[Portfolio]- Carlos Cervantes Environment Artist/Prop Artist

Clos323

This is my first time posting but i been around the forums for a minute, My name is Carlos I graduated from academy of art university. Im in the process of rebuilding my portfolio and website so here it is tare it up.:)

http://www.carloscervantes.com/

OniLolz

Great portfolio! Your works are cool and the site is simple, clean and work as expected
In my opinion, you should change the design of the header to something more clean. The texture that you put in your name is a bit ugly.
About your work, maybe you should focus on your textures. They are cool, but sometimes lacks detail where there should be and is very noisy where it shouldn't be.

Keep up the good work!:)

marq4porsche

Nice to see some of your stuff man, I can't wait to see some newer art too.

lincolnhughes

It still looks like it needs alot of work. Making a scene with the foliage in it and some proper lighting / a background might help. I'd say working on getting some proper lighting in the environment scenes would help you the most. Adding proper material definition to things (spec/ reflections on all your metals) will help to add some visual breakup as well. I would probably axe the rail car station / the samurai temple. The lighting seems like it's lacking / the design doesn't make sense. For the samurai temple, you don't really know where you are. It kind of looks like you're in a really clean sewer with lots of the same repeated kanji symbol. As for the rail car station, taking a look at some futuristic concepts / reference from something (bladerunner, deus ex, star wars), matching up the colors to them, then putting some proper lighting that isn't completely muted, might help to sell it a bit more.

Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh, I really think making those changes will help sell your portfolio though

Lucas Annunziata

A few quick things:

1) I would consider changing the banner of your name to a font/style that is easier to read.

2) I personally like rollovers on the front page for the images. Also the rollovers for your nav bar are so subtle that I can barely see them.

3) The orange wireframe shot of the Tyrant 50. Cal in the gif is super hard to see.

4) Put the download resume button at the top of the resume page and make it more visible. It's nice to have a .pdf and .doc icons that you just click.

5) I would also center your elements on the page. It might just be a me, but it bothers me that they are aligned to the left and uneven.

Hope that helps

Clos323

@lincolnhughes. no such thing as harsh my friend I really appreciate the help. I figure the train station and samurai temple where out! they my oldest two pieces on there. I already have something in the works to replace those. post later on diff thread.

Clos323

thanks everyone for all the tips and crits

Serith

Hey Carlos, I recommend brightening your environments so we can actually see your work.
I think I like what I see? Also don't be afraid to push your polycount. The environments you're making look to want to be next gen, but they can use a serious bit more polys.

Clos323

@Serith.. Yeah im actually just gonna junk the two environments that I have they're the oldest pieces on my portfolio. I'm already working on something new. im working on a small environment for a creature that i been working on which you can catch here..crits welcomed.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93539