Current progress: Made the sheath, and added more wear to the metal. Curvature maps needed a little boost, so I painted some extra edge wear on by hand. Not sure if I like the wooden material for the sheath, but I may just need to keep working with it. It's difficult to tell what the sheath is made of from the reference,…
wow Jeremiah! from the other day you have made so much progress on this model. the armor and wraps fit him perfectly, i will definitely be watching this post! one thing, my favorite part of this sculpt is the wraps that hold the jaw together, so i'm guessing that someone did that to him, have you thought about the rest of…
My starting pay as a Jr. Artist was 14K a year. Of course this was back in 1993 and I was 18. The average is pretty well represented in the Game Developer salary survey that fmnoor posted.
Thats an interesting viewpoint, but a also pretty naive one. Its a fantastic idea yes, but the truth is, when you work for a company that is funded by a publisher, they get a good say in what goes on with the game because they are paying for the entire development. Everyone likes to think a bunch of employees standing up…
Nice work, bob :) love the lighting and texturing! Right now, I feel like there are too many neon light signs around though. Also, I think some dead neon lights may add more variations to the scene. Still, great job overall :)
Hey BIGTIME i currently work in military and avionics as a 3D artist. We do training sims for a range of different military personnel. Day-to-day work isn't really hectic here but can definitely be tiresome, as any job can be at times. At my company we rarely are allowed overtime work and are pretty strict on that from…
Hey Hai, I think I can help give you some direction. My advice will for if you want to pursue games as that's what I'm more familiar with. Film might have other requirements. Technically for game art, you do not need to go to school. In fact I would say based on your skill alone I think you're in a very good spot that…
Hi! I've never participated in such huge contests before so this is my first try. Hope to make my best. For my splash illustration I picked Zoe because I wanted to make something funny. Will reimagine her with a winter skin. Here's some thumbs I made and concept sketches.