Okay you got me with golden eye, I confess. But the main point is, that everything seems to have scaled with the technology, but the traditional art skills have been let out to pasture. Theres been very few games pop up of late such as TF2 that actually do something thats anything exploratory and original with all this…
Don't get yourself worked up about the philosophical trap that entails what the term "art" is and what it applies to, people in the fine arts community have debated what is art or what makes an artist forever. Titles mean nothing besides what your current job title is during payroll. I used to do freelance contractor work…
Working with any DCC package when starting out can be daunting alongside these days a wealth of instructional material on the Net too choose from, so not surprising many people become overwhelmed with the whole thing. Those 'paint-by-numbers' tutes you'd mentioned are really the best way for a novice getting some sort of…
I think so far you have gotten very valid opinions and critiques involved with this tutorial. I find it horrible seeing some polycounters comments though, I decided to go onto Spencer Clough's site to look up some information about him... I believe anyone willing to take arms to defend our freedom deserves respect. With…
Hey RipNic, Man, this personally hits home pretty hard for me because I’m about in the same boat. I graduated Uni over 6 years ago and am creeping up on 30 myself. And I understand the struggle seeing students crank out amazing work when you’ve been working non-stop on craft. When it comes to your situation I think the…
I would apply anyway with what you have. And at the same time do what you need to bring your work upto standard. I used to look at job applications as "portfolio gets you the job" though over the years I've found that it really comes to many factors, more importantly how, when and to whom you pitch yourself. Also I've had…
I picked up a Surface Pro 3 a couple months ago. There are a few minor things that bug me about it, but so far it's been a fucking magical experience. First, the stuff that bugs me:* There's a tiny bit of lag when using the stylus. However, this has the added benefit of smoothing out lines when painting in Photoshop.…
OK so this whole thing came up because of Keywords Studio's situation in Montreal? I've just read the first two articles that came up in google one being form forbes and one www.gamesindustry.biz (also linking to a story where 3rd party QA testers are being sued for leaking Fortnite infos). Don't get me wrong, as much as I…
Ah thanks for the kind works, I really appreciate it! I'm no master, but I'm certainly trying to be one day. I'm pretty young and I have a lot of exciting days of art ahead of me. I originally studied industrial design in a very strong program with a heavy emphasis on fundamentals. This I believe is key. When you're able…
I will ask the character artist to post some screenshots of the mehes and UVs of the characters. Hope he can tell you more about what has happened at end of the production time. When I look at the characters closely, I think they also did some poly crunching beside the downsampling of the textures. I know that they had to…