you're unfortunately at an intermediary skill level, and around here that means you won't get any feedback. newbies get basic instructions, good artists get blind praise, and everyone stuck in the middle is doomed to an eternity of non-progression... UNTIL NOW. ~~~explosion sound effect here~~~ since i'm just sitting here…
Prop Materials, Blending and Tri-Planar Functions. 1/2 Above; sand material blended over painted prop textures with material functions. In this last post, I'll cover the prop materials and functions used in the scene - including a couple of different functions that are used to integrate props with their surroundings by…
Hello! I'm a professional environment artist with 8.5 years of experience. I'm open to taking on work in a freelance capacity! A little bit about what you're getting from me: I've been in the games industry for 8.5 years, and worked at several AAA studios, including: * Electronics Arts/Codemasters // EA Sports WRC *…
"I've had larger doses of carcinogens waiting for the light to turn green". Yup! Everything causes cancer, or is carcinogenic. Remember the GARGANTUAN fight that went on over artificial sweetners and how they "without a doubt" cause cancer? The guy who did that test for the government works for IGT now. They had to pump…
This essay is split into two parts. The first part I talk about a method I learned to use in the military to help achieve mission success. In the second part, I break that same methodology down and apply it to the task of learning digital art with the goal of getting a good job in the industry. I apologize for the length.…
M.Palko - Wow! I can tell right away that you've spent a lot of time on this Apache based on all of the realistic details and weathering going on. It definitely shows! I really like where this is heading and wanted to share my thoughts on what might help you to push it further as you try and finalize everything. Overall,…
NOTE: This exact same post is in the digital sketchbook area- I'm sure you understand I didn't really want to re-type everything, also felt it would be helpful to scatter myself around a bit (so to speak) :) Hi everyone.... I figured it was about time I made an account on here. I'm studying Games Art right now and I'm in…
I know you already called out your lighting, but it's definitely right now the main cause of killing your sense of scale. Is this to scale in UDK? Seems like you would need to make this HUGE in UDK, and use lots of small lights, to really sell the scale. After that you'll just need the right details in the right places to…
The soldier is finally done! A lot of work has
been put into the textures and the details. Everything was done in Substance Painter,
baking my highpoly mesh made in Zbrush. Since the character was done during an assignment
at school, I have focused on a specific style for the textures. However when I integrated
it in…
Here is my C&C... (1) Looking at your level as a whole, it feels very noisy. It doesn't feel coherent as an environment. Their is nothing that implies it's the Willy Wonka Factory other than the Chocolate bars that has it's name on it. (1a) For example you have this fantasy-esque land at eye-level, but you have a…