For the model, you would need someone who knows how to setup drawing sheets in Solidworks, or who can export the solidworks file into whatever package they want to do the drawings with. Probably not a super easy thing to do if you've never used solidworks before, but not a problem if you've used it or a package that will take solidworks files and create drawings. 

Loads of places online will let you order wood cut to specific dimensions.

I think Richard O'Brien would definitely approve.

@LivDiv did you at some point say you were planning on making model packs? 

I probably need some trees and environment things, RTS graphic style.

Think Crusader Kings is the scale we're going for, but it will be modern.

LivDiv wrote:

Foliage is always tough, it depends what you need really and if you decide your project will use a lot of it it can almost dictate the art approach.

We don't know yet, it's for a project for a client, and I have no clue where to go right now. The client doesn't know exactly what he wants (he's someone B worked with a lot before, so it's gonna work out at some point), B seems to have an idea but doesn't have that much time, and is way more aware of technical possibilities. So now I'm here staring at my screen without knowing what to do, and we need some sellable concept in less than 10 days. (this was only told earlier this week, he wants to show this thing on Strijp Festival, and needs to apply for it. We were just mocking some stuff up before, no pressure)

Is there a way I can see what you've put on Turbosquid? I know we probably gonna need to purchase some things, so if we can use what you've put up there, I'd rather help you a bit as well.

haha, nope, no kids toys or bacardi bottles. Unless the bottle is a really important landmark in the UK somewhere. 

It's basically gonna be an interactive map of the world, but more like you'd see in schools etc. Landmarks etc are exaggerated, big empty areas are scaled down a bit etc.

@Tempy

Sorry meatn to post the other day but got caught up in something.

Looks great, you are certainly in the realms of shit I dont know now.
Have you managed to progress at all since?

The hair looks great and I particularly like the detail around the belt. You have definitely got the large, small, micro detail staging going on which is great to see, helps tie things together.

Awesome.
Yeah UVs are a bitch, the very much not so fun part of the process.

This definitely seems to be a way to go for you though. That looks much better than anything I have managed in Substance that wasnt just a carbon copy of a tutorial I was watching. Its cool software and should be fun once over the hump.

I have never really got too far with unwrapping UVs.
My first job had us modelling and unwrapping biscuit packets of all things, a lot was saved in photoshop though.

I think you are doing well with it, you are just early in your journey. You will pick up tools and techniques, that kind of stuff is where most people massively level up by doing work experience or landing a junior job, it can be hard to get alone.

Good stuff. Definitely carry it on.
If the writing job comes off the pressure will be off a bit and you might find it all just comes a bit easier.

Your stuff is so good Liv, love the rooms you've been doing, especially the pilots lounge. You rendering these in unreal?

The Pilot's lounge is proving popular. I actually started that months ago, possibly before the first lockdown.
It just wasnt working though and I couldnt work out why. Went back in and it came together quite quickly.

Biggest changes were the plane wall art sculpture. Switching it to a dusk setting. Adding the circular rugs, originally these were circular wood flooring patterns but it didnt look real enough.

Hahaha

Looking really good, the amount of stuff you can get done it what seems like a relatively short time is incredibly intimidating.


Finished my character, looks like actual shit. Not sure what i expected.

Oh well. Learning how to make hair for shit character number 2. There is a surprising lack of good
tutorials out there for proper hair card stuff, I think it’s perhaps a black art? Had some fun with xGen in Maya but it’s really not useful for what I need, which is to replicate the above but with hair cards, I think.

Hey look, it's a month later and the deadline is in 5 days and I have no written component... but I did the hair and the texture work for my realistic-ish character. It's all fairly functional stuff. Rendered it out super quickly in UE4, hence the bluriness.

Not sure if the right thread buuuuuut - we're planning some work to our house and could really do with some software to help us plan out how it's going to look. Like what you get when you visit a kitchen place or whatever. We've tried online tools from ikea/wren etc but they're not the best.

Any decent and free software I can get downloaded so we can muck about with the layout? I don't want to keep making shit paper drawings then messaging the architect to draw them up proper everytime.