After winning the Stages category with his impeccable re-imagining of E. Honda’s Bathhouse in our recent BRAWL competition, Jordan Walker gives us a bit of insight into who he is and how he got to be so awesome. Currently working at Epic Games, Jordan is part of the Gears of War team - way to steal all the talent, Epic...…
I was watching Oskar Swierad's Tech Art portfolio video the other day actually Applying for a Technical Artist Job // Skills, Offers, CV (youtube.com) Lots of stuffs! Seen a few discussions here on polycount about the job role too, but I think that seeing as I know I want to make engaging game environments faster and…
(Posted this up in the Technical Thread and not sure if it was the right place so i'll post this here...hope i'm not breaking any forum rule!) Greetings, Polycount! Currently i've been very intrigued in the wonderful world of stylized and handmade art. I'm choosing to start of with rocks since it helps learn the modeling…
I'm not an artist myself, just an aspiring modder, who is seeking a contract artist and willing to pay for the assets he or she produces. I hope its appropriate to join the community specifically for this purpose. I have a general interest and appreciation of great art and the talent that produces it, but its not really my…
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…
hey guys and girls of polycount first of all, i appologise for the spam this is not 3D work or games in the slightest so please feel free to ignore this - however it is art none the less so its still relevant, please do not close this thread in disgust :) i love this forum, try to post good advice when i can and would like…
Hello everyone, This is my first post here, and I'm a bit of a beginner. I've known about polycount for a while, but this is the first time I've ever really looked at the site... I'm in awe. What some of you peeps can do with these tools is incredible. Anyhow, to the problem: I was trying to rig the 2nd model I've ever…
Hey Polycounters! So I've been working over at Slick Entertainment for about 6 months and we just released our iOS game! It's called Shellrazer and I drew everything in the game! "In Shellrazer, you have a giant War Turtle, set him up with different guns and blow stuff up. It combines action, strategy and RPG in a frantic…
Hi everyone, There may be better methods of what I've done or trying to do, so if you know of any other methods please tell me. i created a Minotaur character using a base mesh made in 3Ds Max and then sculpted in Zbrush (Yes i know i could of just modelled straight in Zbrush but i wasnt confident in Zbrush at this time,…
Hello Polycounters, This is a very basic question, with a very complex answer, and that's why I'm having to ask people that know and can't quite google the answer myself. Why Am I asking these questions: Because for the past 4 months (as lonng as I've been modelling) I've done nothing but follow tutorials, and I am itching…