God of War Environment Tutorial

ErikJakobsenArt

Hello all!

I am new to the forum so apologies if this is the wrong section. I am waiting in the queue to be placed on the Gumroad Tutorial list but I thought I would dive on in and introduce myself and show my sculpt.

I'm Erik Jakobsen, a Senior Staff environment artist at Sony Santa Monica on the God of War dev team. I've been crafting game environments for 16 years working on games like The Bards Tale remake, Saboteur and God of War Ascension.

Since I am a newb on the forum and the tutorial scene I would really appreciate any support or feedback. Thanks guys!

https://www.facebook.com/ErikTheVikingArt

Modeling and Sculpting Environments for Video Games

I go through my full process of modeling in Maya and Sculpting in Zbrush for both architecture as well as the world famous God of War organic rocks. This video series includes over 6+ hours of content, tips and tricks, all project assets(Maya and Zbrush files), as well as bonus content at the end of each video highlighting the life and culture at Sony Santa Monica!


-Tour of the art gallery for the 10 year anniversary of God of War.

-Tour of the new Santa Monica Studio.

-Interview and critique from Lead Environment Artist Nick Reynolds.

-Interview and critique from Mr. God of War Paul Coda.

-Alternate ending for God of War Ascension (not really).

https://gumroad.com/erikjakobsen_art

Turntable -
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iflingpoo

This looks fantastic! Been a huge fan of the art of God of War, definitely picking this one up!

arshlevon

Looking good Erik Jakobsen! i miss you guys! (its sam)

ErikJakobsenArt

Thanks Sam! It's super nerve racking to put myself out there. So it means a lot to hear you say it.

Yeah I keep expecting to you see you around here.

kernersvillan

Fantastic Erik! You guys are beasts over there. I cant wait to see what you do with the new one.

Bought!

ErikJakobsenArt

Hello!

I got some feedback that there was some confusion on that that my project was actual clay. It's just a sweet Keyshot render that I fell in love with. If you guys havn;t played around with Keyshot I would highly recommend it. It's stupid easy and has fantastic results!

MisterSande

I am so going to buy this as soon as I can get my hands on a credit card ( damn you Gumroad for not accepting PayPal! ).

Thank you so much for making this. Will report back soon and post my results.

WaYWO

OMG, I discover a great artist today, you 'r welcome ErikJacobsen thx for making this gumroad doe ^^ (especially for those rocks)

Darkmaster

Take all of my money.

xenop

Bought it. Gonna try this out!

A-N-P

Awesome! I'll be checking this out

ErikJakobsenArt

I've released a new FREE Gumroad video -



Three sweet Maya MEL hacks I can’t live without

Runtime ~ 11 minutes

Inlcudes video, 3 MEL scripts and my .PSD icon file

Sometimes Maya does things in a weird way. While I am sure there is some reason for it, I have found three tools that work around Mayas weirdness. These MEL scripts save me time and keep my scene clean and tidy. I used them a lot in my Modeling/Sculpting video and since I rely on them so much I wanted to make sure I cover them here. If you are not already using a custom Maya shelf I detail how to get that up and running too.

https://gumroad.com/erikjakobsen_art

skodone

thanks a bunch!

DireWolf

Appreciate your tutorial Erik, thank you very much!

Makkon

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Amazing work, fantastic render. Great scale and detail, and flow.
Sorry for quoting the whole post, this needs to be on a new page and not skipped over.

[edit] Sorry, thought this was the WAYWO thread. It's 5am, my bad.


To add, though, thank you so much for sharing this information. One of my greatest affinities for environment art is rock formations. This excites me tremendously, I'm going to watch the crap out of this.

PacoCasares

This looks really tasty, need to add this to my what to learn pile.

PacoCasares

Them maya hacks are awesome. I remember having problems with mirrowing a maya scene recently due to that same problem.

ErikJakobsenArt

Thanks guys!

If you are interested in my continuing tutorials be sure to like my Facebook page. That's the best source for updates.

https://www.facebook.com/ErikTheVikingArt

I also wanted to let you guys know that I plan on covering PBR (Physically Based Rendered)video game materials (both tilable and unique) and converting those ruins in my Modeling/Sculpting tutorial into game assets.

I have gotten requests for covering alpha generation/modification and foliage creation. If you have any other suggestions for topics or have feedback on existing videos please let me know.

Thanks again for your support!

-Erik-

DireWolf

Erik. Is water creation part of environment artist's task? Would you be able to cover it? Rivers, runs, water falls, ocean, I've been so curious to know their creation technique.

Thank you

cmc444

Very cool!

ErikJakobsenArt

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-Erik-

https://www.facebook.com/ErikTheVikingArt