I can pretty much second everything rjhalvorson said since I am also at AI Schaumburg. So far the only real positive I can say about the school is that I have made a few good contacts with industry pros who have come to the school and then being able to learn from maybe 4-5 good teachers. Also the fact that it has given me…
[ QUOTE ] From what I can recall upon the Middle Eastern countries, the majority of fanatics that follow leaders blindly and stupidly believe that what they are doing is right, but only because those leaders told them as such. Many are illiterate and havent actually read the Koran, so its a lot easier to inject ideas by…
Hey guys, I know this gets brought up a hell of a lot, and Ive gone over several of the threads concerning the fundamentals of Normal mapping but I just cant seem to wrap my head around it. I'm trying to bake out a desk that I work on for a scene I am creating for my portfolio - My workflow that I use is Maya (subdiv proxy…
Hi everybody! For those that have been laid off, I created an automatically-updated jobs site for every new game job posted on LinkedIn: http://www.jonjones.com/jobs/ I also started a Twitter today that posts all the same jobs: https://twitter.com/gamejobslist There are 425+ jobs online now, and it adds about 25 new…
EDIT: The following image shows the end result of working with the feedback I got in this thread based on the images I originally posted. I figured it'd be best if I showed it on the first page as well. You can go through this thread to see a little of how I ended up with this result.…
Dear Polycounters, I'm having some strange problems as of recent with my Maya, I believe it's happening within a single maya file but I'm not quite sure. I'm not sure if any of these problems are related with one another, but I have the following problems: Problem 1: Sometimes when I try to open Windows >…
time to jump into another model. I'm going to be tackling the area of art that I am not so good in, characters! I'm going to follow those character workshop threads to the best of my ability. All of those people there are super skilled, and it would behoove me to follow up with people like that. I originally wanted to do a…
The Brief Another civil war has erupted on the Polycount forums. This time, two novice artists have decided to battle it out. Driven by the desire to improve their portfolios and create some awesome characters they have decided to make a friendly competition of it. Inspired by the epic Polycount civil war battle between…
Please no more applications - Thank you. CROWBOX is looking for a beginner or advanced 3D Artist for our current strategy game ENDCIV. We are a small indie developer based in Germany and are looking for additional support to finalize the alpha version of our game. Location: Worldwide Duration: July till the end of 2015…
Leading developer Sega is looking for Animators for the Creative Assembly office in Brisbane. Well known for being leaders in the strategy genre, Sega's Creative Assembly office is looking for Animators of all levels. Successful applicants will have the chance to work on our ambitious next gen titles, and be part of a…