GUN shipped!

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

GUN has shipped, that makes title number five for me, my third that I worked on full time. I was only at Neversoft for the final two months of art production so my contributions were limited, but you can find them on my 3d page here. I will be adding in game screenshots soon, so that you can see them posed and in game. Pick up your copy, it's coming out on the GC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 (at launch), PSP, and PC. I'm personally gonna be playing the Xbox version, which I prefer the most, but whatever console you get it on, get it! Also let me know what you think. I'll update where you can see the NPC's I made in game later.

Jeff Parrott · Nov 2005

Great stuff man, I like the ponytail guy best.

adam · Nov 2005

That's cool stuff Benmeister. What res were the textures?

MoP · Nov 2005

Really nice stuff Ben.
My favourite is the 3rd one down, probably because of the costume, but the face on the 2nd guy is best IMHO.

My single crit is that the last guy's beard looks glued on - maybe because there's shadow at the top as well as the bottom? Either way, his facial hair looks pretty fake. The rest is really nice though.

Great work

Brome: Er, you can quite easily see what resolution the textures were! Not only has Ben told you in numbers and text at the top right of each image, but each texture flat is also displayed at true res. Get your pixel ruler out if you need to!

Daz · Nov 2005

Looks like you took to working with those PS2 constraints quite nicely Ben. A minor crit from me might be that some of the painted cloth creases get a bit too black, but this is really great stuff!

pogonip · Nov 2005

Looks great poopmeister !! So will you still be at neversoft ?

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

Whoops, I should make mention I didn't have alpha working on the fatty. I'll redo the shot with it working, which is why his mustache looks fake. It will make the eyebrows work nicer too. Thanks for the comments guys.

moose · Nov 2005

http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=533&an=0&page=0#533

Timex · Nov 2005

Yeahh , really cool man

, 5 titles congratulations!!!!.

MoP · Nov 2005

Ahh, cool... I'm sure it looks a lot better with the opacity map, then

ScoobyDoofus · Nov 2005

Good stuff Benji!
I can't wait to see them in motion! Its a bit of a shame that your texture resolution had to be so low, but I'm sure it was an interesting challenge! Keep up the good work!

cholden · Nov 2005

yay console character! super props to moose, and lol @ brome.

DH_ · Nov 2005

looks pretty good poop, I think the 3rd guys mouth and dark eye sockets look a little off/unusual, but the rest are really solid work, and you did a great job making the most out of such small textures.

moose · Nov 2005

i dig em sir. i do really like the pixel mud details on the first guy's boots and pants, comes off well, and is a nice touch

the shop keep dudes are sweet. I like the maddog skin, but i agree with DH that the eyes seem a little funny, and the corners of the lips seem a little off.. but its different, and works well in making a unique character.

and the clean unwraps are just purdy

dig em muchos.

mang.

shotgun · Nov 2005

didnt someone say texture artists will be dead by now?
or was it that they will turn into crazy hippy hermits?

im not sure......

nevertheless, carry on poop!

JKMakowka · Nov 2005

Nice work given the PS2 constrains. Luckyly those constrains will be a thing of the past soon (hopefully)

Daz · Nov 2005

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nah! The big co.s will continue to develop for current hardware for some time yet. I know that EA feel that they dropped support for the PS1 too soon. Plus let's not forget the handheld market. These assets are fine for a PSP.

steady · Nov 2005

noice poopeh! can't wait to play this one

Mark Dygert · Nov 2005

hehe, nice stuff! I like the bald spot and green stains under the arms on the last one. The frist one is my favorite, nice work!

los · Nov 2005

great work poop, looking forward to play man.

-los

arshlevon · Nov 2005

i never heard of this game before, but now i want to buy 10 copies!!! man i sure am glad you posted these in a forum cause the marketing department did a horrible job of getting the word out.. thank you!!!!!!!

adam · Nov 2005

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yay console character! super props to moose, and lol @ brome.

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Gav · Nov 2005

Congrats Ben, Nice work. It reminds me a bit of RDR, just looks cooler

Gav

JKim3 · Nov 2005

Awesome! The art in the game looks pretty good.

dabu · Nov 2005

I really like your presentation, Ben.

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.

daburu

flaagan · Nov 2005

i'll probably pick it up for psp, GTA:LCS is a fun game on the psp so i would assume this will be just as fun there. would get it for xbox otherwise.

Slash · Nov 2005

I already saw these. they still look awesome! Thanks for sharing that info on that uv-tool, its helping me a lot. I still cant get over how clean those uvs of yours look tho..

Congratulations on the shipped title, and thanks for the sticker!

Prs-Phil · Nov 2005

nice stuff there ben, the painterly strokes on the clothing work well.

Congrats on the 5th title, ... now lets get them nextgen juices flowing next

CheapAlert · Nov 2005

did someone say GUNSHIP

Lee3dee · Nov 2005

Congrats on the your 5th title!. Now lets see some Next Gen stuff as Prs-Phil said

Did you overcome any imitations when making artwork for the game? Were you newly challenged in an area of the development process?

LordScottish · Nov 2005

Congratulation Ben! Great models mate

It's cool to see how good the small textures look with the decent shading of the higher poly models. Is there any reason for a high polycount and a small texture size?

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

Well, polygons are pretty much free on the ps2 and xbox compared to texture sizes. This seems like a pretty standard tri count to texture ratio from my experience with ps2 games. Also I was replacing preexisting characters where the levels had been memory locked. Meaning the byte count the current ones were at, these couldn't go over.

Thanks for the kind words guys. And if you want to see my next gen stuff, check my website in the next week or two for when I post my Mythic renders.

How many of you are going to pick up GUN? And after you do, let me know how you liked it.

Slum · Nov 2005

The characters look great. I especially like the dirty fat guy :P

I'll definately be getting it within the next couple days. My PS2 is dead, so that leaves me to the PC or Gamecube versions. Which do you suggest I pick up?

I was wondering, how was it working on a Western game? I know this is a new realm for you, how did you like doing work for that era?

jzero · Nov 2005

Gotta post, not just to repeat what everyone else says (though I agree with all the props), but just to say keep on keepin' it real! Keep on demonstrating your artistic principles!

/jzero

Joao Sapiro · Nov 2005

besides everything i told you in msn i gotta say they have your unique style shown as usual

congrats on your first game at neversoft !!!!

gauss · Nov 2005

i like the fatty and his acid pit sweat

nice efficient work poopie pie

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

*pssst* I gotta take these down when I get home tonight, till Activisions marketing for the game dies down. So if anyone wants, save them now. Thanks for the kind words, I'll try to find some publicly released screenies so I can still post something.

Fuse · Nov 2005

congrats poop, looks to be a fun game

Jelmer · Nov 2005

Congrats Ben, good stuff buddy =]

Striff · Nov 2005

Congrats, the models look great for how many tri's they are.

Been seeing a lot of advertisments for this game!

PolyMonkey · Nov 2005

Links not working for me Ben. Did you take them down?

Lee3dee · Nov 2005

images taken down

. Ancient-Pig(Jon Rush) over at cgtalk, was posted his work too and was taken down

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He posted this where the images were
These images had to be removed as per the request of Neversoft management as to not interfere with PR and marketing.

I guess clearing it with publisher first is a good rule

Joshua Stubbles · Nov 2005

I don't understand that though, really. How could it possibly interfere? It only sparks MORE interest in the product.

Lee3dee · Nov 2005

maybe Activision makes a deal with the magazines and websites to generate income and providing free images on the web to possible clients would affect their business.

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

Actually it's more like they don't want to have to figure out what's ok and what's not, so it's just a heavy handed "don't release anything at all" policy. It seems pretty standard for most larger publishers. Ah well, you all got to see em! Muahahahaha. Plus I'll put them back up in a month or two's time when the coast is clear.