Just skimmed through the thread and some of this was mentioned but I'll re-iterate. Sure, there are lots of talented artists without 2d skills that do well in commercial settings. The work you get to do just won't be seen as creatively stimulating to someone who might be a concept power house. That doesn't mean it won't be…
This one gets my vote for a couple reasons. a. It is a piece that was created with "hinted detail" which will spark some creativity. b. Great fun atmosphere with a chance to really play with foliage and overgrowth. c. It also looks complicated, but could be broken down into many modular pieces. So for learning purposes I…
What if I'm not actually interested in Sprite animation, but want a sprite-esque style of animation applied to a 3D model? It is an approach that was used during the 32-bit era to animate basic expressions on 3D characters faces. Of course, if I really wanted to do that, I could separate the character's face into a…
In my recent experience it's not quite so bad as that. It's tougher in general right now because of the economic mess, but companies still want to cut costs where they can. So they'll mine the recent graduate pool for the cream off the top, if they can find it. A recent graduate has a few things going for them. Usually…
lol thanks for the comments, but who said i was going for Mayan? I was originally going for Cambodian, but half way through production i realized that it's perfectly fine to create this world in a way that i envisioned... this way i have complete creative freedom, and i can tell a story with my scene. the plans for this…
You either do them as separate operations or use the chamfer modifier somewhat creatively. ' Personally I'd do them as separate chamfers and not mess with the modifier. Its more steps but it does allow you to adjust the values after they have been applied. It's a different kind of workflow which I personally find kind of…
Exactly that, you can explain it in a hundred ways, but people can not really know how it is like unless they've experienced it themselves. Learning how to deal with it is mostly the only way to handle it, not everyone is fortunate to have the willpower to do so though, and most have to deal with the shit days that you…
@Lincoln Wow thank you for the awesome paintover! I really love what you did with the lighting so there are darker spots in between. I'm trying to get that same effect in UDK right now. Thank you again, this really helps out a lot. @Jessica Thank you! I am constantly amazed by your work so I'm really glad you like it..…
Environments are looking wonderful! Very consistent, creative and beautiful. It looks better than any other MMO I've seen, including AION. The range of creatures also looks huge compared to WoW and such where they just rename the same player model. I love how you guys still are keeping the monthly fees away too. I think…
It'll extend above usual desk hieght but not standing up height. But the desktop is huge for the price, so if you could get a desktop seperate and buy custom legs It'd be quite cheap. Galant and other desktops pop up in our IKEA bargain corners a lot. Here's ones someone got creative with.…