As a practical step, why not provide your illustration skills to game teams looking for artists? Check the Unpaid or Royalty sections of Polycount. Check r/gamedevclassifieds Literally make a game. Nothing is stopping you. This helps solve the catch 22 of needing experience to get an entry level job. Also, what better way…
Good advice here. Going to piggy back on what Gavin said and also drop some links on you. http://www.jonjones.com/2005/10/07/your-portfolio-repels-jobs/ Check that out. If you need examples of portfolios that work, I've been liking this blog compilation. http://gameartportfoliowall.com/ I'm going to just be beating a dead…
Greetings and welcome to the POLYCOUNT! Here you will find the tips and tricks required to beef up your 3d art skills. You say that you are good with blender but you dont know what the low polygon count for the game art is. For characters, there are people who make their models around 3000 triangles - 6000 triangles,…
Latest Updates. We're looking for an Environment Artist to work on our first map and a Character Animator. Check our latest works in progress. Link to YouTube Video of Finished Character [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8J21_FClc[/ame] To join the team please PM , Reply here, or send an email to gamedevmog (at) g m a…
The way you answered that specific question TrevorJ, leaves a lot to be desired. So let me rephrase the question: Where would one start to find smaller studios, outsource etc? Are there common known webpages or marketplaces that can give a proper accounting for these places? Or is it a more arcane and obscure search? What…
Gamedev.net is related to game programming and development, has very least to do with 3d arts for games, but do check it out. You guys missed out the www.gameartisans.org
Our internal industry is actually growing alot ( at least from what i see on gamedevmeets\ gamedevcamp each year ,plus working side by side with some studios ) , but yeah , not on the level of countries that have proper investment in games . The great advantage is cost of living , altho our bureocracy is a fucking…
fuck earning money god forbid people would just be happy about having an sdk they can develop some shit for and have people play it totally interested in this, but not out of a money-grabbing-gamedeveloper-perspective they are trying to "stick it to the man" with all this free and hackable shit, and everybody just goes…