Miffed Kitty Press: Home of the Epic Desk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS8vgrRlpvA

Real time lighting testing for your Normal, diffuse, specular, AO, and displacement maps for 3D models.  Put simply, a way to test your 3D model textures in a real time game engine (Unity) without requiring a build test. http://www.marmoset.co/toolbag

Crazy number of mesh insert brushes http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?170167-Insert-Multi-Mesh-Repository As per the site and forums: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /   I N S T R U C T I O N S ! ! !  \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Due to the need for some instructions on how to use modify and install these brushes here oddly enough are some instructions. To install a brush so that it is in the Brush Pallet when you start up ZBrush you need to place it in your Brush Presets directory in your main Zbrush directory For example on the PC running Windows 7 I place them here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Pixologic\ZBrush 4R4\ZStartup\BrushPresets\ If someone will let me know where that is on the Macintosh I will include it here. Ok, now to modify these brushes there are a couple of things to consider and I will start with Cxyda's leather strap brushes because they are a perfect example. You will find them in the next post down from this on...

http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/homeroom/lesson/military-assets-with-joseph-drust/

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?170886-MatCap-Baker!-unofficial-Information-Installation&highlight=matcap+baker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eCP6dwpclU

Hard Surface Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBv8jww8DCU Concept Design (No Sound for either) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCADGf9bBRs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItwRRenxERM Sculpting Faces http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiBYgBmhH0

TONS of great tutorial vids covering everything from model presentation, UDK particle systems, materials from Zbrush to Blender, materials in Zbrush, and other tutorials for Blender, UDK, Maya, CryEngine, and Zbrush. http://eat3d.com/free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybfio5yQg5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_LoGsVUHc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8yKb5MBKqc

7 days ago Cheshire didn't know how to use Zbrush...

Took some time to rework the anatomy of the Ji so they can walk on all fours more naturally.  My original concept had more "proportional" legs, but they looked wrong and didn't work for posing and animation tests. After looking at the anatomy of numerous animals in the fossil record (including gorillas and other "semi-bipedal" animals like chimps, some lizards, and certain species of dinosaurs), I opted to scale down the legs and feet of the broodlings, while elongating the torso slightly and changing the alignment of the shoulders. The Broodling on the left is the concept before reworking the anatomy.  The right is adjusted based on research. Cleared the problem right up.

Topography is essential for mapping textures, projection maps, and as a framework for building sculpts and materials. Topology, especially face topology, should always be smooth and uniform in distribution and scale.  Scaling should happen evenly when polys are required to shrink (corners of the mouth, around orifices, etc) The following presents a few examples of how topology works in the races of Status Quo for a cleaner character design, optimized for future use for game textures. All models except Humans by Cheshire.  Human male and female provided by CGCookie (CC-BY)  Human Female basemesh by CGCookies   Human Male basemesh by CGCookies _____ These base meshes can be subdivided from between 7,000 - 9,000 polys to upwards of 2-5 million for sculpting and color mapping for later projection.  Keeping lower subdivisions intact is important for aligning UVs later to project high poly texture information...

This series is great, the guy is clear, not confusing, and on the ball. This is my work, after 5 days in Zbrush... No really. 1: Intro to Zbrush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4Od4eoh-U 2:  Geometry menu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_MEVJkdwNE 3:  Subtools Menu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9c0SEBFtnE 4:  Materials Menu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G--u9lsrqyQ 5:  Sculpting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZThPmxUvrs 6:  Using other brushes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Nu1uLEwAU 7:  Alphas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRTRqcZl1TU 8:  Polypainting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_iYrSZE3bE 9:  Rendering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FogUpk1I78 10:  Bonus Lesson: Extra Features http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3q_3p97Lw Bonus Tutorials Hard surface made easy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_UaavOgCTs Character Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj5Ucox1jLs GREAT pol...

http://blendingwithforbes.blogspot.com/2010/03/blender-25-network-render.html

http://www.froyok.fr/tuto_swarm_en.html

http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/udk/udk-lightmaps-01-basics-and-important-principles-for-creating-using-lightmaps.php

Contributed by: Cheshire Someone once asked me where I had gotten the name "Miffed Kitty Press". I asked, "Do you really wanna know?" After some assurance that they wouldn't think less of me, I explained the following, as simply and bluntly as possible: My name is Cheshire, and the world seems to like me better when I'm angry.  No matter how nice I am to people, every single day I'm reminded of how others will judge you for your interests, because they're different; hate on you for your talents, because they have none; and try their best to convince you that what you want to accomplish is impossible, because it's too big or too original, or because they have never had an original thought in their life and your's frightens them.  Very few people are encouraging or supportive (not even your family), and fewer still support you by giving direct help to overcome one of the endless hurdles you'll have to face to make your dream a...

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Just launched the RocketHub Fundraiser... W00t

Just as a note... http://us.playstation.com/develop/

Here are the current links to the development box we are looking to build for the SQ Project.  This is the machine we want to assemble all of our final assets and do our alpha build on.  These prices are subject to change based on time, availability, and quantity. As noted by: Destiny's Pimp Motherboard: $430 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-802&SortField=0&SummaryType=2&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=true&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&chkPurchaseMark=on&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo Processor: $570 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492 CPU Fan: $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608024 Memory: $310 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231590 Video Card x2: $2040 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130899&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Page...

None of this stuff is cheap...

As noted by: Black Page We have two scenarios for the sFTP. Hosted at one of our places, or hosted online. Self Hosted ($459 [or $900 with server] with an annual renewal of $80. Local bandwidth consumption would be volatile) Server (old hardware allocated, new server hardware would be about $450 for base server) Software ($379 , you have to have an OS) Domain ($11 annually) Certificate ($69 annualy) Local bandwidth being consumed, possibly rising costs Service Hosted (using www.exavault.com as the case study) Variable by space requirements 5GB $118 annually or $11 per month 25GB $256 annually or $23 per month 50GB $378 annually or $35 per month 100GB $621 annually or $58 per month

Sculpted in Sculptris Rendered in Blender Edited and VFX in Photoshop

ASCII Scene Exporter for Blender Author: Richard Bartlett, Mcampagnini Version: 2.5.1 Should still be available off of this forum: http://www.katsbits.com/smforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=9f599e4747450820fd9269fe37acfc6a&topic=147.30 This version works.  Install from the File/User Preferences/ Install Add-ons menus in Blender.

So, I've been told to create a tech blog. As a video game designer running my own project, I plan to use this blog for notes, new stuff, and things that may help future project members. First and foremost, a simple introduction: We are the Status Quo Project:  www.miffedkitty.com Facebook: SQ Project: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SQ-Project/224128231010259 Portfolio:  www.behance.net/chesh