Question about working in Gaming Industry: Is working as a 3D Artist for Games really a creative job day for day? Or ist it more of repeating the same technical workflows all over over? I am trying to figure out if this is the right way to go for me jobwise. I do enjoy doing 3D, even if I am by far not a professional yet.…
Are you aware of SP's 'bake by mesh name' feature? It's the same as doing an explode bake, without the exploding. If all your parts are on the same texture sheet you can name all your low/high parts exactly the same, with the suffix _low and _high, respectively, and export all parts as a single .fbx. Then in the baking…
I would like to welcome Oscar Carlen who has joined the NextGen MMO team as a lighter. We can finally see the bad ass assets that the team has been cranking on. :) http://oscarlen.com/ Welcome to the team man! -Kenny
Hello ! My name is Samo Batagelj and I live in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I have 7 years of experience in in-game animation. (I've also worked on several mobile projects + I have lots of animations already "in stock" :) ) My portfolio : http://samo889.wix.com/podvrbosmuk3d#!animation/c17kg If you're interested please drop me an…
Hi! My name is Mario, I used to work as a game artist for a big casual gaming company, but now I'm looking for a new job in the games industry and, instead of making random illustrations to expand my portfolio, I decided to build a "universe" and some characters to populate it. That way I could demonstrate my visual…
Greetings Polycounters, Just wanted to put a small scene together, to improve my understanding of Marmoset 2. One of my first small scenes. Put together a small scene with a Mental Ray render; an idea of mine that could very well portray the setup to an avid gamer's world of where they work and play. Slowly assembling this…
Just announced: http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/bitsquid More than just games This is going to be BIG With the acquisition of Bitsquid, Autodesk is bringing expertise in 3D game development and proven game engine technology in house. We are significantly expanding our portfolio of game making tools, complementing our…
A little late but thank you all for your replies. Now that I am working on a portfolio piece I have a few more questions. I did some characters for a videogame I am working on but I don't know if I can put them in my online portfolio. Next to those characters is another older model I worked on every now and then. But it's…
Hello everyone. My name is Michelle and I'm trying to help my 17 year son get started in the right direction. He wants to become a games artist. He will be graduating High School this year and we're looking for the right School for him, We live in Southern California. Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Please email me…
Pulling your hair out trying to fix generic AI images? I recently helped a client replace AI art with human-led concept strategies ( moodboards, OKRs, design thinking), and got their game pitch approved by the board of directors on the first try. - See the full project…