Instructors you would like to learn from?
polycounter lvl 18
Just wanted to get some community feedback on who you would want to learn from given the chance? Since I am teaching with TAD (www.theartdepartment.org), and was looking into adding more to the 3d section of the school. Any help would be apprecaited, and if there are any fields below that I am missing, please add them in.
Spark
Environment Artist:
Character Artist:
VFX Artist:
2d/3d Concept Artist:
Spark
Environment Artist:
Character Artist:
VFX Artist:
2d/3d Concept Artist:
Replies
- Snefer
- Disting
- HP
- Paroxum
- Beancube
- Jessica Dinh
- Bee-Bee
- GosSs
- Orb
- Rens
- Zelenkov
- Jesse Moody
- Chris Perella
- paulsvoboda
Character artist: - Hazardous
- JFletcher
- Jacque Choi
- Duncan
- Afisher
- Daphz
- Ravenslayer
- Funky Bunnies
- Swizzle
- PAnick
- Danitchu
- onelunglewis
- LRoy
2D/3D/Texture artist: - Blaisoid
- fightpunch
I'll add more.
Spark
These plus Bay Raitt, Steven Stahlberg, Andy Hickinbottom and C
Hironobu Sakaguchi
racer445
amsterdam hilton hotel
lonewolf
polygoo
xoliul
earthquake
johny
pedro amorim
alec moody.
characters:
Mr. Kite
Josh Singh
Murph
Rawkstar
Peppi
Poopinmymouth
Jonathan Rush
Empty
katzeimsack
Environment:
JasonLavoie
Darkrusader
JordanW
D1ver
Cholden
Minos
Peris
katzeimsack
Wahlgren
matroskin
can't really think of any vfx artists besides lee3d
concept artist:
nick carver
suburbbum
feng zhu
Tom Scholes
Sparth
Nick Carver
Tacit Math
Lemonhead
dii
Also. Characters
Crazyfool
2d/3d - Richard Lyons, Nick Carver
The big 4 I would say personal would have to be Snefer, adam, Bobo and Hazardous. There are of course plenty of others who would be fantastic to learn from thats for sure, but I think these 4 always go above just making pretty things. They dont just share pretty pictures with people but the ideas behind it and how they went about making it, teaching others new things they can use to help improve there art.
adam and his hideout thread, the fact that he runs this crazy place called Polycount, Snefer's one texture environment pushing what can be created while still being so well done artisticly, Hazardou's beautifully crated characters that have so much style and artstic flair, and bobo from his recent work with the DS2 competition and his previous work in comic books.
Character artist - spacemonkey
He'd be my first choice. His evil genius hideout thread is one of the primary reasons I even have a job today. I owe him a lot.
Alex Oliver and Antropus
Hanno Hagedorn http://www.hannohagedorn.com/
(and everyone listed previously)
EDIT: (and everyone listed after)
BoBoTheSeal
JFletcher
El Scorcho
Paul Richards
- Kite
- Slipgatecentral
(Sculpting with Grassetti, and Texturing by Bogdan)
Old school texturing: Tohan
Environments:
- Snefer
Concept:
- Holdeen or Hyung Tae Kim
I wouldn't even have a career in 3D if it wasn't for his Hellboy modeling vids. And his Beelzebub sculpt was legendary back when Mudbox was in beta.
Damian Lazarski
Paul Svoboda
Anthony Vaccaro
Neil Blevins (TD at Pixar, one browse through his CG Education section and you know he has it)
Rick Stirling (He has the gift, How many polys in a piece of string, brilliant.)
John Jones (anyone who can predict the future like he can, will help guide artists in the right direciton)
Evan Herbert (Racer445, he seems to always be refining his teaching style but he has what it takes to teach)
Ben Mathis (When he isn't being a raging hemerhoid he can be very informative and pleasant...)
Joakim Wejdemar (Okkun from valkyrie entertainment)
Helder Pinto
Anthony Vaccaro (Autocon)
Any of the 3D motive guys:
Don Ott
Alec Moody
Justin Harrison
Jeff Parrott
Simon Fuchs
There are a lot more that have impressed me with their art and teaching ability over the years but I'm having trouble remembering them all...
Granted no artist will ever really stop wanting to improve, it just feels strange to see so many names for artists that are still establishing themselves who would no doubt have people they inturn respect and would like to learn from.
I guess its just a lack of perspective, y'all people should lurk more.
Damn dude, thank you. Made my day.
I was hesitant to do get involved in this thread because I didnt' want it to seem like I'm showing who my favourites are here at Polycount. The truth is I think there's a metric shit ton of talent here, but when it comes down to individuals I think are invaluable in their skillset and offer something unique to all of us beyond raw artistic talent there's a few who come to mind.
Paul Pepera is my #1 choice for whom I think others could learn from. I've had the pleasure of being his friend for a while now and even had the pleasure of vacationing with him for a week at his place in Seattle last year. He has a very fundamental approach to all of his designs and how he models that I think everyone - even seasoned veterans, and others on this list - could learn from. Nothing he creates is over thought in how it would logically work, every design element has a functional purpose while having fantastic form: Something I think far too many artists miss their mark on (myself included). I know he is known around here for being a fantastic hard-surfae modeler (his latest for those who've missed it in the WAYWO thread) but he's a fantastic overall artist as well. Game art, planning, sketches, concepts, and so on. It's just a shame he doesn't show more of is 'scraps' around here more often.
He's modest and a bit shy so he'd probably never go for it, but I think a small nugget from his brain would do everyone well.
Snefer is a choice I think a lot of people will ask for and there is a reason for it. I am convinced his brain is wired differently for creating game art unlike any one of us. I'm convinced Tor is a master technical artist with an amazing artistic talent; a complete rarity in this industry. If every single artist in this industry was like Tor, we'd eventually shut the movie industry down in visuals with each release.
racer445 is someone who has an amazing artistic ability. As I mentioned earlier we have a lot of fantastic artists posting here at Polycount, but one thing I think others would appreciate about him is his age; he's quite young. I think when he started posting here he was 15 and already showing impressive ability as a game artist. I think having him speak to others in school, around his age (19 now), would be of an inspiration to them as game artists.
Hazardous seems like an obvious choice here. He's already mentoring others and is an amazingly talented character artist who will transition in to the coming 'next generation' very well. I think his talent + interest in mentoring others is inspiring and having him do so in person would invaluable.
-kevin johnstone
-alec moody
-racer445
-orb
As far as learning from specific individuals. I've been to conferences, etc and very few people are really good at making art, being inspiring, and well spoken. Most of us Artists are a bit introverted. I went to an art workshop once the teacher just put on headphones and stuck his head down and painted for 3 hours. He made awesome. But I got little to no insight to what he was thinking, etc. So not all Artists would even want to teach. It's not for everyone.
Few people that would be awesome to inspire and teach:
Adam Bromell http://adambromell.com
Mark Dygert http://mark3d.carbonmade.com
Eric Chadwick http://ericchadwick.com
Tyson Murphy http://gardenturtle.blogspot.com
Peet Cooper http://peetcooper.blogspot.com
Few people I believe would kick ass teaching:
Pior Oberson http://www.pioroberson.com
Brian Jones http://www.bobotheseal.com
Jon-Troy Nickel http://www.kalescentstudios.com/troyfolio/Main.htm
Chris Oatley http://chrisoatley.com
There's a ton more talented and inspiring Artists on here and online I could rattle on for days about.
Vehicles/mechs
karanak: http://karanak.deviantart.com/
Ced66: http://ced66.deviantart.com/
Characters
Bogdan14: http://bogdanbl4.deviantart.com/
FirstKeeper: http://firstkeeper.deviantart.com/
Slipgate: http://slipgatecentral.deviantart.com/
Sculpting
Boularis: http://rickystinger88.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d567or3
Jordu Schell: http://schellstudio.deviantart.com/
Sketching
torvenius: http://torvenius.deviantart.com/
nelson daniel: http://nelsondaniel.deviantart.com/
alex ruiz: http://alexruizart.deviantart.com/
Stanley Lau: http://artgerm.deviantart.com/
Mr. Jack: http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/
Characters: Raphael Grassetti - grassettiart.com/
Hazardous
Bogdanbl4
Slipgate
Sze Jones
Easily my top 4
Spark