Art books are usually "just concepts," rarely do they include technical processes. Check the wiki, plenty of entries from NaughtyDog on character rigs, texturing, and environment modeling.
Thanks for the reply. The 78 per hour is for freelancers with an own little office (it's basicly a figure for Graphic Design Freelancers) so it's including health insurance coverage et cetera.
I would imagine it would be easier to just include the specular tiles for the slimy parts than to bake into the diffuse tiles. Not every piece of the environment has to be diffuse only.
It's probably a good idea to include where you live (not necessarily full address, but at least which metro area), so that people can tell if you're local to them or not.
Do you know Flixel? It might be exactly what you are looking for since you are going with flash. http://flixel.org/ Check out the example games included, they are awesome.
I like the YouTube embeds on your website. That is a really good idea. Maybe if I do a portfolio I will include something like that. Your models are really surreal!
haha, i like the melting guy :P something i was working on, it includes boobies so i will not post it directly: http://www.3dshowreel.com/imageup/images/rgh1175242269z.jpg
Thanks :D I decided on getting rid of the church to bring more attention to the foreground and away from the background. Id like to include some wireframe shots and texture flats on my AS post, just trying to come up with a cool format for it.