IMO, at your skill level you don't need a degree. You seem to understand all the fundamentals of 3D modeling in your portfolio. I think the real issue is that game studios are moving away from just hiring prop artists and are looking for people who can composite and setdress environments instead. See this post by…
Knowing Breaking Bad - everything has symbolic meaning haha. Think PixelMasher is on the right track - probably a symbol of Walt's crossing into the unknown as a lone wolf. Was such a great episode. Definitely this season's "Salud." Hank's last words to Walt was just the most perfect line ever. And being cut off by Uncle…
I agree with both PixelMasher and Jesse Moody alot of people and by people i mean nerds on the internet that just find the smallest thing to rip apart so there lives don't feel so dull and sad have made a huge thing out of nothing. EA is a huge corporation with alot of talented studios under its banner and those studios…
You could try and put a very bright white plane behind the wooden planks that fades out when you get close to it using a pixeldepth material node. Put the colours to 1,1,30 for example to get that cool blue/purple over-exposure. This will not require an overbright sky and is in fact a method used in a lot of games where…
@PixelSuit Hi thanks, from my research that I did in the area, the ruins were originally built from different types of sandstones, so I'm guessing it is just a colour variation of nature, currently unsure if I will incorporate it into my environment , but will make a nice break up of all the green. I did orginially plan to…
@PixelGoat,glottis8 -Glad you guys dig the style I'm goin for.. @nullfed - The wood grain color being black is intentional actually, I wanted it to look like comics style inked work but then again I think you have a point there so I'll look into that as I finish it up. Ahm with the highlights did you mean I could do it in…
pixelmitherer - thanks a lot! hey, im back with a pose! i wanted to get this done asap. i made a pedestal too. Its a hill hes walking up. still stuff to DO! note to self : veins, depth tech., make dirt build up at his feet. enjoy!