seems a bit of a nostalgia case to me. I think the skillset you need to make games these days is incredibly more complex than what artists were expected of back in the day, Thats not to say that hand painted artwork is crap, I love it too but give it a normal map and a good artist and they are going to make that model kick…
Ace : Thanks for the time you spent making these and writing :D . You really pointed up something true there. To be honest, I used to never use references, because i was somewhat shrouded with a false sense of pride saying "if some people can do without, I can". Little did I realise that even then those people might use…