Recent art dump - looking for work
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Well, in the light of the current situation at Midway Newcastle I have decided to update my portfolio with the work that I have been working on from the end of Wheelman up to present.
Im not allowed to explicitley name which project this first set are from but I'm sure some fo you guys will be able to figure it out. There is a mood trailer up on Gametrailers for the game and a website for the game with screenshots and artwork etc.
The game was to be set in a near future "neo-noir" environment with stark shadows and intense lighting situations, gritty streets and a detective who had to take moral choices which would impact the game world. This was a blast to work on and the stylised characters went through quite a bit of different sylistic choices before settling into more of a groove. It was really refreshing to work on something a bit more stylised after working on Wheelman.
Examples of the different styles we toyed around with in early development
Examples of some "finished" assets - note these are just renders from MAX with a simple light setup and diffuse, normal and spec textures. There were plans to stylise the shaders to reflect the initial concept artwork and style tests but these never got implemented.
Images from an unannounced art test 2009.
Likeness of Daley Thompson produced with turnaround from base to finished render in 7 days which was hard work - especially since neither me or the other character artist had any real previous experience with Mental Ray shaders or HDR/ Final Gather rendering.
And finally a personal work in progress. We have the rest of our notice periods to work on our personal portfolios so I'm going to be concentrating on this mech/ organic monstrosity. This guy will also help me brush up on my Maya skills as I've been a MAX user for a long time!
Last of all if anybody has any leads for any freelance work, or any UK studios in need of a character artist in the future I would be really appreciative if you could drop me a mail
Im not allowed to explicitley name which project this first set are from but I'm sure some fo you guys will be able to figure it out. There is a mood trailer up on Gametrailers for the game and a website for the game with screenshots and artwork etc.
The game was to be set in a near future "neo-noir" environment with stark shadows and intense lighting situations, gritty streets and a detective who had to take moral choices which would impact the game world. This was a blast to work on and the stylised characters went through quite a bit of different sylistic choices before settling into more of a groove. It was really refreshing to work on something a bit more stylised after working on Wheelman.
Examples of the different styles we toyed around with in early development
Examples of some "finished" assets - note these are just renders from MAX with a simple light setup and diffuse, normal and spec textures. There were plans to stylise the shaders to reflect the initial concept artwork and style tests but these never got implemented.
Images from an unannounced art test 2009.
Likeness of Daley Thompson produced with turnaround from base to finished render in 7 days which was hard work - especially since neither me or the other character artist had any real previous experience with Mental Ray shaders or HDR/ Final Gather rendering.
And finally a personal work in progress. We have the rest of our notice periods to work on our personal portfolios so I'm going to be concentrating on this mech/ organic monstrosity. This guy will also help me brush up on my Maya skills as I've been a MAX user for a long time!
Last of all if anybody has any leads for any freelance work, or any UK studios in need of a character artist in the future I would be really appreciative if you could drop me a mail
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so is midway definitely closing then?
Fingers crossed something will come through in time. The studio head has arranged a load of companies that are hiring to come and talk/ interview the guys who are still looking for jobs here so that is a great start in the job hunt.
Ruz - yeah it looks like this is the end for Midway Newcastle. The last chance that a lot of guys thought would come through, and were waiting on the outcome of ,didn't end up coming to fruition so unless something happens at the 11th hour it looks like the studio will be closing... such a shame as the team is the best it has ever been and the game was looking great. I've just heard that Eutechnyx, another local studio has let 20 staff go so there will be a LOT of people going for the same jobs in the North East at the minute! Such a good job that we have had our house up for rent and are able to relocate, as a lot of guys up here are a bit "stuck" in the area because of personal circumstances.
Seen it a million times!
Hahah - yep being able to hot foot it elsewhere is definately advisable with the industry as it is at the moment!
i bet you already know how i feel about your work, so ill just say this.. Good Luck!