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Working Dish: June 2015

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. I created this model when learning about how to create 3D models for games in 2011. Back then I was working on Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens. So I rushed to "finish" the model so that I had the required deliverables for the class and left it alone. Recently, with some reluctance as I have forgotten what I did, I picked this model up and polished it as far as I can. Here is the still image presentation. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Filter Posts by Label. View my complete profile.

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Working Dish: He-Man Game Model

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. I created this model when learning about how to create 3D models for games in 2011. Back then I was working on Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens. So I rushed to "finish" the model so that I had the required deliverables for the class and left it alone. Recently, with some reluctance as I have forgotten what I did, I picked this model up and polished it as far as I can. Here is the still image presentation. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Filter Posts by Label. Zap's mental ray tips.

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Working Dish: Preparing a Job Application part 3 - How to Prepare within a Limited Time

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Sunday, May 17, 2015. Preparing a Job Application part 3 - How to Prepare within a Limited Time. As an instructor at CG Protege, I had a number of occasions helping students preparing a demo reel (as a part of their job applications) within a limited time period. In this article I will cover a planning method I used. Admittedly, the degree of success varies with how discipline a student; but I think this is to be expected. There are 3 major steps in the planning. The first step is to clarify your goal.

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Working Dish: Fixing Normal Map Seams

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Thursday, April 9, 2015. Fixing Normal Map Seams. Baking normal maps for low-poly models may result in annoying seam lines, as shown in the image below. Notice the seam lines: along the right arm, across the left shoulder, along the middle of the head. These lines happen along the edges where I broke the UV. I thought this meant that the cause was related to the UV. The cause turns out to be gamma correction problem: the normal map should be read with gamma 1 instead of the default 2.2.

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Working Dish: Preparing a Job Application part 2 - Demo Reel

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Sunday, May 10, 2015. Preparing a Job Application part 2 - Demo Reel. In the previous post. We saw that a job application usually consists of 3 components: cover letter, resume, and demo reel. We also saw how you can prepare your cover letter and resume quickly. In this post I assume that you already created your works; the question is how to present them in the form of a demo reel. I also assume modeling reel for simplicity. Demo reel preparation for 3D animation industry is a well-covered topic:. Let m...

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Working Dish: February 2015

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Friday, February 27, 2015. Scripting Particle Flow - Making Particles Cast Light. Creating glowing particles is easy. However, the particles should cast light to the scene, as the video above shows. Creating the light pass is not so easy. This post will suggest two methods to create such light pass using 3ds Max. Method 1: Using Final Gather. You may already be jumping on your seat, screaming "Use FG! To your screen. Final Gather. This method kind of works. However, it has these weaknesses:. And click th...

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Working Dish: Setting Up HDR Lighting using 3ds Max and Mental Ray

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Friday, May 22, 2015. Setting Up HDR Lighting using 3ds Max and Mental Ray. One question I am often asked by students is how to set up nice lighting for a model. In most cases, the model is a character or a prop. (Environment models require a different way of lighting.) In this post, I will walk through the process of lighting a model. I am using 3ds Max with Mental Ray renderer in this tutorial. To illustrate, I will use this head model. Figure 1. Plain model. Practically, this means that a HDR image ha...

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Working Dish: WIP: Rock Pedestal

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Friday, April 24, 2015. I am working on a rock pedestal for a game character model. The image above is the final version of the sculpt. You may ask why I am modelling when I am a VFX artist. I like modelling. I studied at CG Protege. As a modelling student. Later I was offered a position in the VFX department of Tiny Island Productions. And I regarded modelling as a hobby. Now, I feel it is time for me to revisit modelling. Watching Dominic sculpting a creature made me want to work with ZBrush again.

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Working Dish: December 2014

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Thursday, December 18, 2014. This week I finished a breakdown example for my class. I wanted to convince my students that working on breakdowns can be as exciting as working on the effect itself. Here is the video:. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Reflection on Batman Tumbler - Part 2: Reflection Color. In the previous post. We saw how I got back reflections and hit another problem with bump effect as shown here. Figure 3. The Specular bitmap. I needed to cheat and I cheated in 2 steps. First, I forced the...