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yes, yes it was its amazing its simplicity is brilliant, hair wise an that, it was a good investment.

Thanks, , then I did make a good choice ^_^

And also come check out my photoshop pictures that I made...

At 7/2/08 01:42 AM, Tetigi wrote: This was the first proper scene I rendered in 3DSMax 8. You can tell that there are still errors, but I was happy with it :]

....my shit sucks. I want to learn how to make something like this. every time i try to make just a simple 4-walls room, i can't get it right. you did a good job with that. it looks like someone just took a picture of a room. :)

J-D-S do you rig and animate your stuff?

At 7/3/08 12:23 PM, DooDooMeaT wrote: J-D-S do you rig and animate your stuff?

nice work Tetigi!

DooDooMeaT: My understanding of Maya is pretty basic. The extent of my animation so far has only been turntables and keyframeing a camera. On my last model I did my first character rigging, but the book I was following stopped short after finishing the setup and didn't give any instructions on how to actually use the rig (the rig wasn't very efficient and was overly complicated). I definitely want to animate this guy, and now that I am actually doing something with a context I'll probably go through all the way with it.

Aren't there any online tutorials for Maya?

yeah try veoh.com and look for Jason welsh, or cannedmushrooms i think it is.

jeeej here's my first complete models, I know it isn't as good as jdc but it's a start

Not very realistic, but nice and cartooney!

quick note before starting off - you can check out that previous 3D model of mine over at CGSociety at - link

Anyhow, I decided not to put any more work into that last one cause there's been too much time with it and I need to do something new. So anyhow, here's something that I've been working on recently in Max. It's going to be a huge improvement hopefully on the previous one too. Going to try a few new things with it.

But yeah, just a note with Z-brush everyone. It's a good tool to play around in and get all 3D artsy with, but if you plan to get into animation with it - you'll want to model your work in another application like Maya or Max, and then bring your work into Zbrush later for extra detail - because otherwise your model's topology will be all shot - and that will mean really bad deformation when animating. So try and learn some of the more technical sides of modeling if you're interested in getting somewhere in 3D.

Anyhow - here's some renders and wireframes of front and side topology.

That's a pretty sweet model you got there, Zandoid! I'm not nearly that advanced yet, but I'm workin' on it. Anyways, this is a sword that I modeled. I've been wanting to make a sword, so... I did. :D

Sword spinning slow (not the final model)

Sword spinning fast (almost the final model)

Peggey
BitClock
RedClock, GreenClock and BlueClock
MeatClock
Robot Western, thingy I animated with a group for my Cert II. I animated the first 3 scenes after the title.

Here the gif version of my firing catapult simulation

My space machine leaves the earth

Game character i'm workin on, this is with normal mapping.

My friend actually did the modeling, but I did do the textures, bumping and some materials.
I'm satisfied.

At 7/9/08 04:47 AM, kylehj wrote: Game character i'm workin on, this is with normal mapping.

That's very realistic. You work for a company?

That's very realistic. You work for a company?

Me and a group are setting up a new company, expect some games from us in the near future.

At 7/9/08 11:53 AM, Diphallia wrote: My friend actually did the modeling, but I did do the textures, bumping and some materials.
I'm satisfied.

I love it! Looks like Dreamworks did that or something. =D

At 7/9/08 11:53 AM, Diphallia wrote: My friend actually did the modeling, but I did do the textures, bumping and some materials.
I'm satisfied.

That is truly amazing man. Im really inpressed.

Me and a group are setting up a new company, expect some games from us in the near future.

Cool! Looking forward to it. I'm intending to head into the games industry after school so I started dabbling in the 3D arts though I can't say I've gotten very far so far. I hope, for your sakes and ours, those games have good storylines.

At 7/14/08 03:57 AM, Krayon wrote:

Cool! Looking forward to it. I'm intending to head into the games industry after school so I started dabbling in the 3D arts though I can't say I've gotten very far so far. I hope, for your sakes and ours, those games have good storylines.

You should its a fun career, and for a safe bet were making an FPS.

Hey guys, I need some help from you all.

My models all look blocky when I render them
I must ask , how do I smooth things up?

At 7/14/08 01:08 PM, InsaneBrutality wrote: I must ask , how do I smooth things up?

depends on the program, what you're trying to do, and how graphics-intensive you want to go.

in 3dsMAX, offhand, i can remember there was a turboSmooth or meshSmooth option... there was also an option about recalculating the smoothing groups or something... i forget.

there should be similar options in most programs.

mentalRay also had some sort of 'bevel edges' option thing going... but that's different.

bah! i need to get back into 3d!!! but the computers we use at school are locked up for the summer T.T

At 7/14/08 01:16 PM, kernalphage wrote:

At 7/14/08 01:08 PM, InsaneBrutality wrote: I must ask , how do I smooth things up?

depends on the program, what you're trying to do, and how graphics-intensive you want to go.

in 3dsMAX, offhand, i can remember there was a turboSmooth or meshSmooth option... there was also an option about recalculating the smoothing groups or something... i forget.

Well I'm using 3D max 9 ,thanks for the help - I'll try to find those over there

At 7/14/08 01:08 PM, InsaneBrutality wrote: I must ask , how do I smooth things up?

In Lightwave, you can turn on 'Smoothing' in the Texture Editor. That's all I can say...

Lolz, cool. Here is a simple 3D cube.

At 7/14/08 09:07 PM, MindlessAssassin wrote: Lolz, cool. Here is a simple 3D cube.

When it says thread, I mean the post i am quoting

At 7/14/08 09:33 PM, Keol wrote:

At 7/14/08 09:07 PM, MindlessAssassin wrote: Lolz, cool. Here is a simple 3D cube.

When it says thread, I mean the post i am quoting

You don't need to drag this thread even further into the dirt though...

Here we go, back on track.

May I ask what that is, raveninskyprime?