Where have all the artists gone??

TorQue[MoD]

Now I know this isn't a pimp or preview, but I thought it made more sense in here than it did in the general section...

I've always loved browsing artist's websites and marveling in their ability and the gorgeous artwork they post in their gallery. I've got quite a collection of bookmarks specifically for artist of various categories (character art, environment art, weapons, models etc.) and every once in a while I like to browse through them and see if there are any new updates.

Recently I've noticed that a lot of my favorite artists' websites are either down for construction or simply missing all together. Like http://www.hawkprey.com for James Hawkings or http://www.bluep.com/blp04507/fs_home.htm for Richard Lyons or even http://www.tjframe.com http://www.jeremylove.co.uk/ and http://www.planetshane.com/ whose websites have been under construction for literally years. There are countless others but I just thought I'd point out my favorites.

What's happening to these artists? Does anyone know where they've gone or what they're working on?

Will they be back?

I miss you!

Thank god for Alley Fell, Feng Zhu and all my other favorites who update on a regular basis.

ZacD

Probably working on a game or something, don't have time or a need for their personal sites, since they have a job.

killingpeople

I think it's safe to say Hawkprey has too many other things going on. From my perspective, you work hard, to get to work harder. And if you don't, your success, will be short lived.

Last I knew, Hawkprey was at Epic Games. He was their concept guy on Gears 2. I'm assuming he's still there, most likely working on Gears 3. If not, something similarly awesome that Epic has up their sleeves.

If he's as hardcore as I think he is, he's deeply devoted into something he's found is very important to himself, and simply doesn't have the time for personal stuff like websites and meeting new and interesting people.

In such situations, I think it's natural that you have to make sacrifices. Ask yourself, if you could work on Gears of War 3 or update your website, which would you do? And consider, what happens after the game is finished, wouldn't it be nice to continue forward? A game becoming a success isn't all luck, nope, it's hard workers and their sarifice.

RazorBladder

... What have you done with my nonsensical kp?

MoP

Moved the thread to GD, since it does actually make more sense there.

Kevin Albers

I see it as a good trend. ...Artist develops a great looking portfolio that gets popular...artist gets nice gig somewhere...artist works on nice gig rather than nice portfolio.

Firebert

KP is on point with this one... once your name (and work) is as well known as those cats, well, a website seems somewhat trivial... i would however like to see moose update his site sometime this millennium.

crazyfingers

I've been thinking about this too. Pimping and previews just doesn't have the general awesomeness it used to. Pro's just don't post on it as much, it's anyone's guess as to why. Longer hours? Tired of posting? Increased NDA's?

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that 3d is now somewhat commonplace, posting a great 3d model is no longer the earth shattering thing it once was years ago.

So it goes... But every once in a while there's a kick arse new 3d piece that'll turn my head, still pop in there almost daily.

killingpeople

RazorBladder wrote: »

... What have you done with my nonsensical kp?

Eight equals equals Dee.

TorQue[MoD]

Yeah, I figured as much... just wish they'd update their sites cause I love looking at their work. Not like it takes more than a few minutes to put together a simple portfolio but yeah, if I were working on Gears 3 I'd probably never do anything else!

Damn you wonderfully talented artists and your lack of time to update inconsequential websites!