The level design / world design of Dark Souls really is incredible. Combined with the atmosphere and challenge it made exploration so fresh and fun compared with other games.
What a great idea! My schedule is too busy these days to participate in the monthly challenges, I'll have to start on one of these ! Excellent and inspiring work all :)
Been doin' a couple inktobers and working on a new character for a challenge where the premise is to combine two different monsters! I chose a pumpkin scarecrow and a witch.
"Monthly Noob Challenge 3" http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113765 Might be this thread, good luck! really liking this one, will come back!
The Weekly Hard Surface Challenge is all the exercise in modeling you need. Just after doing a dozen of those models you will be a much better modeler.
Last Progress and final work ^^ This was a real challenge for me who is a beginner in this kind of contest and I'm really proud to participate :) Hope you like it :D
This environment was done for a challenge here on Polycount. It's a homage to everything I loved as a teenager ... and still do. "Throne Room" Click link for full set of screenshots
Look at the monthly noob enviro challenges there excellent http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121580 Look at break downs etc and you;ll be happy