[Portfolio] – Christoffer Radsby, 3d-artist

chrisradsby

Hi! My name is Christoffer (Chris) Radsby, I'm a 3d-artist and I began to learn about game-art at the start of this summer (June 2009). Back then I didn't know how to texture an object, specular maps, normalmaps, I didn't know about low-highpoly workflow,baking normalmaps or viewport plugins. I've since then followed my own strict plan to get better and this is where I am today. Right now I'm looking for a job or an internship to help me get into the industry.

I'm most interested in creating characters though I sometimes feel like I don't have the confidence or skills to pursue that career. I haven't been at this very long, so I'm quite concerned that my work won't keep a consistent quality.

I like creating creatures the most, such as the T-Rex and The Crawler that can be found on my portfolio. Oh well, please give me your comments and crits, and if you want to know more about me you can always check out the "about" section of my website.

Portfolio:
http://christofferradsby.com/

MrMachete

Just for reference, I wouldn't use your brother as a referee on your resume. It's usually good to have professionals (or teachers) you have previously worked with or previous employers. Reason why - A close friend or family member will almost always say positive things about you and talk you up, while a previous employer will concentrate more on how you performed during your job, which is what potential employers want to hear than "yeah he's awesome!"

Xoliul

Regardless of the quality of your work, which seems to be going in the right direction, I find your site a bit strange in concept and layout. The header is really busy, that "quick introduction" part with your photo really isn't needed, same for the facebook, twitter, pixelplayer links at the bottom: I don't see the professional relevance for those. Linked in I'd just place on your resume (http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65829).
It's also confusing that you have a blog, game reviews and lots more stuff all crammed on that one site. If you're looking to get hired, it's about your work and nothing else I'd say. For that same reason I personally find it a bit weird that you place pictures of yourself all over your site. Also try to fuse the about me and resume into one page: your "who amI?" text really isn't as relevant to employers as your resume, so you should try to change the focus there a bit.
Anyway, it might just be my personal preference, but I think simple, clean, to-the-point websites without many fancy add-ons come across as the most professional.
These are examples I really like a lot:
http://www.sa74n-design.de/
http://www.jeroenmaton.net/

chrisradsby

@MrMachete
What you say is true, I should probably change that. Thanks!

@Xoliul
Right, I got it I will probably need a whole new site for the portfolio then eh? Cut to the chase, with images of my work.

BradMyers82

Yeah, sounds like Xoluil already laid it out for you, but keep it short and simple.
A lot of people try to do too much with their first attempt at a portfolio. They get wrapped up in the web design and forget the most important part, there art work. One page with all your images is a great way to go: Example: http://www.adambromell.com/
Anyways, good luck! I think you will probably need to improve your work a bit to land a in studio gig, so keep at it!

Xoliul

You don't have to delete your personal stuff with the blog and gamereviews and everything, just make it clearly separate from the portfolio. I have a blog too (which is about my work or 3D related stuff only), yet I still have just one small link to it at the top, and that's as far as I'll go.

chrisradsby

@Xoliul

I understand, I will just have to seperate the two Make them more distinct.

Gods_Requiem

Really love your work, especially the Fantasy City in your personal work. I was wondering how you went about making it. How many individual assets did you make for the scene? Also curious as to what method you used for generating your textures. (heightmaps, zbrush sculpts, etc.) and how many maps each asset has.

bugo

wow, way to bring up a post from 3 years ago

Gods_Requiem

lol Just looking at people's portfolios. I'm still knew to how things work in Polycount XD

sltrOlsson

Hahahaha, seriously! I was all like "WTF, didn't massive like Chris anymore?"

@Gods_Requiem, here you go http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1481934#post1481934 . He made use of Ndo 2 a whole lot, lots of modularity on the houses to.

chrisradsby

lol whut xD