The Grafikprojekte page holds the articles about the objectives of the Graphic team. Beginners and interested to know more can have a look on the Tutorial for outsiders.
Graphism
Realisation of assets from the datas fed by the artistic direction and supported by the NeL/Client. There are a few steps:
- concept/design : creating visuals or validating existing visuals coherent with the Lore and the universe of Ryzom. Pre-requisite: we strongly recommend that you be good at drawing/illustrating.
- modeling : realisation of a mesh based on the chosen concept, the technical restrictions of the NeL and the Ryzom client, and the unfolding of the UVs.
- texturing : realisation of a targa picture (.tga) that will be applied to the 3D mesh in function of the unfolded UVs, and coherent with the visual elements already existing in the game. Pre-requisite: we strongly recommend that you be good with drawing and / or observing.
- rigging / skinning : realisation of a skeleton that can be animated and applying it to the 3D mseh (if there is need for animation!)
- animation : creation of key-pictures and