[Portfolio] - Ben Bolton

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Hey polycount. Just did a major retooling and expansion of this old baby.

One thing that's probably a bit different than most is that a lot of the stuff is available for download... while I wasn't so psyched about doing this, it was required for an internship I wanted to apply for so I just jumped into it. I'll probably take that stuff down in a few days when I find out if I got the position.

Anyway crits on site design are great, crits on resume construction or work are good too.

Alberto Rdrgz

awesome work man.

crazyfingers

Wow, some really good stuff in there , also some not so good stuff. Kinda off putting to see a really kick arse gun next to a dude with a think a 64x64 texture map. I'm also surprised you only have the floor texture from the recent scene you were working on, you should put in the full hallway you made!

A lot of your stuff is very cohesive, that should be your main page, the guns, the flooring, the medical station... the otehr stuff, you should put it on another sub page.

Ark

You have some nice hard-surface work there and i like the texturing on the weapons.

aesir

Most of your work rawks, but some of it doesnt. I'd take out the less rockin pieces. Namely, the face, the super low poly dude, and the fire hydrant.

mLink

I second what crazyfingers and aesir said.
You have really great hard-surface models.
Good luck with the internship!

Cojax

Great stuff man. Good luck with the internship. IMO your good enough for a mid level gig for any AAA studio.

SimonT

I think your strongest skill is to do metal - that looks really really great! I have to use your work as reference when i have to do metal again. Just great! I also like your website, it's easy to use and fast to overview. What i wouldn't like as a lazy boss in a company where i get 30 application a day: not able to just click on your mailaddress to write you a mail.

rasmus

Cool - I'd say either structure it better into groups, or better yet, take out the weak stuff entirely.

Thegodzero

GET RID OF THAT HEAD!

Other than that looks very good!

malcolm

Nice weapons and gadgets. Very cool.

beartraps

dude put that USP back up there! that shit is hot

clayton_barton

Hey Ben, wish you the best for that internship.

Really like the portfolio. Would be good to see some more character models but I can see that your talents in modeling really leans toward props and weapons. The Battle Star Galactica pistol was brilliantly modeled along with the fantastic texture job you did on it, I would say that it's one of my top favourites in your folio.

Keep up the good work.

[Deleted User]

Oh polycount, you're so sweet.

I nixed the head, the guard and the fire hydrant, and brought back the USP so the wall unit wouldn't have to sit on top alone in its own row. Hopefully it's stronger now for the lack of variety

EarthQuake

Variety is overrated. Showcase what you do well and what you WANT to do. Too many people put in character work in their folios when it really isn't a strength and should be a focal point of their work.

Graff Pirate

EarthQuake wrote: »

Variety is overrated. Showcase what you do well and what you WANT to do. Too many people put in character work in their folios when it really isn't a strength and should be a focal point of their work.

Agreed, nice work.
i see the mention of intership but are you currently seeking employment?

[Deleted User]

Well, not currently, I'm actually going into college as a freshman this year. So not much time for anything but freelance really. That's why I got excited about this particular internship as it's handled through the school, so I can do both at once.

beartraps

Sorry for being so nosy but where are u going to school and where do u plan on interning? Ive always dug your hard surface work, good luck with the internship!

VikingJim

layout of the site is good, you have some pretty strong pieces in there my friend. Arthas is gonna come get his pocketknife back tho, jk

[Deleted User]

Holy shit! I never even knew where that reference was from. I had no idea it was some warcraft thing.

beartraps: Going to Champlain College in VT. I know polycount has no love lost for them game degrees but what I've seen looks pretty good. And, importantly, art-focused.

stoofoo

*blink*

No game related degree please. If you are going to get an education, please go do fine arts. I would hire you for junior position in a heartbeat already.

[Deleted User]

As I said, I know polycount has no love lost for them game degrees

At any rate, I don't really want to turn this into a conversation on the merits of such things. I have my reasons, let's leave it at that

BradMyers82

Hey man, love your work. Good luck!