3delement, Game development tutorial site

Vermeulen

I haven't been to these forums in a while, but I thought this would be the right place to post this. Me and my brother are starting a game development site called 3delement:

http://www.3delement.com

The idea of it is, a tutorial database for game development. Covering programming, mod development, and game art.
Right now the site is mostly programming but there are many visual arts tutorials there. What I wanted to ask was what people thought about the site (the idea in general, design, etc), and if I am catagorizing the visual arts section right. Both me and my brother are programmers, with little experience in game art, so how I catagorized it was mostly based on the title of the tutorial. We are also looking for help with this site, hopefully someone with some game art experience.

I also wanted to ask, if there are any good game art tutorial lists out there. I wanted to expand the visual art section but I am having trouble finding any more.
The site is still indevelopment however, I think we are going to add a news section to give people a reason to come back more often
anyway, tell me what you think

kat

Oooh heh, You've been linking to one or two of my tutes! I wondered who you guys were.

Two things I'd be inclined to do is add a little prefix before each link [Max], [Blender], [Maya] so it's easy to see at a glance what's what. Add a thumbnail or small screengrab (if available) image on the tutes page and maybe a brief rundown of tutorial contents.

Currently going to a tutorial link page reveals nothing about the contents which even confused me following link backs from my own tutes!

I wonder as well as a general point for the site whether a focus on tutorials specific to gaming and modding would be better than supporting a smorgusboard of tutorial which cover everything?

No problems with the site, loads fast which is what you want really.

Vermeulen

hmm yeah I guess I'll add more to the "Click here to view tutorial" page, it can at least show the general description and subtitle of the tutorial. Not sure about putting a prefix before each link, since some tutorials apply to all, or some tutorials apply to a few, etc
I also added a lot of Ben Mathis's, aka poopinmymouth, tutorials

kat

Yeah I thought of that after I posted my comments ;o) A brief description would certainly be an added bonus if you use them. GG

Vermeulen

But the main reason I wanted to post this was to ask about more tutorial resources. Where should I look for more content to put in the visual art section?

kat

If you want to keep some modicum of quality control you'll probably just end up Googling and adding what you find. Duff links usually have a cached page that might be linkable.