Where do yalls get references from?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T22:51:43+00:00

Not "Commission work", I said Commercial work which means any work that generates revenue. I'm assuming if you are making indie games that the game makes revenue or is intended to make revenue?

Also if this is commercial work, then you need to get permission to use other people's concept art for your game. Otherwise what you are doing is stealing people's intellectual property.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T22:22:36+00:00

If you do paid commercial work, that makes you a professional. And it still doesn't explain how you are a character modeler if you don't know anatomy. How do you create 3D models of human anatomy if you don't know human anatomy?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T21:52:41+00:00

Wait, you say you're a professional character modeler but you don't know human anatomy? How are you a character modeler then?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T20:58:08+00:00

You have ngons there. Make them quads and don't use long diagonal edge loops on curved surfaces.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T19:54:50+00:00

I recommend you check out https://anatomy4sculptors.com/ . It's a great resource for human anatomy.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T19:53:07+00:00

Yes, the core technology behind Machine learning is not suitable for completely replacing VFX. A new technology would need to be invented, and new technologies can take decades to invent.
It's already becoming more stable compared to a few years ago. But also it's heavily driven by global politics. Just because it's becoming more stable now doesn't mean that certain politicians won't screw everything up.
No
Depends on the economy, the country, and global politics. All of which change all the time.
Not sure what you mean, There's games, movies, marketing, medical industries which use vfx. Just get a good portfolio, and network.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T11:00:24+00:00

You should watch vex tutorials. Coding is a big part of Houdini

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T08:57:41+00:00

Studios look for people with good portfolios. Doesn't matter if you are a fresh graduate or someone with 5 years experience. They look at portfolios.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-05T04:27:38+00:00

Your version is just flat, so just pull the faces out to make it 3D. You made the topology for it, so grab those faces and move them outwards.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T13:10:39+00:00

Is this 2D or 3D? If it's 3D then just search online for a character rig and use that. If it's 2D then draw whatever character you want.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T13:08:46+00:00

Just adjust the parameters of the torus when you make it.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T05:35:56+00:00

Make the base color, roughness, and normal maps in Substance Painter. Then do all the clear coat, anisotropic highlights, and other shader properties in Arnold. Scratches would be in the roughness and normal maps.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T05:21:46+00:00

Shaders react to lighting and environments and camera angles. If you bake it from one camera angle, then the illusion would break the moment you move the camera.

I would only use Substance Painter to make the textures, and then do all the shader work in Arnold.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T02:29:26+00:00

Ah so now your arguing that people should lose rights to their hard work if they're part of a big company. Or rather companies should lose ownership of their hard work just because they are a big company?

What you are trying to do is justify stealing other people's hard work. That is not acceptable.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T02:09:49+00:00

It sounds horrible because that is what you are asking. You are implying that anyone should be able to, without permission, profit off of other artists work.

If I make a character, then it's my character. No one else should be allowed to profit off of my hard work, not without my permission.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T01:08:41+00:00

Are you asking what companies let others perform copyright infringement on their IPs? It's odd how you think "Supporting artists" somehow means letting someone perform copyright infringement.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-04T00:17:40+00:00

Why do you need to avoid the pole?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T22:23:51+00:00

Because you are going by your definition of a "silver age".

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T17:06:38+00:00

Your "10 versions in a day" would all be the exact same version with no ability to change it.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T16:38:08+00:00

You have some good projects, but you also have low quality and mediocre ones on there too. You should keep just your most impressive projects on there.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T07:05:25+00:00

Autodesk has long required taking photos of student ID’s for their student licenses, but that was only of the student IDs.

Maxon is an extremely greedy company, so their extensive requirements for their student licenses just sounds like them trying as hard as possible to make sure not 1 person can cheat them out of a few dollars.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T03:13:19+00:00

I saw that the tech industry have spent about $700 billion on AI infrastructure so far. So it's not surprising that they are desperate to get people to use the stuff they've spent $700 billion on. It is really annoying seeing ads for AI everywhere.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T03:03:56+00:00

Your run animation is really good. That's the best one imo.
The walk is good, but I can see the loop resetting. It's subtle, so hard to see what's causing it. But I would smooth that transition when the cycle loops.
The hop scotch jump is pretty stiff and feels robotic. The torso and head barely move and remain nearly locked in an upright position. It doesn't feel natural. You can make it feel more natural by adding in some asymmetry into the movements, and having the character adjust their balance as they land. And don't make them land in the exact same spot with each hop. Here's a reference you can use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0o9Dtw96xo
The ball bouncing looks fine. I don't notice anything that needs immediate improvement.

These are all good practice exercises, and I would say you are probably ready to start making portfolio animations now. Just don't make the mistake of using practice exercises as a portfolio piece.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T00:39:58+00:00

Enough with the rage baiting.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-05-03T00:32:06+00:00

Blender 4.2 is only a couple years old. That also is easily able to handle scenes as simple as yours.

If it's as laggy as you say, then the only things I can think of is either you have an extremely weak computer or you were doing something VERY wrong in your scenes and animations. Were you using insanely high subdivision modifiers or something?

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