To put it simply, the quality bar is higher than what you are showing in your work. Since you're in Austin, I assume you're like me and applying to the bazillion studios around town. Take a look at Junior Artists at Certain Affinity or Arkane. Take one of their projects and examine every single inch of it. Look at the…
[ QUOTE ] Is that Peters fault? Or EA's though Mojo2k? Maybe its his fault for letting EA buy into the company. [/ QUOTE ] EA havent bought into the company. EA is the publisher of Lionhead games. Not a part or whole owner. He sold Bullfrog to EA years ago then buggered off to form Lionhead to make Black & White. Another…
I would probably get rid of your character art from your portfolio, they are by far your weakest pieces and you have improved more since then. I think the main issues I see is the texturing. I am looking at your Wheatley model and I have a feeling you are not baking correctly? If you didn't have a highpoly version of the…
Looking pretty good. What bugs me ( judging from the title ) is how small the animal on his shoulder is. I'd imagine he wears it as a trophy to show his worthiness as a warrior and thus should represent some big ferocious animal, like a bear or wolf that not anyone could slay, basically covering the entire cape almost. If…
Spare yourself the misery and discontinue learning Maya. I had to work with it for 2 months (2010) after 6+ years with 3DS Max. Maya's poly modeling workflow is completely garbage, and i'm not biased because I've experienced the alternative. I can give a 2 page long list of things that max does better than maya in terms of…
LOL I have to update this thread because I understand WHY seams and creases are made. OK First I must define Seams and Creases. Seam(s): to refer to a place on a surface where 2 materials or textures meet; in which the pattern of the pixels is broken causing a visible line. Crease(s): to refer to a place where CONFLICTING…
World of Warcraft just turned 6 years old (i know crazy right? especially for a game that is still the best looking MMO ever made). By the time titan is ready to release WoW will be most likely be 8 to 10 years old. MMO's take a long time to make and for it to be up to Blizzards incredible standard you might as well tack…
This is the gripe I have with Arts based courses\degrees in general. In England it costs the same to do a degree in computer game art as it does to do a Physics or Business degree. The latter two will clearly walk you into any job interview, yet your computer games degree isnt worth the paper its written on. Furthermore,…
I think that filling-in the thin crevices half way human height upwards from the bottom with your dirt/mud color would help create the illusion of wear & tear u'r looking for. Think about it as a semi-opaque gradient that goes over everything, muting specular, color & value (effectively reducing contrast and hiding the…