo.com or something.
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Shoulders (arms as a whole almost) look a little small and neck looks a bit too long. Also, that looks like a very unhealthy bodyfat %. I'd recommend putting some more weight on him and using bodybuilding pictures for reference. Then you can really see the detail in the muscles and get the placement perfect because bodybuilders are quite possibly some of the best people to take anatomy reference from when first learning. Hell, you can even study extruding veins from some bodybuilders which is another nice reference.
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Aug 8, 2008 18:25
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For Tablet PC's you want to stick to Fujitsu, Toshiba, and occasionally HP. http://www.tabletpcreview.com is a good site to check up on news and product reviews. I like my Toshiba M700.
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sigma 6 posted:Recently there was an article in the LA times about the explosion of video game art curriculum.[/url] Great, that's all I need is lovely art teachers spitting out lovely art students and flooding employers desk space with piles of poo poo reels/portfolios.
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Oct 22, 2008 03:20
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After watching a few of the Gnomon DVDs I've come to the conclusion that the majority of them suck. I was watching one on production character modeling and he basically skipped 30% of the beginning process and imported a bust and male body and traced it around to make armor and accessories that covered the whole body. I don't have no male body and head to work off of >:[
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Dec 18, 2008 21:45
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EoinCannon posted:Continuing my mission to improve my modeling and put together a showreel to get a modeling gig. This one is about 4 hours work at this point. Hands and feet have not been touched at all yet. Hair is just a visual aid at this point. I would hope that people could recognise the likeness although the proportions are not quite there yet. IGGY?! If so, goddamn that is so awesome.
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BonoMan posted:And if so then, yeah the thighs need to be chicken bone thin. Saw that guy last year and he's the skinniest human alive. http://fi.somethingawful.com/is/img136/3531/igi5ks3.jpg Dunno man, his thighs look decent in this pic. It might be the angle of the picture but he fills in the thighs of the jeans pretty good.
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Jan 6, 2009 17:51
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DOMINANCE WAR HAS BEGUN http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/dw/4/rules/en.php So! Who's entering this epic war with me?
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How do you go about making a base mesh that'll have holes for the eyes and mouth? Or do you just start sculpting, export the low poly, and deleted edges or polygons and then import it back in? I made a basemesh in Maya and imported it (normals and everything were ok, all quads) with eye holes and mouth hole included and ZBrush bugs the gently caress out when I'm trying to sculpt anywhere near the edges of those holes. The gently caress?
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SynthOrange posted:You can delete polygons in Zbrush, but it's convuluted. You're better off doing sculpting and topology in ZB then making the holes in some other program. I thought this caused issues with the UVs? Or should I be setting up my UVs before I start making holes?
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Apr 4, 2009 02:19
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I just love it when I setup a decent looking basemesh with ZSpheres and the goddamn thing crashes just as I finish. What the gently caress. I loving hate Vista X64. gently caress Vista. Come the gently caress on Windows 7 already. I barely had any crashes at all on x86 version of Vista, why the gently caress are all these crashes happening to me in X64? I thought it was supposed to be more stable?
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Apr 6, 2009 02:26
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So what did you do on the project?
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Progress on my Demon Prince "Xagerus" for DWIV:
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SynthOrange posted:I dont know... the underlying shape of the torso just seems very off to me. The underlying anatomy and muscle flow just does not add up. He's a demon prince so he's not supposed to be exactly human-like. Also, this is a very early WIP.
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Update on my Demon Prince ZBrush sculpt: http://www.curtisbinder.com/xagerus_sculpt1.png Head and everything below the elbows and knees are WIP. Starting to become satisfied with the torso. Made the chest a little more realistic but still ridiculously ripped.
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EoinCannon posted:An update on my anatomy study That's a pretty awesome study. I should work on a more realistic male and female model before doing stuff like demon princes, hah. His wrists seem too thick in my opinion, or maybe it's just the rotation and pose of the hands.
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Apr 19, 2009 22:36
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Update on my demon prince: http://www.curtisbinder.com/xag_sculpt.jpg Horns and shader are placeholders. Right now I'm pretty much satisfied with the base anatomy, going to go back in and really make him more demonic, similar to how his head is at the moment. Any crits or suggestions welcome. He's going to be similar to the middle guy in my concept here: http://www.curtisbinder.com/seven_final.jpg but I'm going to make him much more appealing than my concept.
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Apr 22, 2009 19:17
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ZBrush gets much easier once you learn all the hotkeys. Just like the first time you learned the hotkeys in other 3D applications. ZBrush basically allows you to do TONS of poo poo with a number of combinations of Control, Alt, and Shift...also depending if you're clicking on your model or on the background. It is a very odd UI, and it's quirky. But once you get it down it is tons of fun. Watch some videos about masking and hiding in ZBrush, might help out a bit.
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SynthOrange posted:Cutting together my updated reel. The music sounds really odd, like it's skipping or one of the instruments are off-tempo?
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dreggory posted:
For some reason it looks like your objects are picking up much more light than your glassy surface. It seems like there should be more light reflecting off that glass than the legos. Picking yellow light kind of blows out the yellow of the figures. I'd tone down the light a lot and just up the specular of the plastic.
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Had a username change (formerly Akaikami) but the website remains the same: Click Here Three new 3D pieces added to the portfolio, just speed sculpts for now until I take the time to settle down and really produce something of worth.
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cubicle gangster posted:'produce something of worth', he says! Thanks, coming from a pro like you it's appreciated. Next project is to make a bust of Jean Reno as accurately as possible.
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May 14, 2009 18:20
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Seriously what the poo poo, it's like I have to use the original polyboost in an older version of max because the new ribbon in 2010 sucks my dick as far as hotkeys go. DADDY NEEDS HIS HOTKEYS. I should just switch back to Maya and use NEX Tools for christs sake.
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Hinchu posted:Had to make some changes to the exhibit after showing it to people at work. We opened it up more and I added a backdrop to the walls. Looking good. If I remember correctly it wasn't previously symmetrical but now it is (for the most part at least), right? Definitely makes it feel more open.
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Aliginge posted:I'm relatively new to Zbrush and I'm looking at doing some hardcore studying on it for the next few weeks, but I'm wondering if you can answer me a question. You want to learn the essential Subtools and Subtool Master (plugin available on Pixologic's site and ZBrushCentral forums I believe). Think of your main tool (obj) as a master tool. You can append subtools to this master tool, whether it's basemesh objs from max/maya/whatever. Their subdivision levels are completely seperate so you can work on your low-res basemesh of say, a belt, at subdivision level 1 to get it in place properly and then divide it up to start sculpting in it's details. Subtool Master also helps because it has some functions for multiple subtools, usually you have to switch poo poo one by one on each subtool. This is a pain in the rear end when a lot of people end up having 20+ subtools on their model. Then there's features like Extract and poo poo, which will duplicate some faces you've masked on your object, extrude them out a bit, and you have the option to add thickness to them for a quick way to do cloth/armor/etc. Once these are extracted they will automatically be added to your Subtools seperate from your model. To edit each subtool, just like in Photoshop's layers make sure the subtool is selected (the rest will darken) and sculpt away. I'd search the ZBrushCentral forums for some good tutorials on subtools, as I'm sure there are plenty. Also check out the wiki for ZBrush as it has loads of useful info. There's a few tips/tricks/bugs while using subtools that it's nice to be aware of. http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/User_FAQ http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/ZBrush_3_Shortcuts ceebee fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Jun 6, 2009 |
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ErIog posted:You do realize that nobody ever does work that's supposed to be photorealistic without reference, right? That's a fool's errand. As unfortunate as it is, it's true. I love drawing stuff from memory because it's much more freeform than being restricted to reference. However, use enough reference for specific things and eventually you may not need to.
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In the photo of the real polaroid you can see the pattern isn't a bunch of random lines, it's kind of like a thin cardboard that has a repeating tiny diamond shaped pattern. Looking at polaroids in real life it looks as if it's just grainy/has a noise bump on it. Also, the table specular needs to be softened and brought back a bit
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Odddzy posted:
I think first I need to figure out what you're trying to make. Right now it doesn't look like you've sculpted much detail at all.
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If all you're doing is modeling and rendering I'd say give Modo a shot. I think a new version, 401, or something is coming out soon and it looks pretty impressive. I hear pretty good things about it being an efficient modeler too, but I haven't tried it yet.
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The one major downfall apparently is it's all destructive modeling. There's no layers/modifier stacks/etc to go back to if need be. I'm not usually using those anyways, as I haven't really dived into non-organic subd modeling yet.
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mashed_penguin posted:I can not unsee that facial expression... Hey, speaking of VFS, I was considering attending there. Any suggestions/tips? If you have AIM I have some dumb questions to ask ya (I'm on as ceebee3d)
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I hope they fix stability in ZBrush 4, along with all these other features.
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Also, top 75 finalists for Dominance War IV is up: http://www.gameartisans.org/dominancewar/finals/2009/top75-3d.htm Pretty amazing poo poo this year.
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Elentor posted:I used some, but I avoided it. I didn't want it to look photo-realistic and I'm actually avoiding it, trying to find a nice style, etc I think right now your box lacks a distinct style and a half-realism look. You can't really tell what element or material it's made out of. Parts of it look like they should be wood and parts of it look like some kind of fantasy marble/stone or something. Using some reference or photo texture when hand painting it would definitely benefit it. Since it's a simple box you really have to rely on your painting/reference to make it look appealing to the eye. As much as I hate using reference and photo textures, you should either pick cartoony or realism, and rely on the shader and various maps for a distinct "style". In my opinion a diffuse should be either cartoony or realistic, anything inbetween and it just kind of looks thrown together or incomplete.
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I like how the theme is supposed to be Spies yet none of them actually look like they're actually good at being Spies.
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