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Re: May I ask some questions about game outsourcing?
As far as I can tell, China does have too many game outsource studios...especially small, new ones. I think the new ones must have a hard time finding clients. It may not have too many big, established studios, however. Big AAA projects mainly want to hire big established outsource studios, and for a while the larger… -
Re: The game industry is bad yet more people keep applying?
Hmm. I guess while this thread is active I'd like to throw a question out there. To me, it seems like the people who work on their own projects outside of work tend to be the ones to climb the chain from junior/middle/senior/director positions (Scott Homer *Sr. Env* and Tor Frick *Art Dir* immediately come to mind). Are… -
Re: Textures vs Shaders
I'm not sure what they did in god of war (haven't played it) but bear in mind that's a full size AAA studio and presumably a proprietary engine. There's lots of ways to increase perceived texture detail without going full layered - detail maps being very common. Setting the stuff up in unreal is easy, the problem is going… -
Re: the future of 3d modeling/modelers
What will go away in AAA, because it's not sustainable, is the hardcore do-it-all-from-scratch approach. Future artists will need to be able to use smart tools which save time, but which also take away some of the "art" involved. E.g. procedural textures, photogrammetry, simulated cloth, etc. You will still be expected to… -
Re: (Solved) Environment Props Polygon Estimate
Generally it's better to optimize the whole scene instead of just look into the polygon count of single objects, shadow casting, draw calls, memory use etc. Generally the polygon count of the scene isn't the biggest bottleneck unless it's crazy high. 500k on screen doesn't really sound a lot, as many modern AAA games have… -
Re: Environment Artist Showreel 2014
I would agree with those above, what makes me worried is how you got to this point. With your camera work, presentation and work I get the impression you lack a fundamental understanding of composition. The majority of your work shows a high level of technical ability, but often is overwhelmed with detail in all the wrong… -
Re: CryEngine - Next generation vegetation. Few questions.
The amount of polygons do matter quite alot actually, especially when you have a ton of these around everywhere. You generate lots of overdraw with the alpha on the texture and are overall displaying alot more then actually needed. 2.5k is a bit more acceptable for something like a big tree, but not a small bush like this… -
Re: game / film subsidies. the race to the bottom and how to protect your profession.
Could you elaborate on how this race to the bottom applies to game industry? To summarize the description of that problem in the video, VFX houses are perpetually locked in a bidding war with each other because they are all desperate to get work from hollywood studios. They chase subsidies so that they can undercut each… -
Re: Vancouver, BC, Enviroment MOdler {Can I have it?}
I'd suggest looking at good artists work to learn from them, lucky you, polycount is hosting an environment design competition atm, you should have a look, plus Ror posted his UT3 and gears of wark work samples. Also, training is key, again, lucky you, the unearthly challenge is due to start very soon and is environment… -
Re: My first game has been officially announced!
"if its too early, don't release screens" hahahaha Your talking about E3 and not releasing screen shots of a AAA game title when it should be out before next the E3? That is madness! In this industry if you have anything that you can take a screen shot of you bet your ass your going to show it. Its far better to show early…
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