Polygon Design: Portfolio Display
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Hello everyone,
I've been lurking around the forums for quite some time, but haven't really got around to posting anything. Lately, I've been developing my main portfolio site, which features a collection of 2D texture and traditional artwork. For those of you who don't know me, I've been texturing since 2000 producing custom work in the Day of Defeat community and working on numerous Half-Life modifications. Since 2002, I've been with the Red Orchestra modification for Unreal Tournament 2004 serving the same role as before in creating weapon/player content for the mod.
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Polygon Design: Portfolio Display
As you can see, my site features a good deal of World War Two motifs as aside from my interest in the digital arts, I collect German and American uniforms, field gear, and firearms. This has carried over into my digital artwork since all of the projects I've contributed my services for involve this reoccurring theme. Thus, I also advise my current mod in historical matters in terms of authenticating content to insure the most faithful portrayal of the period.
The purpose of the site essentially is what one would consider "all purpose" in displaying my 2D texture content, drawings, paintings, etc.
I would appreciate any constructive criticism you have to offer concerning the presentation, thank you for browsing.
Polygon
I've been lurking around the forums for quite some time, but haven't really got around to posting anything. Lately, I've been developing my main portfolio site, which features a collection of 2D texture and traditional artwork. For those of you who don't know me, I've been texturing since 2000 producing custom work in the Day of Defeat community and working on numerous Half-Life modifications. Since 2002, I've been with the Red Orchestra modification for Unreal Tournament 2004 serving the same role as before in creating weapon/player content for the mod.
More can be found here:
Polygon Design: Portfolio Display
As you can see, my site features a good deal of World War Two motifs as aside from my interest in the digital arts, I collect German and American uniforms, field gear, and firearms. This has carried over into my digital artwork since all of the projects I've contributed my services for involve this reoccurring theme. Thus, I also advise my current mod in historical matters in terms of authenticating content to insure the most faithful portrayal of the period.
The purpose of the site essentially is what one would consider "all purpose" in displaying my 2D texture content, drawings, paintings, etc.
I would appreciate any constructive criticism you have to offer concerning the presentation, thank you for browsing.
Polygon
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I like the stuff you've shown on your website. Is it your intent to one day work full-time for a gaming company? And if it is would you prefer to work on war based games? If so, then your portfolio is pretty solid. If not, I suggest diversifying it a bit. Reach outside of the war box and do something from the future... in something that is present time and NOT a weapon. The stuff you have on there is definitely good, my only complaint is that it's all in the same catagory.
Aswell, you may want to consider doing some level textures and show-casing them aswell to broaden your skillset. This goes for war-related themes or otherwise.
I noticed you had written that you had some older work put up there. Something I had learned before 'making it' was that companies don't care to waste their time on whether you've progressed or not. When they're in the middle of a hiring blitz they'd like to see the goods and that's it. I suggest taking out your old work and keep all the rock-solid textures in there; all the stuff that is recent and that you're proud of. Either that, or take out the comment on how it is in there to show progression.
Keep at it, good work.
The site is nice and clean. I'm not sure about the frame setup for the gallery page. it feels a little awkward. But Im no webdesigner. The work looks good. I fully agree with Brom about there being no need to show progression. Just show your best work.
It seems that the AK link is broke, you left an www. in there. The menu is a litte confusing in that you can only click the text but when you hover the mousepointer over the images you get a link to whatever page you are on + a # at the end.
http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=73945&an=0&page=0#73945
the fewer clicks between a prospective employer and your art the better. your site is a nice overall site for you, but not the best portfolio website. anyone looking at your website may have been looking at many, many websites that very same day, so you want to be able to deliver the goods as fast as possible. which could be easily remedied by just pointing them directly to the 'gallery' url, i suppose. anyhow, some very clean work, especially on the weapon textures. your love of the subject matter is evident.
Also, I'll review that link you posted Gauss and see what areas I could improve on my portfolio site. I'm currently being employed by Tripwire Interactive, and I see it as a stepping stone for larger projects in the game industry. My experience outside of the World War Two genre is limited due to my committment to mods such as Red Orchestra which have consumed such a great deal of my time. I try to compensate by picking up any custom material I could work on, especially in cases where modelers post their UV flats to be textured. At the very least, I believe my site does convey a consistent theme as opposed to a plethora of projects with different subject matter. Nevertheless, I'll keep in mind the need for more diversity in the future.
This community in particular will hopefully open up more avenues to me for broader exposure in the industry.
care to share what kind of render setup you used for those?
The link to the AK is still busted as far as i could see. Also i dont think those rollover images for gallery, about etc. links really work. It looks more as a error than a effect if you just quickly grace over them (as you most often do with links)
EDIT: I think I'm also going to correct that feature by adding the HTML in Image Ready so the whole effect works properly.
What are the texture sizes you use for those weapons?