Cryptic Studios is looking for a talented Senior Character Artist with the ability to consistently create compelling and aesthetically pleasing characters and creatures in any given style while adhering to polygon and console memory budget constraints. As a character artist, you will be creating high-quality 3D art assets…
Hey I'm in to making characters and want to know some good techniques, tutorials, or applications for texturing them. I went to school for game dev. but that was not enough. They taught me some techniques but the program needed more texturing classes. When we had to make a character they gave us no texturing techniques for…
Both character and environment modeling involve the same initial workflows though the pipeline differs depending on the end result. When you add organic shapes to characters of environments, that's when things get more complicated. I think this complexity is more evident in character art at first glance, then again depends…
I'm seeking work estimates (time + hourly rate + estimated cost of assets, or time + whole project cost) from interested artists, please provide those in addition to any portfolio or work samples. You won't be held to them, but I need them to budget the rest of this project out. I need to include realistic video game…
Refinement and study, taking breaks and coming back and realizing things might not've been that great, decide to redo them or not, move on most likely till you get it right or become homeless. 1st thoughts you are right there for this piece, just some more loving to them rock crevasses <the linked image is what I'd like to…
Hey guys, I wanted to throw this question out there, I was having a debate with a friend of mine on the topic the other day. Right now, I'm trying to work on getting a spot as a character artist. Characters are most definitely what I enjoy the most. Problem I see is, everyone and there mother feels the same way. For every…
Hello everyone! First of all I'm kinda new to the forum (or at least just finished being a lurker lol), decided to post because I need some pointers from experienced character artists Been working on a character as a personal project, so far I made 2 versions of the topology based on references but also while following…
I have this scary lookin cyborg character I made but he needs a rig and I suck at that. If you think he'd look cool on your rigging reel, let me know and I'll send you the maya file with the geo and textures. Naturally, I propose we each credit eachother on the respective reels. Only stipulation is I need a rig that works…
We are currently looking for a full time Character Artist. Cryptic Studios sets a new standard for Massively Multiplayer Online role playing games. We strive to give our fans new experiences that knock their socks off. Located in Northern California in Los Gatos, we create the fun, focused and casual atmosphere of a small…