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Re: Non-Art careers you had
I'm currently working in underwriting in insurance. Was really pumped about it when I first started. Not a bad career at all. When I started taking some schooling which the company paid for I was sent into a 'what am I doing' spiral as I read legal wordings and looked at numbers all day. A friend asked me what I would… -
Re: Technical solutions for dealing with in-game roads
Why don't you just cut or float the painted lines? That's how I've done it before... That allows you to be a bit more creative with it, having line variations, etc! So my workflow is: - Laying down the road splines (on corner mode) - Filleting corners - Creating a spline shape and lofting it using the first one as a path,… -
Re: Some general technical questions...
I agree that there's also little practical use for making game assets this way, for VFX and offline rendering, there's some value for sure. I think it's more of a "why not?" thing, or for the challenge, pushing your skills further. Even if there's no direct use, that creative spark is what drives the industry. Maybe… -
Re: [WIP] Historical - US Invasion of Sicily
Thanks Georider. Regarding the M10, I think I know the photo you are describing with the TD logo on the rear of the turret: I chose the front placement based on a decal sheet which also gave me the idea to paint it in the two-tone pattern: The version in the top right ("D") showed the logo in the front, under the star. So… -
Re: New Character Design, Female Motorcycle Racer
The problem i see with this is that the rough style of the bike is fairly chopperesque, so looks a little like a harley, looks like youd sit on it like a harley, but then you want to put her on like a racer. In short, it looks cool, but this bike would suck to ride :D Her ass needs to be more up in the air, mosre towards… -
Re: Polycount Challenge Theme Ideas
I also like the simple phrase for themes. Last Man Standing did it that way and it lead to some great creative entries. They had ones like: "Underneath it All" "Unfair Advantage" "The Bitter End" Stuff like that is a thousand times better than any backstory or attempt at narrative setting. The phrases are just enough to… -
Re: Is there a demand for hard surface artists in comparison to other fields?
I don't agree with the notion that hero assets/hard surface work automatically means less creativity and more supervision. At Crytek, the hardsurface guys were almost always the ones that were also designing the assets. As for job chances, it depends. Good HS guys used to be rare, lots of people dislike hard surface… -
Re: Apprenticeships/job in London
It's not exactly a complete list; for example Microsoft have three games studios in this area alone not including Lionhead. Konami's PES studio are also missing from this list off the top of my head. My current employer (Pitbull) are also opening a second studio down that area and already have people working there. Climax,… -
Re: Elmore Ridge - Hand-painted Environment
Solid planning dude, and a creative start that looks like it'll become something really immersive :) I like the design of the haphazard buildings - but when you place many of these next to each other there won't be much to differentiate building from building - depends whether you want the city to appear as a homogeneous… -
Re: Results Oriented Work Enviroment VS Clock Punching
I've never heard of any game studio using this as a standard weekly allocation like google does. clarification: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/googles-20-percent-time-in-action.html I have heard of studios having in-house game competitions, using a couple of weeks or days of studio time, to gather new ideas and…
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