I feel like I'm getting to the point where I have to decide which direction to take in the whole mess of jobs professions and what not in the games industry or do I? To start from the beginning, I'm an 19-year-old guy from Europe and I'm interested in arts psychology science and awesome places. Games have always been my…
Update: 11/19/13: News! Tower of Guns is on sale for the next 10 hours over at IndieGameStand.com for the cheap price of pay-what-you-want! Other bonuses: SteamKeys, the soundtrack, wallpapers, an e-book I wrote in 2011 and original artwork from the game! Update: 10/30/13: News! TOWER OF GUNS HAS BEEN GREENLIT! Thanks so…
Tom Bui from Valve is going to be giving a talk about Greenlight: Valve's Community Managed Steam Indie Portal Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 7:00pm until 9:00pm Bungie Studio Auditorium , 550 106th Ave NE #207, Bellvue WA IGDA Seattle presents: Greenlight: Valve's Community Managed Steam Indie Portal by Tom Bui IGDA…
Hello everyone. A couple days ago, a friend urged me to make a sketchbook on polycount so here I am. I am a 19 year old student living in Canada. I attend a game art course in September 2011. I've never touched 3D before. I tried really hard. I hope I learned something. Because my demo reel is due in a few months. Aaaah.…
Wacom is hosting a series of "webinars" that are focused on their using products with a variety of softwares; Photoshop, Painter, etc. They are going to produce of them through April which each focusing on a different tool or sets of tools. The first one is actually tomorrow or today based on where you live on the globe.…
For those of you who would like a list of steps to follow in order to troubleshoot your situation concerning normal maps, here is the one I compiled from my specific situation. THIS LIST IS FOR 3DS MAX 1. Model high poly. 2. Model low poly. 3. Unwrap low poly. ----------Make sure your seams are wherever there is a 90…
I feel like you're shooting down everyone's help and suggestions, again. You don't need a tutorial that shows you exactly how to do the exact thing you need. Techniques apply to all things; learn the technique, learn how to tweak it, and make it work for you and your needs. Experiment. I happen to know 100% that there are…
I think the best and most cost effective thing would be for one of your team members to be a hardware expert. I myself don't know much about hardware, but my brother knows the stuff inside and out and I have him for advice. I thought I had a fast PC, and then he built another one for me for about $1000 bucks and it is…
Right this is may be controversial but hear me out if you would, last month I had my Intous 5 M pen break as it pretty much just fell apart when I accidentally opened the middle, buttons fell off, coil wire which looked messily glued on came off tiny ereaser spring flew off who knows where. I was annoyed but you do what…
I just finished my 3D Art final project - you can view the video here! Grading for the project that applies to the final clip: - Animation is created at 30 frames per second and is at least 15 seconds (450 frames) long. Outstanding 9-10 points, Very Good 8 points, Acceptable 7.5 points, Poor 1-7 points - Used at least two…