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whoa look who just appeared in my hades 2 playthrough... crazy

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GET READY FOR...

SEABOUND! A LOCKED TOMB UNIVERSE SURVIVAL ADVENTURE AND HOUSE IDENTIFICATION TOOL

You and a couple of your friends, if you have any, are on a boat in the ocean. Why are you here? Is this even relevant in the universe? Who cares. This ocean’s purpose is to help you pick… your true House identity.

Luckily, on this magical survival journey you have the opportunity to pick items to help you. You may salvage five items of the fifteen I am about to list under the cut. These items will be the key to who you are, secretly, on the inside. You’re probably going to die, but at least you will know who you are, which has to be some kind of comfort, right

These items will score you points with one or more Houses. Once you have made your selection, read the guide, tally your points, and discover… Yourself!!!!

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Stinky smelly circus man pulls his head right off his spine✨

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GLOW UP ✨

[Redraw] Champion Revali

Mipha Daruk

Get the print here

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i started this project a while ago but having a full time job + doing personal work is ....hard 🫡

but i'm very happy i finally finished retopo-ing :D

concept by the amazing Megan Zavala

🐊👑

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I finally tried CozyBlanket and I REALLY like it!

They just updated it to include UV & baking — incredible for an iPad app. I had sticker shock when it first came out: $90 is not cheap* for a specialist tablet app that only does retopology (+ had issues at launch). But with all of these features, it's worth it.

Haven't tried UV or baking yet, only retopo on their default frog (pic 1). Works well.

You can do basic retopo, UV, & baking with the $20 Lite version (pic 2). I think it'd be perfectly fine for things like a head or small prop; like this frog or simpler.

More complex models would be frustrating without the $90 features. On the comparison screen, you can scroll down the full list, tap on each for a visual & explanation of what it does. (pic 3)

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The tutorial doesn't show some key features:

The constant double-tapping to move points or edges was annoying: You can get around this with the side buttons, like Tweak:

Those are Press & Hold.

You can draw entire rows: draw a connecting rectangle to the row you want to add to.

Problems so far: (pic 4)

If you try to move an open row of edges, the polys can get "stuck" and only shorten. (See screenshot: right-most row is shorter.) To move those edges out (elongate), you have to tweak individual points.

You have to zoom in close to tweak a row, else it won't recognize it & picks up a point instead.

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Other software I've tried retopo in: Zbrush (ZRemesher, ZModeler & Topology brushes), Blender (no addon), C4D, 3DCoat, Topogun (trial).

I won't go into detail about each, but CozyBlanket was instantly easier, more intuitive, and pleasant than any of them. Eliminating frustration is worth a lot.

Topogun is a close 2nd; 1st in some ways (here's a good thread about it). But it's $100 for retopo only and the developer seems MIA. So CB looks like the better deal if you have an iPad.

The 3rd option I'd try is Retopoflow in Blender. It's popular, actively being developed, and there's talk it'll be integrated into Blender main.

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*"Cheap" is relative, obviously. Context: for an individual freelancer + compared to other, full desktop software that does more than retopo & can be had for around the same price when on sale.

Black Friday is coming up: I don't know if CozyBlanket will go on sale (new; indie dev), but it'd be an instant buy if it did.

& Related:

For UVs, RizomUV is worth every penny. I hated UVs and it improved everything about that. It's not worth hours of suffering in ZBrush / Blender / C4D / or especially 3DCoat — Rizom is seriously so much easier. It'll surely be on sale soon too! (Not paid promo; I wish.)

For baking, I hear Marmoset is best. I haven't gotten that yet, mostly because it's annoying (and expensive!) to buy, learn, & use 3-5+ different softwares. I rarely do work that requires the full pipeline, so an occasional sub+cancel can make more sense.

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So I’m trying to make a rig from scratch for my portfolio. I decided to use my cute dragon Echo from my film last year. I already had a 3D sculpt of her mostly finished, so I polished it up a bit and here she is.

She’s so cute! I’ve got FK/IK switches on all her feet, though painting skin weights is giving me a lot of trouble and I maybe should have given her a mouth that opens, but still!

However most of the time when I’ve been working on her I have Xray mode one.

I feel you deserve to see Echo in Xray mode.

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Hello fellow riggers ! :D

I've been wondering ! What are you best ressources to find 3D model (props and characters) ? Do you work on them yourself ?

I've been browsing several websites to find interesting assets to rig but could not find anything that catches my eyes ! Any advices ? :D