You just don't see all the outsourcers listed in the credits like that. Sometimes there's mention of the outsource studio but not the individuals. My experience with outsourcing is the majority of the stuff will be decent with a few awesome pieces and a few stinkers. As far as cleaning up stuff I typically just get them as…
Yes this is pretty common practice nowadays. Usually the idea is that outsource would do stuff like props, weapons and vehicles that don't have much effect on gameplay and just need to look pretty. Stuff like environments are more likely to be done by in house environment artists because they are so integrated into…
This topic brings up some great points that many people new to the industry don't realise. Outsourcing is very much a reality but its something you really need to question when applying to any studio as its completely different everywhere you go. I personally was new to the industry a few years back and didn't ask many…
if outsourcing has really gotten this bad then who is the real game studio, i mean if what you say about uncharted is true then the game was truly the passion and work of the chinese outsource studio, i mean yeah the few artists in house worked on it but i mean....this actually saddens me, ill shutup now lol
Usually in-house artists are doing pre-production concept work, help establish art spec, workflow / pipeline, and once all of that is laid out and art moves into production, they handle the main set pieces, main hero characters and models (Nathan Drake isn't going to get outsourced), and frequently function as meta-leads…
Actually there are 12 credited "Environment Artists" who model and create the scenes here at ND. We also have 11 "Texture/Shader Artists" who texture our environments. Plus 3 leads who do as much work as normal Environment Artists/Texture Artists but also handle lead responsibility. So we had 26 credited Environment…
yeah, it blew my mind looking through those credits. Took about 30 minutes to roll and the amount of art outsourcing was just batshit crazy. BEAUTIFUL game though