Environment/Hardsurfice Art - Self made maps a plus?
Hey guys I've decided to focus in the area of Environment and hardsurface prop work. I'm going to keep this short and simple as we all know what happened last time. I'm also not going to mention a certain factor about myself. We all know what that is ;P
Anyway guys, seriously, alot of you are awesome environment artists so do you guys think its a good idea to maybe put a self made map in an engine such as UT3 in a website portfolio? This wouldn't be a map comprised of unreal props and such, ofc not, I'm talking full of my own props I make for the level (or scene)
Do you guys think that'd be a plus? : )
Anyway guys, seriously, alot of you are awesome environment artists so do you guys think its a good idea to maybe put a self made map in an engine such as UT3 in a website portfolio? This wouldn't be a map comprised of unreal props and such, ofc not, I'm talking full of my own props I make for the level (or scene)
Do you guys think that'd be a plus? : )
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If you were to create a few small scenes, with some sort of focused design in each it would be great. Like the front of a gas station, with appropriate props, an outdoor scene with some trees, foliage, something interesting here like a cave entrance or something. A few small peices like this where you can focus in on a specific area and detail it out, rather than trying to make something massive. Idealy you want to just show these scenes off in stills, and getting them into an engine like UE3 would be a great idea.
I dont think most people want to go through the bother of downloading and playing your map(again unless you are going for level design).
You make the main scene, and a set of props you can also show off individually. This way you have like 3 main scenes, and 5 or so cool props from each scene to show off individually, this would be enough to fill out a good portfolio, but it will be quite a bit of work.
^^ jk what eq said i guess
Disco Stu, Yes.
Indeed, Fmnoor : )
I'm gonna sound stupid but I just cant seem to remember the that made the epic robot mech scene made in UT3 posted here not too long ago. I keep thinking its you, EQ ;P
For some inspiration check out Peris' Unearthly entry, he's got the map available for download so you can fly around it in unreal ed:
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=55458
Oh yeah, I'll try it in unreal : )