Hello there I am head of games at Escape Studios in London and I have am MA in game art starting this January. I am buying games for our library so we can review art work etc. I thought it would be a fun and easy task but has turned out to be far more difficult than I first thought. I am the kind of person that can never…
First let me say hi, my name is Anthony and I'm a student in Game Art and Design. Been a big fan of the polycount forums, read them often and have learned a lot. Anyway my question is how exactly do you make decals. I have read all over the place that you should use decals for things like graffiti and what not to save…
Digital Art Conference You are warmly invited to this years Digital Art Conference which starts on Monday 28th September 2015, it is free so please only book if you can make it. The Digital Art Conference was set up by artists for artists and has been designed to help share the core skills and knowledge and bring like…
Good evening, I'm a student of architecture about to graduate in Brazil but I'm very interested in the career of 3D artist, I recently started to be more interested in the industry of games and movies but I'm about to graduate I'm afraid about change now. Somebody are be able to help with some questions? With graduation…
Hi, I'm a soon to be graduated student from Finland, and I'm in a indie game project working as a 3D environmental artist. I thought I'd create this thread to show my work and the progress I'm doing as part of the project. Feel free to give feedback or ask questions. :) As tools I use Blender 3D, Photoshop and Xnormals for…
Hi Polycount readers. I'm part of a small group of university students working on a game using UDK and we're looking for some help with our little project. The game is a horror/puzzle style game, similar in genre to games like Amnesia but relying more strongly on the plot and telling a rather dark story that has been…
Hi Guys, My name is Jesse Barratt i'm a Student at AIE Melbourne Campus in Australia, I have got just over a year and a half of experience in 3D work and am capable of producing many types of works. I tend to specialize in Environmental Sculpture and Environmental Asset production as well as hand painting textures in a…
Hello fellow polycounters! I'm a student from Sweden that studies at The Game Assembly. This is my seconds year at this school and we have just started producing 3D games. Last year we made four 2D games (posted Wings Of Steel last year as well). Anyways, this friday we finished our first 3D game. This year we were…
Hey all, I'm going to be graduating and seeking a professional position in the games industry soon, and my student licenses for all my Autodesk products will expire within the next year. I have a couple of questions regarding which 3D modelling program would be more cost effective to pursue a professional license for in…
Besides working as an artist for a video game studio I am also a grad student working towards getting my MBA at a local university. For my signature project I am doing a research project which will be an examination of ethical workplace climate and culture type on firm performance outcomes in the Video Game industry. The…