[Portfolio] - Brad Boyles, Asset and Environment Artist

SouthpawSid

It's been a while from my first website critique from my fellow poly counters, so I'd like to give it a second go. I will be graduating from the Art Institute of CA-OC in December and will start looking for work before then. Thanks to all those who've been critiquing on my past works and I look forward to more C&Cs. Cheers!

http://btb3d.com

Here is a small sample of my work to tempt you into viewing more! Muawhahaha!

Jungsik

WOW! you've definitely have improved alot since the last time i saw your work! Good luck finding a job when you graduate i wish you the best ^^

the first picture environment piece came out great

SouthpawSid

thanks a lot Jungsik! I appreciate the kind words! I'll keep ya posted on this thread. XD

jeremiah_bigley

really digging everything but that purple one. Seems kinda random and I don't think it is up to the quality of your other work. Your portfolio is only as good as your weakest piece.
Keep up the good work man! Where do you go to school?

SouthpawSid

thanks jeremiah_bigley! I go to the Art Institute of California in Orange County. It is the modst different environment of all my environments. The goal of the piece was going for more of a "clean" sci-fi room instead of the more seen grungy sci-fi room.

mkandersson

Nice stuff. Especially like your car. Though you should add some bolts to it, cause the body feels very empty and plastic like.

SouthpawSid

Good advice mkandersson! I shall definitely pay more attention to detail in my next vehicle. Especially on the high poly. Cheers!

SouthpawSid

one last bump for this thread to get some comments and or critiques before this thread dies forever Cheers.

Minos

Convert all your images to JPG, I hate PNGs (they take forever to load!!)

The favela environment looks pretty good, but living in the biggest brazilian city (Sao Paulo) I've seen a couple of favelas in my life and i got some critics for environment (not sure if you are going to work on it more though)
- Dumpsters don't really make much sense in a Favela as garbage trucks don't usually serve them. A typical favela street is filled with garbage:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/456328768_3c7e0f7588_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamindly/2441368862/sizes/z/

- Only older favelas have buildings made of brick and concrete. A typical "downtown" favela starts with a group of homeless people squatting abandoned lots. They first build wooden houses, and as time passes and the favela grows bigger infrastructure gets better. Judging by the surroundings of your favela I'd expect to see more wooden shacks. A typical "downtown" favela in Sao Paulo (this one is located next to one of the wealthiest areas of the city, called "Morumbi"):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/2112310051_9d30ac82e1_o.jpg

- Your favela looks a bit too well planned. A typical favela starts small and then sprawls into a monster as dwellers build new attachments to their shacks. Try to add more addons to your walls to break up flatness too.

- The main area of the favela could have some shops. Stuff like grocery stores, bars and so on. A typical favela bar:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannaberetta/4859203683/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannaberetta/4859809470/
(don't forget the billiards table )

- Your favela looks too clean and too yellow! You could make some decals to suggest infiltrating water on walls, chipped off paint and etc. Make your concrete floors darker too. This is a great reference for a color palette:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sangroncito/1375229389/sizes/z/

I hope that helps and good luck with your job hunting!

SouthpawSid

wow Minotaur0, fantastic advice. I feel like such a noob, I spent hours finding reference online and I still didn't find as nice of references as those. Although I am for sure done with this one, I got some very good advice as to learn about the environment I am to create as much as possible if going for world realism. Cheers!