I'll decide how I balance my life and what has meaning. Personally I've stepped back from games in order to make room for other things but that doesn't give me the right to judge others who don't. I personally don't like golf or building ships in a bottle but that doesn't mean people that do, are wasting their time. It's…
Hmmm maybe in chronological order. 1982 - Finally beating Donkey Kong. So many quarter wasted. 1987 - Beating the first Leisure Suit Larry game 1993 - Having visions of running through hallways with WW II Nazi emblems after playing Wolf 3D 1993 - Sitting alone for hours playing Blake Stone. Really started getting me into…
The guy who cracked the PS3 master key is GeoHot (George Hotz). He didn't do it to make infringement possible, he did it to force Sony to rethink their removal of the "other OS" feature. Of course, Sony did the stupid thing by suing the guy instead of being smart and just giving back features people paid for. Now they have…
portfolio...portfolio.....portfolio. The end. Done. ok a bit more in depth :P Once you have reached a professional level of output, things tend to fall in place. Im not saying they will fall in your lap, but with some concentrated effort, outreach and a well tailored portfolio, doors will open. You need to be confident in…
@Ashervisalis thanks :) @@HarlequinWerewolf Yes of course ! It's quite simple actually. And very organic. I started with simple spheres and sketched things using dynamesh. Once I was happy with what I got I did a first very rough retopo with zremesher. After that I used some vdm brushes to create breakups and bigger…
@PyrZern Anytime, I am glad that this thread is picking up. When companies put in "4 years experience required" you should actually read it as "work representative of 4 years experience" you have to polish your craft to the heights of the best people, at the level you're applying for, in the industry in order for you to…
After seeing a bunch of threads regarding competitions, I noticed someone always seems to chime in with "why do you need a contest to create great work?". Which is true, one shouldn't need a competition to create something great. However I know people actually enjoy the spec restrictions, as well as being given a theme to…
Do you guys ever notice that most full time developer positions require previously shipped titles to be considered? It's actually quite rare these days to find a job that doesn't encourage or require existing industry experience! If you are a skilled programmer or particle FX artist, we have a solution for you: Emotional…
It's no secret how amazing this game looks. Since I seem to have an obsession with sculpting pillars and rocks, I feel trying my hand at creating an environment for this game would be fun. Considering the skill level of the artists who worked on this game, I have the following goals for this project; 1 ) Don't botch it…
Since the nVidia shader contest was extended, I thought I'd try my hand on remaking the ZBrush wax shader that everyone loves oh-so-much (I just switched back to zbrush from mudbox and wow is it awesome). First I just want to get the surface properties right for a sphere before I move onto complex surfaces and all the…