Hey guys Really valuable feedback thanks! First things with the visa is that, I have been in the UK for 14 months working a temp job to pave my way for getting into the industry, I have been doing an online course with Train2Game which.. Havent panned out very well, so now Im aiming to get any video game industry job…
I think I know where you're coming from art-machine. You've got great work, enough to show any art director than you're "better" than most of the artists on their team. It almost feels looking at your portfolio that you're "too good" to do standard game art, all of your game characters have a quality about them that…
renderhjs is right, each and every one has a personal preference. imo 3dsmax as far as game asset creation goes, 2011 supersedes maya in almost every way and is clearly my favorite. I will talk only about tools used for game asset creation be it characters or environments. Old features, First and foremost, the modifier…
1. What is the minimum education required (If any) ? High School diploma. 2. Where would you recommend I learn ? Depends on how well you learn on your own, your financial situation and now dedicated you are. I'm not really the best person to answer that, you are. Either way you'll be teaching yourself. 3. what specific…
I myself am doing a University Degree at the moment on Games Design, I get to pick specific modules that interest me or that i want to specialize in; in my case - I picked both environmental & character art in contrast to special effects or animation. However, I would not say its 3 years to work on your portfolio. The…
First of all - Welcome! Secondly, wow a minute and a half's worth of animation... That's.. Huge! I would recommend trying to cut it down? Right now you're trying to show this massive attack sequence, but it feel quiet slow - you don't need as much time on some of the camera angles and animations as you're currently giving.…
Hey guys, we've been interviewed by FXGuide recently and I've managed to sneak in two wireframe shots. http://www.fxguide.com/featured/how-digic-made-the-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-trailer/ First is the kind of topology we use for the hero characters: This is basically what I've been able to reverse engineer from Weta's…
No problem, I'm a tech geek and read tech sites and benchmarks on a daily basis, so I'm happy if that's not only usefull for me but others as well. If you don't have a optical drive (DVD) lying around you should include a cheap one, since you need to install Windows from disc. It's possible to install it from a USB-Stick,…