Exodus : Game Wizards Project
Here are some WIP of a the latest Game Wizards project. Game Wizards is a class I run over at the Art Institute of Los Angeles....the students in the class are getting a degree in Game Art & Design. This is our latest game made in Unreal...Exodus...we still have another 6months of dev left.
The below shots were done by a team of about 6 students. Enjoy:)
We are really trying to get good and gear up for the next Unearthly Challenge. My students placed 3rd in the last one and 2nd in the Make a Scene from a Movie competion.
blockout and ref
one of the assets:)
Nick
www.cgartist.tv
The below shots were done by a team of about 6 students. Enjoy:)
We are really trying to get good and gear up for the next Unearthly Challenge. My students placed 3rd in the last one and 2nd in the Make a Scene from a Movie competion.
blockout and ref
one of the assets:)
Nick
www.cgartist.tv
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lol
I started at Ai-SF and now im finishing up at Ai-SD and as far as I know, neither one of them enter the Unearthly Challenge or anything either
so dont feel left out
this. good to hear they're actually teaching things now
You shouldn't wait for someone to force or tell you to enter a competition...You should have a personal drive and need to enter these challenges or constantly work on your portfolio.
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professorXXX, dude that looks really cool since the last time i saw it. I just finished playing Arkham Asylum and I feel like that scene would fit perfectly into it.
Well...I am the Academic Director for the Los Angeles campus:) I used to be the main demo teacher...students would have me for the last year of there life. I was the one that got their portfolio's up to snuff.
The Los Angeles program is the biggest ( over 270 students ) and the one of the oldest in the AI system. I have been here for about 6 years and can vouch for how strong our program is. We have graduates on everything from Call of Duty to GOD of War to World of War Craft. I do my best to prepare the students as best I can.
For instance...I do the artwork along side of them. The rocks image...is my piece actually. I did a few of the assets in the scene to try and show students the level of quality they need to reach with their own work.
I guess you dont pay attention very much if you go to AI-SD with the Unearthly Challenge Class and Sony Online Mentorship program which is very much like this project.
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Your students have done some great work, agree with the red being a bit to strong. But overall looking great.
i know about the sony mentorship, but i was talking about the unearthly challenge
i hadnt heard anything about it from the students or faculty so i figured we didnt participate in it
probably should have asked though
im not dissing the school or anything, i love it here
i was just trying to make TychoVII feel better about not having any programs available at the Ai he attended
QFT
Although I make it mandatory for all my demo students who want to be environment artists:) How do you know how good you are if you aren't competing against the best!
i didnt say that i wanted the school to force me or that i didnt have the drive to do it on my own
i was just saying that as far as i knew, that our school didnt have a group program for the challenge
i have however been corrected and now know that we do participate
thanks to Autocon
I got an invite for you if you want it. We are on break this next week and are doing Unearthly Challenge workshops all break. From 10AM till 5PM. We are working trying to learn the new zbrush and get our concept skills better. Since you are in San Diego you are more than welcome to come down and hang out. I think you guys are on the same break system we are on.
This is something that I think should be pushed on most students, well said professorXXX.
Thats pretty sweet you guys are doing some Zbrush workshops over the break preping for it, great idea. Hope it dosnt get delayed anymore though ><
@kies.matt the class Advanced Game Modeling and Texturing is a class that dose what the Unearthly Challenge dose over a qrter but like proX said Unearthly Challange is something that is free for all to enter and sponsoership isnt need.
Cant wait to see what your students do over the next 6 months of development of this project
Nice work.
As for UC, I am annoyed at the constant delays, because if I had time to work on it before, I certainly won't have time in October. Midterms and all that, plus assignments every week I spend several hours on...yeah...:(
Well done!
Can you break this shot down for everyone so we can offer some better critiques and not just praise? Wire shots, texture examples, lighting examples, etc. etc. It may even be best if your students captured and posted those examples themselves.
My immediate critique is while it may be damp and wet down there, the bloom and fog is a bit too much, and really feels like it was done in Unreal. One fun thing I like to do when using Unreal is try and get away with stuff that doesn't feel like it was done using that technology, as so many shots taken from within it do these days.
Thanks again for sharing, I'd just like to see more!
EDIT: Can you get me the team name of your 6 students who worked on this? I'll throw it up in our banner rotation.
I prefer character modeling but I do love seeing a solid enviro piece. Good luck in unearthly guys.