I think people have answered your questions directly, but I would like to offer some advice that are indirectly related to your questions. Try not to start out by making a whole environment. It's pretty impossible to learn several pieces of software at once, while learning several skills, while learning your art…
IMO, it comes down to permanency. If you are absolutely sure you and your girl won't be moving and that the place you are looking at meets your needs not just for today but where you want to be in five years, then I suggest buying. If either of those aren't true, though, I think the freedom of renting is too big a benefit…
To be completely honest, you don't sound very legit at the moment (which is why you're not getting the proper responses). First off, hire a full-time Lead Artist/Art Director, with extensive experience in the industry. YOU are not an Art Director. The Art Lead/Director should be able to scope the project out for you…
Try to take a step back for a moment and see the world from a wider view outside of the "omg is my portfolio good enough?" mindset. Maybe you're an art lead, you weren't the best artist, but you're not some nerdy punk who draws anime all day and you know how to orchestrate a team to get a job done. You also know that you…
First, I'll just say again that going to school specifically for game art doesn't strike me as a good idea. I'm not surprised if the instruction there isn't great, because it's such a niche. I went to the University of Cincinnati and got a design degree. Their industrial design program is usually ranked in the top five…
Hi all! My name is Alan, an environment artist from Brazil who is constantly learning and falling in love for 3D environments. Thanks to Thiago Klafke’s mentorship, who is Senior environment artist at Blizzard, I am taking things to the next level. As an environment artist I was full of doubt about how would you tackle a…
My portfolio needs a full environment and as no diffuse-only style work. After struggling through a 10 and 1/2 week long battle with a gun and currently unwrapping a mechanical sci fi door, I figured it the perfect time to look at starting a full environment piece done diffuse only. This way I can get away from mechanical…
The Boltons are on their way to planet Earth to destroy the human race, however when they arrive the humans have been destroyed by their own creation of Robots... What is Boltcraft? Boltcraft is an arena based RTS game wherein the player controls a single customizable robot in battle against enemy robots using weapons,…
RAVEN SOFTWARE, developer of numerous award-winning games, including contributions to the blockbuster Call of Duty franchise [Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops 2] is seeking a passionate Senior Environment Artist to join our team to work on our next project We are looking for a talented artist who has proven…
Guys i tried to figure out where to settle this topic,i read the forum but i came to conclusion its here.If i wrong direct me plz. I came here to ask for help,our project Warcraft 3 Rebirth (modification of warcraft 3,in high definition manner) need an artist that is skilled in some image manipulation…