HOLY CRAP, DAZ.... of all the random people to grab a portfolio of---that was an old friend of mine from High School that I haven't talked to in YEARS.... I was looking at the name thinking..man...this guy seems familar when it hit me. He was talented then, he's talented now. I should send him a message and say hello!…
With that one quote, Paul was referring specifically to Concept Artists (it's not clear when he's saying it in the video). He's saying: If you want to paint stuff for a living in the computer games industry, learn to paint on a computer. That's all. He's not trying to say he doesn't like traditional SKILLS. On the…
[ QUOTE ] I'm sure he's a nice guy and knows his stuff and is a funny bloke around the office and all the rest of it but I think his message that traditional work is completely irrelevant since we work in a digital medium is imho potentially misleading. [/ QUOTE ] While I'm definitely one of the last ones to be talking…
I can look at a texture and wonder how much of it was raw art talent and how much was butchered from photos or other textures. I can look at some traditional art pieces and know exactly what that artist is capable of. If you can work in the first, you can be trained to work in the later. I understand some places don't want…