[Portfolio] Sebastian Schade - Environment Artist
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Hey friends. I updated my Portfolio a bit in the last days. Would like to know what you guys think. I want to rework one or more models of my stuff there when i get the time for that 
. Do you think it is a good startportfolio for an internship or junior position?
http://sebastianschade.wordpress.com/
. Do you think it is a good startportfolio for an internship or junior position?http://sebastianschade.wordpress.com/
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great portfolio you got there ! Nice high poly stuff especially.
If I were you though, I would move down or simply remove your game environment that is at the top. Since you start with i and it is your weakest piece, it drags down the rest of your portfolio.
Aside from that, I think you should land you a junior position fairly easily.
Good luck !
Edit: I like how clean and functional your website is. Props to you for not using the very slow and clunky flash interface.
More colorful(daylight, friendly, soft, natural,...) renderings or textures would be nice to see - it's all GOW style which is greyish muddy, warm/cold crazy high contrast. The high poly models are nice.
how long are you already on the GA in Berlin, considered swtiching to something cheaper?
You should list the appropriate reference when using other people's design. Some of your mechanical pieces are based on well known works and right now you have your name slapped across them as if they were your own.
Goodluck!
@Marcan: I think about that. Sven Liebich (Art Director EA Phenomic) liked the scene but he seen that in motion. Thats why i dont really know if i should kick it
@Renderhjs: Do you talk about the game environment pics? yeah they are really, really dark. Have to work more on lighting. Its my first full enviro i have my problems with lighting a nighty rainy scenes :P i'm nearly finished with GA. Tomorrow begins Quo Vadis where i try to land a job
@ArtsyFartsy: The models have specular maps but bad ones. I really focus on high poly work and didnt spend much time on texturing
The major issue as to me lighting (too monotone and mostly b&w) and actual textures. Too much specularity and they alos look sort of "muddy".
Hi-res looks cool to me though
I fixed that reference problem on the pics i modelled from existing stuff from other games and draged down the scene to bottom. Maybe i kick it the next time
some of the models (like the bridge) are for the 2. environment i have to do for the game where i try to make a lot better, hope so. We want to have a contrast to the alley scene i did and kind of asian city but dirtier so i make it with a lot of lightstuff like that advertisement in Tokio or something like that... and bigger... and i want a little polycount store there with a big rotating greentooth
I know one previous co- worker of Ascaron and he has no bright stories to tell how working there was. Lucky for him as he left them on the right time and founded his own company. At times they weren't even paid for severeal month's and had to work even harder for nothing (crunchtime). The money is tight and the studios are often to smal to even compete with big industry players you wont find in germany except Crytek.
And it's not just Ascaron from which I hear stories like that but also other companies where artists have to work way to much and get a rather poor payment.
Crytek is the exception here, I once read somewhere that it is the biggest game studio in whole Europe though I am not sure if that's correct if you consider france and it's ubisoft studios there. Maybe you are lucky but even they outsourced parts already to the east in Kiev Russia , because money is tight and they want to compete with other big players.
I think in germany what works well are the kind of studios or agencies that do not have to compete with the big market. I know some studios who are successfull with games for children or girls (actually very succesfull), or more the kind of agencies that create mutlimedia applications and mini games for big brands and showrooms/ presentations.
I know my view on germany is rather pessimistic- but I think it is really that bad yet. That's also partly because the acceptance in the government is less to noone present and things get not pushed the way for example the car industry or food instustry gets pushed in germany. As a game developer in Germany you pretty much depend on your self and your crew- got the right people and you might have a chance.
ah and dont be scared of what I say, but be brave and question each company you apply at. Ask them perhaps how they see the current economic change affecting them, what they plan on doing against it (there are several way, not each has to be bad).
good luck with your job hunting