I tried learning Autocad but it annoyed me too much. I had typed up a big essay too but the damn polycount form no longer valid shit came up and the copy and paste I did before refreshing got screwed up so here are the cliff notes. Software needs to get rid of all the useless redundant shit they have that break the…
This is not another topic complaining I don't have a industry job yet, nor a portfolio review thread(thought if you have any suggestions by all means say them). I want to let other people know who might be just starting how important it is to not give up and to keep progress screenshots around. I joined here May 22nd 2011,…
Are you a bad enough dude? The Brief For this challenge you will be creating an environment for a side-scroller beat-em-up! This will be a 3D environment created for today’s console, PC or arcade market. Since this is a challenge, you will not be creating an environment from pre-existing ‘beat-em-up’ but rather you are…
In case you haven't seen it, lots of upgrades in June's UDK Beta: * Skel. mesh UVs * Improved bloom * New HUD tool * Custom normals Click through to see the entire list of updates... Oooh, multiple UVs and vert colors... I can't wait to see what Polycounters come up with after they get their hands on it! Vertex Colors and…
Hello, my name is Peyton Thomas. I am an aspiring 3D artist who lives in Austin, Texas. In this post, I will be talking about how I constructed the bridge environment I constructed, and the techniques I used to build it. Star Trek is my favorite franchise, and it’s the reason I wanted to go into 3D art to begin with. It…
Congrats on getting a portfolio put together. First, you should decide where you want to focus. Right now you have characters, vehicles, and an environment..do you want to sell yourself as a generalist? or are you looking towards environment art? Whatever you shoot for, you should focus your portfolio mostly on that.…
DIGITAL SHOCK Art & Development Team: Professional AAA studio at Indie Price ———————————————————————————————— Digital Shock is a video game developer, VR, iOS/Android mobile app creator and elite team of video game art specialists in Toronto (Canada) with a local team of 20+ and international support team of 100+ seasoned…
DIGITAL SHOCK Art & Development Team: Professional AAA studio at Indie Price ———————————————————————————————— $200-$240/manday (avg. price) Digital Shock is a video game developer, VR, iOS/Android mobile app creator and elite team of video game art specialists in Toronto (Canada) with a local team of 20+ and international…
I had the chance to talk with Kevin Johnstone recently about his past & present career as an artist for Epic Games, his beginnings as an artist and why he's been so shy to the community these past few years. Kevin has been an artist at Epic Games now for nearly 7 years. Not only has he worked on Unreal Tournament 3, the…
Digital Shock is a video game developer, VR, iOS/Android mobile app creator and elite team of video game art specialists in Toronto (Canada) with a local team of 20+ and international support team of 100+ seasoned and highly talented artists and programmers. We are a team of dedicated professionals that have 10+ years in…