[Portfolio] Blake Withers
polycounter lvl 5
Hi, I've not actually posted here before. Thought I drop my portfolio in here. Comments, critiques, all are welcome.
it's all here at: my portfolio.
I finished Seneca's Game Art program a little while ago and I've been looking for work with not much luck so far. So I'm looking for some feedback on my sturf.
Thanks
it's all here at: my portfolio.
I finished Seneca's Game Art program a little while ago and I've been looking for work with not much luck so far. So I'm looking for some feedback on my sturf.
Thanks
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Gun is ok, but the characters are weak, you're obviously a natural prop/env artist, create more pieces like that!
I don't really see the point of having the images that move on the first page, for me at least its really slow and distracts me from your work which is the most important thing. I would rather see a nice image of the scene or model I'm about to view.
You have some really nice work here, it just needs to be shown off better from the first page!
I like the presentation of your portfolio. Really sweet idea to use animated thumbnails, the mouse - over - wireframe image is also really cool imo.
The environment is also great! I like that one the most.
I like the video of the environment too, really fitting music and atmosphere etc.
The various guns look really cool, especially that combat sniper your character has in his hands.
Some suggestions:
I would definitely change Lucky's pose holding that sniper rifle. It's just that it's not a natural pose holding the gun like that and also he seems a bit out of balance and his right knee appears over-stretched. But maybe it's just the perspective.
Ariana's hair seems unfinished, especially in the close-up. Ariana's pose could also use some tweaking imo, I think her hip's got a bit of a too strong upper-twist. Maybe rotate the hip a bit downwards, shift her more towards her center of gravity and turn her left foot outwards.
A strong pose will help sell the characters.
Also, maybe it's just me, but I am not particularly fond of triangulated wireframes, since for me it's harder to get a good view of the meshflow. Of course I am no modeller (I animate) so that could be the reason.
I hope that helped, great stuff and keep at it!
I also agree that the wastes is your strongest piece, so I would probably position it as the first element - unless you are showing them in a chronological order. I'm uncertain why you have chosen the current order.
Placing the individual projects on the menu bar also seems a bit odd - you might want to either remove them or place them as drop-down elements under the projects entry.
The solid green texture for the hunting rifle's scope really hurts the entire model. Also, the lenses are inset by a considerable amount.
The text on each project page should also indicate the polygon/triangle count and texture map size, as well as which textures exist (e.g. specular, diffuse, normal). I realize the count is on the roll-over image, but it isn't readily apparent, and is often difficult to read (on Lucky, especially, the white text blends in with the light gray wireframe image.