Answers to regular
questions I get asked on my homepage, PM and in the forums.
"How
big do I make my eye texture?"
"Where
can I find IMVUs eye template?"
IMVU
Eye Template
Asked over and
over because IMVU Doesn’t provide it.... forum
post
Since it has come
up several times recently and it is not available on the developers
page I figured what the heck and jumped into Max and grabbed
the UV map for it.
So for all who
need it here it is...
*insert drum roll
here*
The IMVU eye in
all its UV loveliness...
tisk tisk, look
at all those wasted pixels. *le sigh*
This size is 256x256
which is huge for the size the IMVU eye will render. Half
this size 128x128 is fine for the final texture unless your
eye has super detail, but even then most folks wont see the
difference when rendered unless fully zoomed in on the eye.
Remember you’re
the artist here, play with the size of the iris and pupil
to your liking, there are no rules so have fun with it!
Eye
Texturing
"How
do I make my eyes have more depth?"
You need to think of an eye as a 3D shape. An eye is not flat,
nor is it just a ball.
Think of an eye as
a ball with a secondary ball like cutout in the front of it.
Then imagine how the light would be highlight and shadowing
that object. Add those highlights and shadows to your eye texture
and see how it starts to pop into 3d space.
