Hey. My first post here right on time for DW4^^. Im a student at School of Future Entertainment here in Sweden and working my way hoping to be a character artist in the game industry. here you have a character i made for UT3 as a one week class at school. 7 days from concept to finished character.…
Unfortunately I only have weekends nowadays to work on portfolio stuff so this guy took me about 7 months to finish. After poking at this sum' bitch for what seems like forever, I'm finally comfortable to present him. Like I mentioned in the title this is based on a piece by the very talented Stefan Celic. I changed the…
Hi eveyone. For the past 7 weeks, I've been working on my first original character for my digital sculpting and texture class. This is the second full character I've made so I know I have a long way to go until I meet industry standards.. I have quite a bit of time into her and am rather proud of her at the moment. Alot of…
Hey all, I'm trying to put together a voice over portfolio and I was hoping that I could actually use some game characters for the voices just to make things look prettier. That said, I don't want to spend a lot of time making custom morphs myself. Face Poser for Source engine is great, but it doesn't run on windows 7 (I'm…
Hey everyone, this is my second thread so I'm still VERY new to this community, and I'm also a beginner in modeling/texturing. I'd appreciate it if I could give any critiques/feedback on geometry optimization and uv mapping. Also this is my first handpainted environment so any tips on how to get the visuals to pop would be…
Hey guys, I'm experiencing some poor perfornace when using 3ds Max 2009 (2011 as well) 64-bit. I'm not sure if my system is limiting it, or there is actually another issue at work. I have: Intel Q6600 Quad Core (2.4ghz x4) ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB 8 GB Memory Windows 7 x64. I'm running Max 2009 with all the latest updates…
This thread will focus on using standard modeling workflows and ZBrush's Dynamesh workflow to obtain clean hard surface results. Earlier in the year there was an article on Wired talking about a new wheel called the "Softwheel" and thought it would be great to use as a learning asset. Tools- Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Headus…
This spring I'm wanting to replace my old HP TC4400 convertible laptop. It has a built in wacom digitizer but with only 256 levels of pressure sensitivity. Due to limited desk space and portability needs I'm looking at the Cintiq 12 and 13 inch models, but the Samsung series 7 slate and MS Surface Pro are also looking…
Matrieya Studios is in need of a concept artist to help develop characters and environments for a new FPS/RPG named Calamity Fuse. Calamity Fuse: Imagine if Final Fantasy 7 were combined with a classic high-speed shooter such as The Specialists. The elements of an FPS and an RPG are combined allowing the player to use…
LOCATION: University of Southern California, SCI Room 106 What does that look like?: TIME: March 12th 7 PM PST https://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasy/photos/a.597630026938427.1073741826.362460097122089/921664281201665/?type=1 I'm planning to go up to my alma mater on Friday. If there is ANYONE else in the LA area, or the OC…