Spring Industry Review

 

Module 2 - Hard Surface Modeling Part 03

Module 2 - Hard Surface Modeling Part 02

 

About Me

The world we live in is beautiful and all I want to do is recreate it. I don’t think it’s necessary to describe myself and how I think of my work. All that matters to me is if my work speaks for itself. If all I can invoke in someone is the same feeling I get when looking at nature through my work then my goal has been met. Fluff words in a statement like this could never do that feeling justice. Invoking that feeling is all I strive for.

Module 2 - Hard Surface Modeling Part 01

 

Module 1 - Head Creation Textures/Materials/Final Renders

Artist Roadmap

 

Questions:

1. If you could project out past graduation, what is your overall career goal? 

 

 My overall career goal is to get into a company where I can do 3D art as my career. My top priority would be in the game industry. Be it a AAA studio, indie, big team, small team, it would not matter to me. Contributing to the next generation of games that people can enjoy is my top goal. However I am not opposed to working for a simulation company, as I have applied to Mass Virtual before. I just prefer my job to involve 3D modeling as that is what I enjoy the most. That could include the theme park industry as well.

 

2. If you could project out into starting your career, what sounds the most appealing to you? 

 

If I could start out as an environment artist from that start that would be my ideal. However I would not be opposed to being a hard surface artist or a weapon/prop artist. I was originally interested in being a weapon artist after doing a tutorial with 3Dex and really enjoyed the process. I feel a vehicle artist may not be to dissimilar to being a hard surface artist but much more detailed and with many literal moving parts. At this point in my studies I do not see myself every becoming a character or lighting artist as a career choice. But I would like to learn some more lighting tricks to help show off my actual interests the best I can.

3. What are some of the top companies that you are interested in working for? 

 

 My top company would be Blizzard working on the WoW team. That has been a life-long dream. The art team at Blizzard has never failed to amaze me and I would like to work along side them and learn from them. However I think I would need to improve my hand painting skills to be considered. But I would also love to work for a company like Santa Monica Studios or Naughty Dog. Their foliage work has always amazed me and that workflow is known to me. But I need to improve my quality of work. I could honestly see myself working at most studios because I feel my skill set is very versatile so I haven't really thought of any major big names. I just enjoy making foliage and every studio needs foliage in their game in one form or another.

Artist Vision Board