So I bought this book because I heard a lot of good things about it. To tell you the truth, the example steps taken are incomplete with missing information and is filled vague steps that are left for interpretation. I'll post the one Amazon book review that really struck a chord with me: "In contrast to the glowing reviews…
The write ups for game art aren't as good or as solid as programming resources. There's a few reasons for it. You always need a visual example for art related terms and descriptions. Game art is constantly changing, things written even 5 years ago can be really out dated. The polycount wiki is a decent place to start, lots…
I've played it off and on for years now and I have to admit that it really isn't all that time intensive as everyone seems to make it out to be (You can train enough skills to be a PvP pilot in less than a day). Sure, skills train in real time (which can take anywhere from minutes to months) but by that same token you…
Heres a detailed list of 801 changes. Modeling Snapping: Completely overhauled snapping offers simplified workflow and consolidated feature set. UDIM Workflow: New UDIM support for more easily working with multiple UV tiles. Shatter Command: New tool for dicing up and destroying any model into many small individual pieces.…
Darksiders II 'Create a Weapon' Contest We are extremely happy to announce our latest contest - The Darksiders II 'Create a Weapon' Contest!! For this contest you will be creating a Mace, Axe, or Hammer that would fit in the world of Darksiders. One entry from each category will be chosen to be included in the release of…
Do we ever have a treat for you. Some members of the amazingly talented environment art team over at 343 Industries have put together an article on creating the environment art for one of the largest releases in video game history - Halo 4. This article was written by the artists at 343 Industries - not us - specifically…
DAY 2 Not gonna lie. Day two was incredibly productive. I exhausted my Spotify playlist multiple times but I have finished a large part of the skin. I added colour to the sketches and experimented with some shapes to see if it looked better. At this point I didn't think about making it suit the Restricted tier but rather…
[ QUOTE ] OTOH, Apple has no competition in thehardware arena, ... As a result, they're slacking off and producing weaker hardware at higher prices. [/ QUOTE ] Apple has plenty of competition in the hardware arena. They just choose to try and lead here, and I think they do awesome as far as design. My Powerbook has shown…
Hey there, fine people at Polycount. My name is Filipe Duarte Pina and I am the creator of Detective Case and Clown Bot games. I am also the co-founder of Nerd Monkeys Ltd. I have been making video games for around 19 years but only started professionally around 12 years ago. This post is a Post-Mortem on the art done for…
This has been a really cool project to follow! My biggest issue with the shots your posting right now is the overall readability and noise of them. At first, I wanted to place the blame for this on your screenspace AO, but that's not quite it. So I took some of your shots into photoshop and looked at them without color and…