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Hi guys and girls (are there any girls here?),
I just registered and I wanted to say hi first before I start chiming in with my crits and such. I am a female artist trying to get my start in game development. You can check out my site here if you'd like. www.melissa-preston.com (looks best on 1280*1024)
I have been a Maya user, but I'm currently giving myself a crash course in Max at the moment. I'll be adding my first Max model to my site shortly. Any crits on my site or advice for a wannabe developer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. This site looks like it has a lot of great info on it.
Melissa
I just registered and I wanted to say hi first before I start chiming in with my crits and such. I am a female artist trying to get my start in game development. You can check out my site here if you'd like. www.melissa-preston.com (looks best on 1280*1024)
I have been a Maya user, but I'm currently giving myself a crash course in Max at the moment. I'll be adding my first Max model to my site shortly. Any crits on my site or advice for a wannabe developer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. This site looks like it has a lot of great info on it.
Melissa
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are there any girls here?
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A few. But most of them ran away screaming in terror.
Hi there. Nice work on your site.
I remember seeing the girl with the ps2 controller on cgtalk I think, good work!
Great stuff, keep up the amazing work and keep churning it out!
And welcome to Polycount
Nice works on your site, you will have a nice time on these boards.
This is indeed the place to be for game art wisdom, so enjoy yourself.
You're in the Dallas area? (waves)
/jzero
Melissa! Great to see you here, despite the fact that there are no girls on the Interweb.
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haha that was a good read jzero
Welcome to PC Melissa!
Melissa! Great to see you here, despite the fact that there are no girls on the Interweb.
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Haha - I was gonna link that article in my "hello" post but you beat me to it
Oh, and /waves from Denton!
My gf goes to UNT.
Welcome.
Nice mesh flow.
I had a look at your site whilst at work and there's some really nice work, both traditional and CG related- I'm sure you're gonna fit right in here, as long as you don't stand too close to EarthQuake
Yeah, stay away from EQ, he's all hands. and there's a few others you may need to know about:
"Cheapy" or CheapAlert draws gargoyles and thier gentitalia almost exclusively. There's also a guy named "poopinmymouth", he's an alright guy if you can get past his name. :P
Scott
Make a button link, child, 88 x 31, so that we may add to our button links
A BUNCH OF SHORT GUYS
Saturday, Nov 19th, 2005 Meeting - FREE Admission!
Meeting Time and Location: 10 a.m. - Noon, room C104 Collin Co. Comm. College - Spring Creek Campus 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano, TX.
1) Bob Cooksey ?Terminal Reality
1) Getting a job in the Videogame Industry: Getting Your Foot in the Door:
If you are looking to get a job in the games field, or just looking to polish the presentation of your portfolio, this is the lecture for you. Bob Cooksey a 10 year videogame veteran and Communications major from SUNY Brockport, will be going over everything from portfolio presentation to networking in his presentation on how to get your foot in the door in the videogame field. If you have questions about where to look for a job, how best to present your work, and how to avoid the pitfalls of applying for work, this speech is for you.
Bob Cooksey is a games industry veteran of nearly ten years. His work has appeared in such diverse titles as EA's "Return of the King," Acclaim's "Turok" and "Vexx,"Majesco's Bloodrayne 2?and "Jack Nichlaus 5 Golf." Currently, Cooksey is Lead Environment Artist on Clive Barker's "Demonik," a Next Gen title featuring original concept work by Danny Beck and Marvel Comics' David Finch. Some of Cooksey's most notable environmental work includes The Road to Isengard level and the Crack of Doom in EA's Lord of the Rings/ Return of the King videogame, and the Shroud Tower cityscape in "Bloodrayne 2." In the late 90's, Bob was the main content developer for Eclipse Entertainment's Genesis engine.
Before entering the videogame field in 1996, Cooksey worked as a freelance illustrator, doing original t-shirt and print illustrations for the NFL, MLB, University of Texas , performers Duran Duran, Patti Labelle, Talking Heads, the Police and many others. From 1993 until 1996, Cooksey was employed as a main illustrator for the Austin American Statesman's XL Magazine. His popular weekly cartoon strip, Queeny, appeared in the Statesman for over three years.
And Dukester,um.. what do you mean button link? For what?
Paul, thanks for letting me know about those events coming up. I will definitely try to make it out this Saturday. Oh, and I have already graduated from UNT. I'm just, at this point, adding to my portfolio and getting ready to send out resumes. I'm shooting for the Dallas area first since I'm already here.
http://dukieskinz.homestead.com/dukiesfront.html
When you make the button, post it here so anyone who is gonna link you can grab it