I agree with what others have said, the only thing that actually costs anything when it comes to building an art portfolio is your time. yea substance is 15 bucks a month, but so is a trip to go see the new avengers movie. as in, the cost is so minimal i wouldnt really consider that a make or break it factor. the one thing…
Game and level flow Hello everyone! So something that came up recently in the development of the game that I had kinda neglected was the idea of the game and level flow. By this I mean how the player would move throughout the world mechanics wise. I suppose you could call this the level pacing. The problem was that now…
About I’m from the US, but currently living in Japan. I’ve worked for small CG outsourcing firms and contracting until I started at SCEA in San Diego, then moved on to Midway and eventually found my way to Ubisoft in Osaka. Early years I’ve always been into drawing and art. But what I liked spanned many things. I liked the…
I had the opportunity to attend the IGDA Leadership Forum last week, and had the opportunity to listen to a lot of industry veterans talk about what it takes to be a leader, and their experience in the workplace. From my notes i came up with this. I am still expanding some of the ideas, but i thought it would be…
Introduction: I apologize in advance, I know it's A LOT, but bare with me :) You can skip to important parts if needed. Hello, my name is Jack. I represent SymmetryGames as the lead 3D artist and Director of Prevail, our latest game concept. The essential reason I am posting this thread is because our team has…
this is actually a super good lesson about leverage, any why you always want to have as much as possible. tl;dr: If you want the best talent, you will probably have to pay for it one way or another (paid art test, higher salary, extra vacation time etc) and if your portfolio isn't mind blowing and you don't have a lot of…
Final images!!! don't worry guys, there's a write-up to go with these and the final weeks of the course, but i'm a little swamped right now and all i have is notes... in the middle of moving house, baby due this week, new job... so much going on! so i'm really sorry the writeup isn't ready just yet, but i'll post it when i…
There was another email exchange which I caught in the comments on Blues News last Monday, when Jack went after the Sims 2 [ QUOTE ] This is a dialog between myself and Mr. Tjhompson, the first part is at the bottom and works up...enjoy. Sorry about the length... I have met Col. North and he thinks Im a great patriot.…
I had the chance to talk with Kevin Johnstone recently about his past & present career as an artist for Epic Games, his beginnings as an artist and why he's been so shy to the community these past few years. Kevin has been an artist at Epic Games now for nearly 7 years. Not only has he worked on Unreal Tournament 3, the…
I am sorry that this post will be a bit long, as it contains also a small introduction of me as well. I know it should be a separate post but since "I am a TD by trade" came up i felt that i should also introduce myself. Something that should be the first thing to do when i joined your community. No i am not one of those…