Introductions Thread.

[joymonkey]

Hi!
My name's Paul. About 10 years ago I had high aspirations to get into the games industry as an animator, but shortly after leaving college I got sucked into graphic design. I've somehow worked my way up to being art director for an architectural signage manufacturer, but lately started pining to get back into 3D gaming.
I have to say that the Artisans work here is really inspirational and I hope that some day soon I'll be flaunting my designs alongside you!

[dwinbotp]

OMG I didn't know there was an introduction thread.Better late than never. I'm Edwin David, I'm a self taught artist who's passion for illustration and comicbooks gave migraines to both my parents to no end. I'm currently working with friends doing 3D gaming, during my spare time, I do comicbooks on the side and personal illustrations for my portfolio. I love dropping by the site, learning so much stuff my brain can barely contain them! thanks for this, thanks everyone :)

[Aftermath]

My names Ryan Hawkins, I am originally from TX, but moved up north to MN and decided to goto school for Game Design. Im in my 3rd year now and have two little babys named Tristan(2) and Zoe(10months) from my beatiful fiance' Savannah. Going to school full time and being a newish dad can be hectic at times but it makes me stronger as a person. Looking forward on spending long late hours in the industry making dreams reality.

[Hatred]

Hi my name is Krzysztof Dolaś, im 24 years old, almost 4 years in industry.
Im form Kraków, Poland, and workin in People Can Fly for 3 years now. first 1,5 year as a Character Texture artist, now as a Enviromental model/texture artist and level designer.

Till now i got only 2 games realesed: Oil Tycoon2 (it had a Worst Game of a Year Award in germany [sic!]) :), and I had my influence in makin one of new Gears Of War MP level that was released in PC version that our company converted.

Want to say hi to all people here, especially guys from CGChat that ive learned from alot, and that give me opportunity to get into game art! See you all around!

[Ksan]

Wow, I never introduced myself, didn't realize this thread was here before.

Nice to meet you all, my name is Katheryn Glade. I now live in TX, but most recently called the Chicago area my home. I am a somewhat recent graduate (Dec' 06 not so recent I guess) From Northern Illinois University, with a BFA in Illustration. I have been dabbling in some freelance design and painting commissions, but my dream has always been to work in concept for video games. I am looking for a job in the industry, and have come to GA to learn and meet new people. The experience so far has been awesome because in my short time, I have learned so much and met some great people. I look forward to more in the future.

[Livid]

Hello, I'm Lisa Huang, I live in Montreal and i'm a part time student/teacher and currently working to be a better artist. I usually draw for children's books and i'm trying to learn different art styles and such.I hope to absorb all that i can here and from what i am seeing here, there's tons to learn and hopefully i can contribute soon also. thanks!

[Medyl]

Hello to all my fellow artisan's!~

My name is Robert, but I prefer "Medyl" as in proof of achievement but spelled differently. I have been in and out of art most of my life. I paint, draw, take pinhole pictures when I am not dabbling in something!! I claim to be a life long student, though I have been 3d Modeling for quite some time! Currently I am working for Wardog Studios, on a project, called ForceofArms. We are in the makings to go to DragonCon 2008. I heard of this site, and felt I might fit in more so than some of the others I have tried in the past! I am sure I can learn a lot from many of you as well as help those who aren't afraid to ask questions!
I will try to get some works in my gallery soon, but hello and thanks!:think:

[David79]

HELLOOO friends artisans !!

first !my name is david i'm from europe at the moment i'm in Lisbonne portugal at the zoo jail 26 close the monkys !!
What can i say about me ... well i'm graduate in grafic design but for living i do illsustration and concept art ! i stoped to work (rts game company) to start a portofolio of comics books and conceptart .... a and mmm well se ia soon on the forum !!
hugz!

[walrus]

Hi, everyone! I'm Mike Dashow - a.k.a. walrus. I'm a professional 3d and 2d artist and art director, though I'm currently unemployed, having been laid off when my last company started to run out of money. At least that gives me more of a chance to hang out and participate on GameArtisans instead of just lurking! :) I signed up here for Dominance War III, 'though I was on a different forum's team (sorry!) but am really looking forward to the Unearthly Challenge as well as smaller events around here. So see you around!

[IvikN]

Oh hi! I'm IvikN ... aka ... IvikN O_o
Working on Russian company Sibilant Interactive: W.E.L.L. - online fer thousands years! And they placed me in cage and ... and... do not gave me food all that time. Dx
I'm so hungry that i can steal all your choklett-wafflz.

Oh yeah and i eating batterfloods and vomits mah rainbows. (bow bow - applause)

[extream2008]

Hello everyone...My name is Michael. I'm a padawan in 3D's MAX and a begginer useing Unreal Edit 3.0..

I'm supposed to be working for a company soon. Once I can get human anatomy down...I'm still new with human anatomy.

I'm pretty decent with still life in MAX...You can find my gallery at

http://extreamstudios.deviantart.com

Hope to hear some feed back. ^_^

[Safety_bunny]

Hi! I'm Jenn also known as safety bunny! I'm currently a student for animation and Im here to learn alot about 3d! Nice to meet you!

[PBWerewolf]

Hey my names Denis. Been lurking around here for a while, just thought I'd intuduce myself. Just finished a course on animation a few months ago. Hope I can get a job soon, being unemployed was fun at first, but now its boring as hell hehe. Hopefully my avatar works.

[Marcus Dublin]

Welcome aboard guys and thanks for introducing yourselves. It's great to have you in the community.:)

[Riley Beaumont]

Hello all, my names Riley Beaumont. I'm a student from Gympie, Australia and I am currently attending a Certificate III Course in Interactive Entertainment.
We have just finished a 3D Character Modelling Unit which involved us creating concepts for a character, modelling in 3DS Max, UVW mapping and unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and then exporting the model into Unreal Engine so it can be played in UT2004.

It was a good long unit and I learnt so many valuable skills. 3D modelling and animation is where I would like to get into the industry, so I'd like to keep working on 3DS Max and also learn how to use Zbrush and Mudbox. I have been reading posts on these forums for a quite a while and it seems like a great community. So in the future once I gain more experience in 3D modelling then I will have more valuable comments and questions to bring to GA.

So for now I'll keep practicing and reading the forums, but I'd just like to thank everyone here for creating such a great community and helping young people like myself learn the skills they need to get in the games industry.


Our course website is http://gamedesign.edublogs.org/, feel free to take a look and comment.

Cheers,
Riley Beaumont.

[Dean]

Hey everyone,

My name is Dean Vaessen and I currently reside in the Southern part of the Netherlands. I've been messing with 3D on and off (damn you World of Warcraft) since 2006 and I owe a lot to Sri Ram Chandra, who is also a member of Game Artisans (username is sriramatrix). He's taught me a hell of a lot and I wouldn't be where I am today without him. I'm currently in my senior year and hope to start taking a gamedev education soon.

[boxfox]

Hello all. My name is Tim Boehmke. Currently almost done with college(Bachelor's in Game Design) and living in Minnesota, USA. Very generalist college, so I know my way around lots of stuff a little bit, but I fell in love with modeling, so have done more of that on my own time.
Some of my classmates have been checking out your site and I happened to see it...I was floored. You guys are amazing...really hoping I can get this good!

[Dark Storm]

Hey everyone. Name is Adam Christman been a forum troll for a awhile now here finally signed up and thought id post and say hey! Started my animation degree this past year new to pretty much all and hope to be soon submitting some work to get some crits. Also just want to say there are some awesome artists here and im glad to be a part of the community.

[Sicarius]

Hello, My name is Willie Cooley, but I prefer to just go by Cooley. I'm currently an art student and I've been working in 3d for a little over a year now. I hope to someday be a character artist, and I hope that this forum will help me grow as an artist.

[Juju]

Francis-Xavier here, currently working as a senior artist in Brighton, England. Yes thats right, the city with all the gheys!

[irritated1]

Aloha, I've been on the site for a bit but never got around to introducing my self. My name is Ehren Tye and I just graduated From the Art Institute of California San Francisco yesterday. BOO YA. Anyway my passion is character modeling and I look for any chance to do it. I am a big fan of this site and all teh talent here, I learned quite a bit form all of you through out my college areer and i just want to thank you.

Enjoy the life people

[FP49]

Hey, I just joined today after being shown work here several time, and want to learn to model in my spare time while going to school.

[FredH]

I thought I would chime in and say... it's really great reading about all our new members. Welcome to GameArtisans.org everyone:)

Looking forward to reading more intros.

[Zhek]

Hi guys, my name's Yan Lacroix, currently studying 3d modeling, texture and animation at the new Desgraff Institut in Sherbrooke, Québec.

I hope to learn alot while journeying through the place!

[3dsanity]

Well, can't believe I missed this haha. My name is James Klein and I'm a freshman at SCAD! Deciding whether to major in Game Development, Visual Effects, or Animation. :)

[Xoliul]

Hi guys, I'm Laurens, final year gamedesign student from Belgium, with strong preference for doing the 3D aspect (they teach us everything at school, coding to drawing).

[Bertmac]

Hey there My name is Ron Aka Bertmac ( don't ask )
I am from Holland Amsterdam but live in Barcelona at the moment
i have MA in Game-development
and BA in interaction design, but i ended up working in the advertisement world
(commercials and stuff)
but i wanna get back to my root, and work in the gaming industry again.
So yeah i am behind but i guess i catch up quick with a forum like this

Cya

[pegahoul]

Hello everyone, my name's Peter, freelance Illustrator from Indonesia.
I'm firstly a fine artist, but I've created some art for an indie game company before, and currently developing my concept art/ game art skills. I hope I can learn a lot from this community.

Also, please check out my current portfolio: http://pegahoul.deviantart.com/gallery

[Murgie]

Hello!

My name is Robyn, thought most of my online buddies know me as Murgie (short for Murgatroyd). I'm currently a student of illustration, but my passion, for as long as I can remember, has been in game-creation in one form or another.

I'm trying to broaden my horizons by learning 3D modeling and animation (specifically for games). Though I've dabbled in 3D modeling off and on for years, I can't say I've ever really been serious about it before, so I'll be looking for a lot of critique/input/etc.

On a completely unrelated note, I have no idea what this :inocent: smiley is supposed to be.

[Savage]

First post, just want to introduce myself.
I was referred here by ThatDon today in hopes to continuing to grow as an artist and never stop practicing...even after doing it all day every day for work. oh and I work for Neversoft. :)

[kuriboshoe]

Hello!

My name is Melissa. I am 22 years old, Canadian, and I have a postgraduate certificate in game design and 3D animation; at this time I am continuing to improve my 2D/3D portfolio while looking for work.

I am very excited about getting involved in this community. You guys are all unbelievably talented...

[ChuckBaker]

Hey everyone,

My name's Chuck, I'm an artist of many colors.

I'm graduating this quarter and hope to be able to spend more time here posting projects and not just lurking about.

My background is heavily rooted in tradition art like life drawing, painting, and sculpting. But my new love is Zbrush and Mudbox, they are simply mind blowing! I hope to learn much from the incredible talent found on this forum!

Sup Frozan, Thatdon, Apollo, and others!!!

[Noddy Jnr]

Hello.

Its about time I introduced myself properly. My name is Matthew Novak and i'm 21 years old. I'm a Student in Huddersfield, England. I'm currently on a years works placement as a game artist at PIXELearning. The company makes "serious games". Its good experience as its giving me the opportunity to develop my skills. And learning that clients can be a pain in the ass. :p

I'm always looking for new ways to improve and learn new techniques when ever I can. So i'm looking forward to getting to know you guys and hopefully learning some stuff from you all in the process.

If anyone is interested in seeing a few of the examples of stuff i've done in the past, you can visit my website.
www.mattnovak.co.uk
It old and needs updating, I'll get round to it eventually. :p

[tarabyte]

Heyo

My name is Tara Byars, I'm 21 years old, going to the Art Institute of California - San Francisco. I recently discovered that I'd like to be an Environment Artist, so I joined in hopes that I could work on skills to better myself for that field.

[Baddcog]

Hey All.

I've been hanging out at the polycount forums for awhile now. I've seen alot of work/contests/etc... from here over there and figured it was about time to come check it out.

Been modelling/modding for games now for about 8 years. Thief II, Morrowind, Dark Mod (Doom 3), TF2, and most recently Zero Gear.

I'll try and post some work soon, I'd love to get critiques from a fresh/different perspective and like polycount it seems like there are alot of great modellers here. The galleries have some pretty great stuff in 'em, hopefully my stuff will be at home here.

Late.

[slipsius]

Hi, my name is Stefan Lipsius. Currently enrolled in the Game Dev program at Durham College (3/6 semesters in). I eventually want to be an animator for games. Im looking forward to meeting you all

[Jorge Gecov]

Hi!
My name is Jorge and I'm from Brazil.
Hope to share and improve my skills and make some friends here!
I've started my thread here:

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6210

Cheers,

[oktow]

hi.. my name is okto wirhani noor aka oktow.. :D im here cause i wanna see great artis.. and i wanna learn to.. how to become great artis.. :D

[seven]

It's been awhile since I've skimmed this thread... Just want to say welcome to all the students that I'm seeing and vets in the field who have put their intro up. Good to see you and I can't wait to see work from those who haven't shown and more from those who have. This forum has an awesome bunch of people. :D!

[lwhuang]

Hello everyone, I'm Lawrence, taking up programming and hope to go into game industry. I will do my best to learn from all of you, thank you :)

[l33t]

hi, i'm a student who's been fascinated with this site since i first saw it and have finally decided to take up 3D. I'm still just making very simple things like park benches... lol but i hope to be as good as you all one day :)

[Rayph]

Well I figured I might as well throw in on this since I started posting round these parts :P

Hi all my name is Rayph Beisner. I am a 23 year old concept artist currently working with zenimax online studios (online sister studio to bethesda softworks). I am a relative noob to the whole game industry field. My specialization is obviously in 2d but I moonlight with 3d apps to round off my toolbelt (mostly for design/layout purposes). I look forward to participating in community events with the many other talented artist of this forum :)

[Wikivic]

hi all

i'm a trainee 3D artist who loves environment art. i have a degree in interior design and a few years of building surveying and CAD drawing under my belt, but for the last year or so i've been following my dream to become an environment modeller for games :)

i've already found some really inspirational work in the galleries here and i hope to be able to join in with some challenges to improve my own techniques (i'm currently working on improving my zbrush skills for moulding those tricky architectural details and organic shapes :doh: )

i'm hoping to have built a good enough portfolio to apply for work next year *crosses fingers*

wikivic

[Calisto]

Well, tried to post in the Sackboy contest thread, but my posts keep not appearing for some reason...

But anyway, I'm Calisto, or Natasha Warmington. I'm a Game Art Student at DMU, in my first year, but I've been using 3DS Max for quite a while, and I also have about 4 months experience in the games industry.

Now I hope this lets me post this time.

[the topologist]

whats up fellas. My name is Jerome Bolsan and I graduated from the Academy of Art about a year ago majoring in 3D modeling. Tried looking for a job in the industry as a modeler but fell short and got a couple of gigs as a tester at a few Major Game companies here in the Bay Area. Tired of game testing, I decided to go back to my portfolio and work on it full steam. Looking back at my old portfolio, I realized my weaknesses and through practice and good advice, I plan to make my weaknesses my strengths. Looking forward to a great experience here. Cheers.

[CriptLord]

Hello ....CriptLord aka Alex here.I'm from Romania, I'm sorry i did not post an introduction sooner....Guess I forgot...
Well I graduated an Art Highschool and planing to go to an Art University.
Well i'm relatively new to digital drawing and I want to absorb as much knowlege(mmmm....Knowlege :3) as I can.
Ohh one question ...am I alowed to make a topic in W.I.P Concept art?
As I said i'm still a newbie and , well my work ain't so great.But I realy need some constructive criticism :)

[freakmean16]

Ahhhhh this is where you get known, jeje, log timer here and i dont came up with introducing myself!!, well brace yourselves....

Im Esteban Salazar, im from Ecuador, a tiny little country in SouthAmerica, its really cool here, Im 24, and recently i came out from an Institue of design wich ots not so good, but well, i was learning 3D and game art by myself since i was 22, i think i got a huge leap from what I've been doin since then, but well this is me, hpe to know more about all the gameart and alikes......

Aaaaahhh please follow the link down, its in spanish but with a little english guides for you guys....

[josipk]

Hi, my name is Josip Kladarić. I am a student of mechanical engineering. I like low poly modeling and i hope to make some nice models.
I really hope to learn a lot from you guys!

[Aftermath]

welcome students and vets! Post your art so i may lurk it and drool!

[Dum Struck]

hey im chris,
just registered and thought id say hello.

I'm somewhat of a fresh beginner even to the whole game art world.
i'm not even out of high school. but i hope to get some of my bearings
through sites like this.

plan to study at the Game Art course in Utrecht next year :)

[MRico]

Hello,

My name is Miguel Rico. You can usually find me at various 3d forums by "AutopsySoldier" but after participating in the 3d mini, sackboys...I feel like I want this to be my "home forum". I just fucking love it here, it feels like there's always something going on, and a lot of nice people who give help and comment on other peoples works...-teary eyed- I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!....this is the best 3d forums I've been a part of!

[Yoda Almighty]

greetings all!

this is my first post here. I joined a little while ago, but instead og posting immediately, I decided to wait until I had something to show and/or ask. luckily, I now have both. :)

before I start with those, I will give a short history of myself. I originally started in just 3D modeling, in a little program called wings3D because that was the only program my computer could support. later, I got a new computer, and decided I needed a more powerful program, so I investigated something I had heard about from some people on a forum, blender. I downloaded it, and was so confused by the interface that I gave up. a while later, I decided to try again, and looked up a tutorial for the interface and that, combined with a 3 button mouse, helped me learn it. so now, that's the program almost see exclusively, although I have also used Terragen, Terragen 2, Bryce 5, and a few others. (although I no longer have a copy of bryce.) and of course, photoshop. that's where I've been since.

ok, on to what I have to show. when I signed up here, I saw that your stuff is ridiculously above the level of mine. so I tried to make something that would be closer to your standards. and its not there yet, but its getting close. I will post it in the WIP section at some point, but first I have a major problem, regarding alpha.

the basic idea of the level is its a cathedral, where a zombie invasion started, and I hope to eventually display this in the level (for example, if you turn around and go out the huge door, you will see a failed attempt at blockading it.) the level is going to be dark and foreboding, except for one area, next to the stained glass window, where a beam of light is shining on a section of the floor, and some grass and a small tree is growing. my problem is with the light. I made a cone for it, and mapped it with a basic yellow material that is slightly transparent that I made in photoshop, but it refuses to show up. I have had this problem before, and I have no idea why it doesnt work, because sometimes when I do it the same other rimes, it works. I am uploading a .blend file so blender users can look at my setup. sorry, only people who use blender will be able to view it, but my question is only posed to people who use blender.

anyway, find it here:
FPS_new.blend (http://savefile.com/files/1957124)

one of the things I hope to eventually learn how to do is figure out how to make stand alone versions of my games.

anyway, also look around the level and feel free to give me any crits and suggestions about the level. (its also the thing I had to show)

anyway, when this problem is resolved, I will post it in the WIP section.

cheers,

Yoda

EDIT: ummmm. this wasnt just a basic introduction...

[DennisVR]

Just recently found out about gameartisans.org. It's rapidly becoming my favourite 3D art site ;)

Being doing 3D for about 2-3 years now, but nowhere near as good as the average artist on this site ;)

I'm waiting for the next mini comp to have a go, cause i always find comps to be motivating and i end up learning a great deal.

I primarily use Modo and ZBrush to some extent.

[TeacupBandit]

Hey all

I been here a bit but always looked past this thread. My name is Josh Moss and I am a student at the Art Institute of Phoenix, majoring in Game Art and Design. Also an active officer for our SGDA. Ill put some works up soon.

[Mincher]

Hi folks, my Name is William Mincher. I'm a hobbyist/wannabe game artist. I've recently rediscovered my passion for game art and am using Blender to it's full capability.

I have experience with Maya, Max and of course Blender. I'm entering the Kingdom Hearts mini comp. Let me know what you think. :)

[Raen]

Hi, my name is Ian Asplund aka Raen, and I'm a hobbyish/wannabe environmental game artist. I recently stumbled upon this site and have found it to be a great resource for inspiration. And once you guys get some tutorials up it'll be a great source of knowledge, too.

[Dark-Blast]

Hi my name is Ariana Luberto Fauzi, aka Dark Blast. I am Senior Art Director at GrabHopper Studio Indonesia currently working on Hellgate Prject. Please visit http://dark-blast.deviantart.com for my gallery. Thanks

[WilliamFerris]

Hi, I'm Will. Just registered and I hope to get some inspiration as well as get my name out there. I'd really love to get into the industry doing conceptual or environmental. Right now I'm building my port.

[Codyone]

HI freaks :thumb:

My name is Thomas Vogel at the moment i study media science in Berlin. Since one year beats my heart for character art!
I like modern style soldiers, badass UT/GOW guys, every type of fantasy chars, and funny little cute wow gnom/dwarf style, my favourite character is Squall from FF X by squaresoft.
A friend of mine directed me to your AWESOME forum.
I like it here and hope to find some nize people to inspire ourself one another.
I will open one thread to show some stuff.

so let's rock :lucky:

[seforin]

HI im new and wanna say my hellos to everyone!

[KayS]

Good to meet everybody. I'm Kay, and this is my first time posting at GameArtisans. This is also going to be my first Dominance War, and I'm really excited and nervous about both!

Once the big war is done, I'm also eager to try out some of the competitions I've seen here; looking forward to interacting with everybody, from Dominance War and beyond that.

[WFMMK]

Hello everyone,
My name is Muhamed Al-Kuwari, Im from Qatar and I'm looking to go to VCU next year and then hopefully find a job in game development.
But the reason Im here is: I wanna know how to get started, I want to make 3D character models but I dont know what programs nor what equipment I'll need anyone willing to help me out? Thanks guys.

[danPV]

Howdy!

I'm Dan Peavey, I reside in B-town, Vermont, and I've been engulfed in learning everything I can about game production art and game design processes. I've worked with America's Army on the official map pack with the Emergent Media Center at the end of last year, and currently am on a project with IBM.

Just an idea of how I'm handling my obsession with creating art and improving my ability through critique and practice with my friends and teachers, I've probably haven't left my apartment for anything other than General Tao's chicken in the past 120 hours.

My current addiction: ZBrush. I'll try to stop lurking these forums, too. All the kick-ass work I see tends to scare me into a corner and cry a little. I look forward to participating in active C+C, and to contribute to this community. :)

[nesnerosx]

Hello!

My name is Nathan Sorensen I am 20 years old and I started out using Photoshop and Illustrator doing Vector images for a paintball company, then I moved on to 3D (about a week ago) and I am learning. I want to further pursue the 3D arts and possibly land a job in the Gaming Industry. Any help and support from everyone is greatly appreciated!

Also I just got a new Laptop to work from when I am not at home.

Cheers!!
~Sorensen

[nam]

Hi,

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Nam and I'm here to learn some new dance moves. Hopefully I'm in the right forum. I just started learning to draw, so I have a lot of catching up to do, but hopefully I've come to the right place to get some insight in getting better and possibly make a few friends so we can share friendship bracelets. Read you later!!

[praxedes]

Hi Folks-

My name is Russ and I am a polyholic...

I am a UK based teacher looking to swtich careers into 3D modelling for games. I know a few guys in the biz and am burning all kinds of midnight oil getting my technical skills up to scratch. This looks like an amazing forum to learn and get feedback on my models so I hope to have something good enough to show very soon- I'm probably entering the Dominance war generals contents to get my feet wet :)

All the best,

Russ

[StingraysRfun]

Hello my name is Christopher I'm currently going to VanArts for video game art and design, and going into the worlds discipline. Cheers.

[TOMMM9]

just checking in to see if all the stuff works hey all!

[shadowmonkey]

Hi alls my name is Darran, been doing 3D art is some shape or form for over 5 years.I was told about this place by a company I visited.Ive changed direction from CG Animation to game enviroment art.Im no looking to go the extra mile to secure work for next gen tittles.So im here to learn basicly advanced modeling and Z-Brush.If anyone can point me in the right direction ,,say good tutorials ect I would apreciate it.Im also gutted I missed the mini challenge for SFII as that would be a dream and sad as dont know Z-brush yet.But wow great work guys I hope that my skillz willget to that level.

[Ming1918]

Hi!
I'm Marco, a 27 years old italian illustrator just landed on UK seeking for fortune(aka a good job).i'm moved from italu because there are little to no chances to work in gaming field.In Italy i've worked expecially for the advertisement and the scholastic publishing, so i coud say i'm a newbie here, even if i have a decent knowlege of games(from the player side:)
This is not my first post because i've missed this thread:), and i hope it's going to work because the other i've posted today(in the War General Portraits topic)seem not to work at all(i can't see at all)
:)
M

[Geers]

Hey all :)

Brand new to DW - and GA. Going to try and pump out this Mini-contest before the deadline (4 hours and counting lol) Look forward to working with you all!

- Geers

[Fusspot]

Hello, all.

I came around this forum once a long while ago and introduced myself, but then I promptly fell off the face of the earth.

My name is Amy, and I'm aspiring to become a concept artist. I know it's a terribly tough field to bust into, but I feel that I have to take measures to improve myself in order to attain the kind of quality that companies want. Now that I've pulled my head out of the fog, I think I'm ready to go ahead and do that.

Looking forward to trading snipes with the critics. ;)

Peace.

[shadowmonkey]

Hi alls im Darran
Im an out of work 3D enviroment Artist and ive come here to learn the dark art of ZBrush and to be inspired by some great artists

[Jaffajuice]

Hi all,
A few of the Character guys at Frontier are members of this forum, so I'm offering my humble services in the Dominance war main event. This is just a quick post to check things all work.

[KrawjinArt]

What up everyone, My names Dustin Kress just graduated from Full Sail a few months ago, lookin forward to the upcomeing DW battle but then again who isint :thumb: cant wait to see all the crazy ideas everyone has as well as what i can come up with myself.

[Lush]

Hello GA world! I'm Kiesha, aka Lush. Gill Bates (my hubby) and Centrifuge (my brother) finally got me to sign up after all these months of lurking lol. My first love is architecture and interior design, but I'm also a very big game art fan! My skills are nowhere near theirs in the 2D and 3D areas. But I do dabble in graphic design and some very amateur cartoonist work now and then myself. Maybe one of these days I'll get the guts to post a piece or two. Anyhoo, it's nice to finally make the transition from GA groupie lurker to at least a passive participant. :)

[Gill Bates]

Hello GA world! I'm Kiesha, aka Lush. Gill Bates (my hubby) and Centrifuge (my brother) finally got me to sign up after all these months of lurking lol. My first love is architecture and interior design, but I'm also a very big game art fan! My skills are nowhere near theirs in the 2D and 3D areas. But I do dabble in graphic design and some very amateur cartoonist work now and then myself. Maybe one of these days I'll get the guts to post a piece or two. Anyhoo, it's nice to finally make the transition from GA groupie lurker to at least a passive participant. :)

Wewtz welcome baby!

[xdupox]

hi everyone! name's marvin dupo,
and i can't sleep for days cause of DW4..what will it be for this year huh??...hmmmm
anyways i believe i will be the first filipino to join(?)..i'm not sure..well goodluck to all who are joining the war! :)

[True_Saint]

Hello, Names James. I am a current student a Brown College working on my Bachelors of Science in Game Design. i have been working with 3ds Max for about 1 year now, and i am seeing if i have what it takes to make it in the industry :D

[Xaltar]

Hi all, my name is Karl van der Walt, A.K.A. Xaltar. I'm just a hobbyist 3d artist. I'm self taught, browsing forums and tutorials etc. I have no intention of working in the industry I just love 3D.

Looking forward to the brief for DW IV.
Rock on fellow artists and best of luck in the comp.

[XTCMatrix]

Hey my name is Vish Sehgal, I am I guess a learning student? But I teach myself, the college I went to sucked.... so yeah..

WHAT UP?

[Gaius]

I have only just discovered Gamesrtisans, very cool website.

So just to say Hi, and introduce myself to all you folks.
I have posted a couple of pieces from 2008 in my new galllery and also in the 2d gameart showcase thread.

Look forward to seeing you all here.

[digitalinkmind]

Hi there!:D
My name is Rodrigo A. Branco also know as digitalinkmind. I´m working as concept artist and 3d character sculptor. i´m about 5 years on the road...2 and a half years directly doing 3d characters. I´m always looking for inspiration that help´s me on the everlasting learning path of cgart.
cheers to all!:thumb:

[Catkit]

Hello! My name is Robyn G, recently been directed to the wonder that is dominance war and Game artisans, and is hoping to participate much more on these forums :thumb:

[Avid]

Greetings Game-Artisans! My name is Jeff a.k.a Avid (among a long list of other names). I'm one of those newbies who flocked here once realizing Dominance War IV was coming, as I'm sure you'll get quite a few of those kind of members. I'm a recent college grad, bachelors of fine arts majoring in game art and design. I was actually told I should really start visiting these kind of forums during my last quarter of school to start networking, so I'm here to finally get myself in gear.

Currently unemployed (rough times, eh?) I earn a buck here and there doing freelance graphic design and other Photoshop related odd-jobs. Here's hoping to chat with you all some more soon! And an early g'luck to those participating in Dominance War IV.

[OtownHobbit]

Hey guys, my name is Mike. I'm here to post my DOWIV work and my future stuff eventually. Currently working as a 3d artist at NetDevil.

[Miscellaneous]

Heya, my name is Miscellaneous, a second year Illustration & Design student out of Montreal with an interest in 2de & 3d animation and concept art . Can't wait to see what people come up with this year. This will be a great experience; for me to be satisfied with my final piece I have to create the best work in my life!

[Bloodeye]

Hello all!

The name is Bloodeye aka Jonathan Cronk. I'm a soon-to-be grad of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Graphic Arts and concentrating in Illustration.

I've always loved game art, especially character design. I've drawn plenty of characters, all with there own backstories. My preferred medium is ink on trans-tech paper, but I've recently gotten back into digital painting.

Even though I'm a complete newbie, I'm going to give the DW competition a shot. I'd rather try and fail then not try and wonder how I would have done.

[GhostDancer]

Hey y'all
I have a newb question. I posted a thread for my DW4 concepts but it said a admin had to approve it first. How long does that take?

[Pezzle]

Hello Everyone :)

I'm known as Pezzle online, but my real name is Brittany Pezzillo [You can see where the nickname comes from eh?]. I'm a student at a community college in Central New Jersey majoring in Fine Arts but I'm gearing up to transfer to an art school in NYC (crossing fingers for SVA).

I'm actually a huge fan of sequentials and graphic novels, but game art is pretty amazing and something I've also always been interested in. I'm basically here becuase I heard about Dominance War IV and I ended up discovering this cool community.

I don't know if I have a shot at DWIV, but who cares, I have to try.

[RinoaPereira]

Hi everybody.

I'm new here (still don't know how many things here works...) and DW brought me to this website.

My real name is Giselle Almeida, I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and I'm 19 and I work in Platinum Studio.

Never tried to make a deamon, machine or robots before... So wish me luck...

[Dotta]

Hi guys , i´m Guerino Dotta Longhin =]
start to drawning like 2 month and i love it ^^
i´m studing game design and illustration.
my friend told me about this DWIV and i just love all the illustrations there... so now im here at net showing my firsts steps at drawning. ^^ \o/

[nahumreigh]

my name is Ross... I'm actually more inclined to the field of architecture but I've always felt there's something I could contribute to the game development industry however small that is... hoping to have a good time in this community... cheers mates :D

[Digitalkong]

Hey! I am a student... HS...i like art especially digital art which is the reason i signed up, to learn from other by observation plus Dominance War 4!!! All out!!!

:)

[Kanie47]

Hello everyone,

My name is Michel and i work for Guerrilla Games. Now in QA and hope to move to art pretty soon (environment). I'm not a character artist but I'm still very excited to enter the Dominance War :thumb:

[KHRoxas]

Hey all! I'm Nick. New to GameArtisans, been lurking for quite a while =) Recently graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Also I would like to see if this ACTUALLY posts.. because I posted on 4 to 5 things already and nothing has stayed..

Either way, I look forward to seeing all the awesome art you guys can kick out as well as submitting some of my own!

[IAMFeAR]

Hi everyone!
IAMFeAR, real name Stephen.
Just registered to the site so I could enter Dominance War IV.
I'm still kinda new to 3d, started in 2007, did a one year college course in 3d Animation for video games, learned a lot but still need to learn a hellalot more, and practicepracticepractice. This should give me the focus and structure I need to get something done.
I'm pretty sure I have no chance of even ranking let alone win, but who knows? At this point just finishing the contest and getting feedback would be a huge step for me!
See y'all in the WAR!!!!

[monstro]

Hi people :) I'm Rob. I've also been a lurker for a while. I just graduated from AI Seattle and I'm looking to make some connections and improve my artwork.

[Catalyzed]

Hey Guys Sort of New here always had an account under another name but never really posted figured would start fresh and introduce myself.

Names Andrew and Im currently a student at the local CC. Looking to someday break into the industry like everyone else. And hope to learn a lot here :)

Look forward to meeting you guys

[Snow]

Hi, I'm new here. Been lurking for a week or two, and then decided to try my luck at this years DW, knowing my small chances. Still it would be fun and I will have some thing to go after for the next month.
I'm a last year student in school, I plan to go in an art university (National Art Academy in Bulgaria most probably).
Been inspired by games and game art for the past few years, I'd like to get in that business as soon as possible. Too bad there are (almost) no studios here. --

[Avidus]

Hi everyone, my name is Javier G. Ureña and I'm illustrator and concept designer. After working a loooooong time in a really stressing job (nothing in common with art) I decided to change my whole life and try to find a job as concept designer (my real passion), and I expect to find something soon:doh: .
So I'm new here...:o . I hope to learn from you guys.

[MrFrosty]

What's up people!! I've also been a lurker for a while and I have decided to de-cloak.

I'm a 10+ year game industry vet (non-art, business side) and I love game art, so that's why I am here :)

MrFrosty

[Bereaver]

Hey everyone, I'm James B. Mayberry, I've got heart for passion and passion for art. But I can't draw.
Sucks to be me. Anyway, I'm here to find my place, live on.

[Conceptbloke]

Hi guys n gals,

New bloke on the block.

[Lloth]

Hey people

I'm almost graduating from my study Interaction Design, here in the Netherlands. And now I'm planning on getting my 3D skills up.

Cheers

[kateflore]

its flora. nice forum here..................

I'm beginner of this,lets watch what will be going on this wra far...............

[rhian09]

Hi there! I just joined these forums and would like to take the time to let you know a little bit about me. I am Rhian, I'm 19 years on age. And I am hoping to make some wonderful friends along the way. I hope to get to know everyone here. Hope to have a great time here. Nice to meet you all. :lol:

[MickeyR]

Hiya, all! I'm Mickey and I'm an out of work Creative Director brushing up on my skills between gigs :P (Why did that sound like I'm at an AA meeting?)

And, manoman, is there some talent here!

[rhian09]

Hi there guys.. nice to meet you all! Have a great time here.! :)

[Absorber]

Hi guys, re-introducing myself and checking if my messages works here. Because they didnt at other topics..

Mittmac changed to 'Absorber' topic: http://gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9538

[JMChristopher]

Hello! My name is Jake. I graduated from Full Sail University where I was studying computer animation. I am pursuing a career doing levels and environments for games. Nice to meet all of you. :)

[bunnyblue]

Hello, I'm bunnyblue... I'm starting my second year in Game design at a school in Belgium. I have a tonne of ideas and I hope to put some of my work online soon!

[urban_rebellion]

Hi guys! Im john (known on CGtalk as urban-rebellion). Lurked on there for ages before becoming a bit more active, but havnt really found a direction until now. Studied multimedia at uni (which included some 3d) but mostly learned in my own time. currently not doing anything at all to do with 3d job-wise, but im hoping to snag an intership with my snazzy (but currently non existant) showreel.

Game assets is where i want to go (characters esp.), so i figured id come to the best place to learn and immerse myself with all the amazing professional work here, and hopefully just a tad bit of it will rub off on me haha.

Ive already started a thread for the first piece for my showreel, feel free to look and comment on it. Looking forward to getting to know all of you better :thumb:

[innate]

Hey peeps, name's Nate AKA innate. I've been in the industry just over 2 years now as concept/3D artist. Doing 3D stuff is pretty cool, but my passion lies within concept art. I LOVE TO PAINT!

I've been around a few other forums and GA is still kind of new to me. It seems like you guys have a sweet community. I look forward to trying out some of the challenges and experiencing GA in all its glory. :cool:

[sakurazuka]

Hi guys! My name is Robert .I m looking forward to learn much of this competition and hope to find some nice people . ^^
Good Luck and Have fun every one ;)

[Sisp]

Hey I'm Sisp, ive lurked the forums for a while now, im not the best at 3d art or 2d art; but thats why i'm here. I plan to enter the comiccon challenge, not in hope of winning, just practicing a character that i like the look of. The most art that i have completed, is props and objects for a Half Life Mod and they are actually the first models that i have completed.

[MartijnB]

Hello all, I got to this forum on Alexjh's advice, I'm a Dutch Industrial Design student and as such came into contact with 3D modelling programs. Everything Ive modelled so far has been quite anorganic and also quite geometric, so not exactly like most stuff I see here :P. But Im very enthusiastic about what Im seeing here and very much willing to learn, which is exactly what Im here for lol.

[yifan_616]

hi guys, im a graduate studied graphic design and 3d animation.

have been preping my folio and just found this fantastic site.

[DevilOnTheLeft]

Hey everyone!

My name is Matt Zeilinger aka DevilOnTheLeft, and I am currently a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh enrolled in the Game Art and Design program. I also work as a full time tattoo artist. I'm hoping to learn a lot here and take part in the competitions! I look forward to see all of you in the forums!

[amyrobet]

Im Amy Robet, nice to know you guys!
Im a game tester atm, if you want to play game with me, plz follow my thread, when there are some game keys or game items are donating, i will write it in my thread. Then you can play games for free like me^^
Hope you guys will have fun in all games you like.
And this thread is so sweet, good luck for everybody!

[tehwoot]

names Nick, just joined due to interest in the art... not much of a background in this sort of thing but trying to mess around and see what I can do.

[mike_fowler]

Hey all, I'm Mike. Been lurking around here for a while now, hoping to become a bit more active with Unearthly Challenge 2009.

Currently a senior at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where I'm in the Electronic Game and Interactive Design: Art & Animation major.

[sam148]

Hi,

I'm Samantha, I am a student at Ringling School of Art and Design and someday I want to be a concept artist. I just found out about this site and am glad to have found a new home. Great place you guys!


Sam

[Timothy]

Greetings,

I am Timothy, I'm actually a medical student, but I have a passion for modeling and animation.

[Arreador]

Hi, my name is Ariel, i`m in the Argentina, suffering no having job, and day by day being more poor, soon i`ll become a homeless, and i envy you guys with all your youth and your talent, and with your so beautiful jobs. I`m a 34 years old guy who are fighting against this third world situation, if you try walking in my shoes you will undestarnd whay my art is not becoming nice, WE, the latin bros have to fight againts INSECURITY in the streets, NO JOBS vacancy, INFLUENZA, etc... It`s HARD, you have no idea how much it is.But, here i`m, still in the road, waiting...waiting...

Fuerza hermanos latinos!!!!

[spahr]

Hey everyone, my name is Cody Spahr :D

Live in Vancouver Canada, went to school for game art and design, graduated a year ago. Got a job right after school at Black Box, on NFS, but now I'm "available for hire"...sounds nicer than unemployed. And I'm 23 years old, and getting married next spring!

My focus lies in world building, but at Black Box I was a vehicle modeler, which is super fun too. Thats about it for me :) sooo..Anyways, greetings! And happy 3D-ing!

CHEERS

[Jamie]

Hey guys,
My name is Jamie Boylan I'm a 3D animation student with no 3D experience but relatively capable in 2D. I'd been lurking around the forums the last couple days since Prof Draxxuss suggested it and figured now was time to say hello.

[revvup]

hi guyzz,I am new here. My name is Mohit, currently working on Timesheet (http://www.replicon.com/) as a software engineer and i am really interested in 3D animation and looking forward to try my hands here....

[revvup]

hi guyzz, i am Mohit and i am software engineer @ Timesheet (http://www.replicon.com/) and i also like to work on 3D graphics...

[NASTRASH]

Hello Everybody ! My name is Mike and Im here to boost up my modelling skills ;) :D . I have been lurking for quite some time but finally decided to register my account and contribute ;) .

[TheDarkKnight]

Hello everyone.

My name is Patrick and I'm 20 years old.

Third year student for multimedia design at Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht.
I want to go to VFS in a couple of years.

Long time reader but decided to register and maybe try to improve my overall skills

[Fantasy-Jack]

Helly there =D

Im Jack and Ive been watching this site for some time now^^
Im trying to get better , because i wanne be a ConceptArtist someday.

[Fantasy-Jack]

Hey there , im Jack =D

I thought i did post here just a sec ago , but it seems i made a mistake somehow oO
So... ive been watching this Site for a while now , and now i decided to join and try myself at some pictures too =D

[xerious3d]

Hello fellow artisans

My name is William A. Gallo - I am a 3d Game artist who specializes in characters at the America's army division at SAIC in Huntsville, AL. Graduated from Full sail University and am a huge fan of fantasy art and 3d sculpting renditions of comic book art. One of my favorite things to do is conceptualize new and strange ideas for characters and creatures in 3d, mainly in mudbox/zbrush.

Nice to meet everyone!

[KennyTies]

Hi all,
My Name is Ken, I am a recent grad from University of Advancing Technology where I focused my studios on environment art. I really enjoy working on architecture and different props.

[Crev]

Hello my name is Justin Quintal - I am a Multimedia design and productions grad student.

I am in a 3D animation and character design program and hoping to get into the industry.

[Thewhyandhow]

Ello,

Andrew here. I'm currently on a Games Design course Teeside University.

Found this site a couple of months ago when i started learning Max, etc. over the summer and it's been the best thing since sliced bread. :lol:

[13thmonkey]

Hello...joys! another introduction post :)

My name is Seth and I am a 1st year on the cgma course ( computer games modeling and animation) @Derby uni....erm thanks for having me.

cheers

[Mask_Salesman]

Greetings my fellow GA newcomers, I have been enticed by your fun mini-comps!
I am the Mask Salesman. I see behind your persona and into your sole and offer Freelance services aswell ;)
Gradually climbing my way into an in-house job through freelance work. I look forward to meeting you all in battle during one of the many competitions here :P

[peterjems]

I am Peter from,Mexico. This is my first visit to this site. I have surf this site and looks too interesting. I have got plenty of information about different topics.I am very glad to be part of such site.I love forum discussion since I can share my thoughts and able to solve my problems.Either It is automobile related or technical.To be part of the site was not to difficult as there is in other site.

[YBourykina]

hi i'm yekaterina bourykina, though yura or katia work just fine, i'm about to graduate from the art institute of dallas with a media arts and animation degree specializing in character and prop modeling.

i'm currently working on my portfolio and i'm defiantly planning to post some work so i can learn and improve from everyone's feedback :D
nice to meet everyone!

[ultraperson]

Hello, my name is James and I'm a recent college graduate. I look forward to talking about game art with all of you.
ultraperson is what I name all my accounts but I have yet to live up to that name when it comes to 3d, there's still so much I have to learn.

[m2graphics]

hi everyone!

my name is Mike M (hence 'm2' in m2graphics). I am a recent graduate of the Center for Digital Imaging Arts - Boston University 3D Animation program. I also have my B.A. in New Media from Emerson College.

I look forward to contributing to this great community, and interacting with the amazing 3D artists here.

[Kasseyus]

Hi - signed up a while ago, but thought I would bob in and say Hi! now I have more time on my hands to work on my skills.

Nice to be here among such talented artists

[Etchant]

Howdy, my name is Zach I am a fine arts major in my first year. I got into 3d just a few moths ago and am keen on learning as much as I can. I use Blender and the Gimp as I am a big fan of free and cant afford Maya :(

Its great to get to see so many great artists and I hope my stuff and keep up.

[Unpetitmax]

Hi my name is Maxime and I'm quite new here. I've started exploring the site a bit and it looks great. I've studied 2D animation and am now enrolled in a 3D course and am enjoying it a lot. I think this place will be lots of fun.

[SophieH]

Hi there, My name's Sophie Houlden, I'm an indie designer looking to improve my art.

my current fave tools are: Blender, SAI, mspaint and Unity, all cheap stuff I know, but it's to match my budget and I'm more than happy with it all :)

I've made quite a few games now as I'm a big fan of rapid development, and I'm starting to feel I can make a fun game fairly easily, but they rarely looks as good as they can, so here I am to level up in badass art skills (hopefully) :D

[Kashiyuka]

Hey hey!
I'm Jennifer Bibby, happy housewife and just starting on 3dmax / Zbrush
I love to draw and hopefully I'll become to love 3d modeling etc aswell!

[aragornbird]

Hi everyone, you can call me AB. I just graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design last year and I'm currently freelancing as an illustrator/concept artist. I hope to find a fulltime job at a game development team someday!

[Joyal]

Yay it's so awesome to see the GA community is becoming stronger and growing every day!

[Wicka]

My name is Clint. I'm still a student working on my 3rd year of college. A friend pointed me in this direction and I like what I see here in this community. I would like to enter a mini-challenge or 2 every once in a while to get some feedback from other artists. I am about to start working on the Oz mini-challenge.

[Charz]

Nice to meet you all, my name is Carlos, im a student too, currently in the last year of my carreer, right now i finished my Oz mini-challenge entry, nice to meet you again and if some of you have time, check out my work on the mini-challenge and give me some feedback, i will really appreciate it, well see ya around

[redpandafire]

Hi, I'm from Montreal. I'm just starting out but wish to network more with other artists.

Any IRC channels, or Google Wave groups out there?

[grimdc13]

Welcome to GA redpandafire! Are you into 2D, 3D or both? I'm a 2der but I'm learning 3D out of curosity and to do a small game with my friends.

We have chatboxfull to talk here and on deviantart.com , There's a GA group that's been started for us members.

I'm on googlewave, but I'm still learning how to use it, it has issues with one of my web browsers so I have to use firefox just to go onto googlewave but there is a GA.org wave there as well. BigJohn in Chat box , he's almost always here runs that wave.

I hope you have fun, and don't forgot to upload someartwork to your gallery, you can learn how to edit in your User CP option in the scroll bar menu, there you edit your profile and gallery etc. also to post pics in the thread you'll need a picture hosting account on sites like photobucket,tinypic ,flicker or picassa etc.

If you have any other questions just post your concerns in a thread and someone will be glad to answer them.

:)

[BySilent]

Hello everyone,

I am Thomas Broadfoot a digital artist who enjoys looking at the more surreal things in life. I look forward to being involved with discussions on varied topics. Right now been working on virtual glass sculptures as well as virtual objects.

Hope to be involved with some excellent discussions with fellow artists.

[Kilkus]

Well i've been lurking around here for a while and posting more recently so i feel its only fair i let you all know a little about me.

My names Stuart and i hail from the mighty UK :P, i graduated last year from uni and am currently working as a freelance character artist, looking not only to receive feedback but also offer my own advice to others along the way and hopefully make a few new friends in the meantime

[illusion]

Hi! My name is Julia. I live in Ukraine.
I'm working as a freelance character artist and I'm happy to join this site. I find so many great artists here! :)
I like this community because the atmosphere is so friendly here. I can communicate with people who love their work as well as I am. ))))

[Digital3d]

Hi guys and there sisters :)

Myself is Rohit Kumar. I am from India and working as Character Artist is Lakshyadigital (http://www.lakshyadigital.com).

I mostly do modeling and texturing there. but some times I do concept for myself too.

I like to play with Gaming editors too.
As I have good knowledge of Unreal Editor 3, Infernal Engine, Genome, Hammer editor, and now want to learn some other engines too like cry engine 3.

I like working on characters but some times have to do some environment and props work too.

So I hope you guys enjoying here.
ok guys cya Around......

[@mn3siac]

Testing. Testing...

Hi guys,

I'm Christopher (AKA @mn3siac), amature auto didact and budding 3D artist. Looking to get involved in some comps once I get my workflow straightened out ;) Just strating out really having not done any 3d work since Uni 5 years ago. Thing is, everything's gone and changed (for the better mostly) so I almost feel like I'm back to square one.

Loving the site, some really inspirational work on here, and great advice from the Senior members. I hope it continues to flourish.

See you on the Forums.

Cheers,
@mn3siac

[aphexx]

hi all, i have an account for long time now, but i never posted i think..so here is it:
i'm sascha henrichs, working at piranha bytes in germany.
worked on gothic 1-3 and Risen and also i'm a lecturer at the games-academy in berlin an frankfurt.

mostly i lurk forums to give help on problems. sometimes i make free video tutorials for mudbox or 3dsmax, and also tend to promote them in every bigger game-artist forum ;)
so one more forum to stroll

cya l8er

[Rohar]

Hello everyone,

My name is Matthew and I too have been getting back into 3d since a couple year hiatus. I've been working in Maya off and on in that time and have just recently gotten into ZBrush and upon the recommendations that I've read in other posts 3d Coat (which I'm quickly falling in love with :P) Everyone seems really friendly here, and I'm looking forward to test and improve my skills with the fun and friendly competitions that you all hold.

[FarAway]

Hi everyone,

I´m new here and I would like to introduce me. My name is Sebastian and I worked as 2D/3D artist at a small german game developer.
At the moment I freelance, together with my wife, for about a year, and I really enjoy it.
I like this community and the many little contests here, and I think it´ll be fun to become a part of it.

You can see my work in my online portfolio:

http://faraway-illustration.daportfolio.com/

many greetings,

Sebastian

[shen-po]

Hello all. I am still a student. not much else to say ^^.

[humanhorror]

Hey guys, been lurking for a year and i think it's time to step out of the shadows. Right now in my second year at Full Sail. Love the work here and I hope to join you guys in some competitions soon.

[dpixeel]

Hi
My name is Duy, I study right now at Playground Squad in Sweden as game artist. I hope soon to show you guys some of my work.

See you around.:)

[Adamlacharite]

Hi everyone!. Just to say my first little word on this forum and introducew myself. I'm currently a student in 3D in Montreal... There is really great artworks on this website... So nice work everybody!!

[BlackWaterXMERC]

im looking for help on a project if you are interested please contact me at derekb.2009@live.com or visit my site at www.nexusunderground.webs.com

[xeno3d]

Hey everyone! I just wanted to quickly drop in and say hello. I am a character animator presently employed over at Seven45 Studios in Boston, MA. I am really interested in starting to create and design my own characters over the next several months. Hope to have some stuff up to show you guys soon.

Best

[Clearrose]

Hi, I'm a sophomore in college going part time until I graduate, which sucks. But I guess it gives me time to grow. I've always had a passion in art and video games. So it was an no brainer to strive to became an game artisan ^_^ !!! Also to become one of few women in gaming and help throw in more femininity in the world of game art.

[sparta2020]

Hello my name is hiro. I currently working on my degree in web graphics only because its free and I started in high school. My really passion is game design, art assets etc. and will continue my carreer in game development. I have some experience in 3d modeling for xna and fallout 3/oblivion. I seek to learn from the professionals to help me developmy skill farther.

[mrpostiga]

Hi, My name is Helder and Im Portuguese! im new to the world of modelling and animation! Im programmer. I really hope to learn a lot from this competition!

[DWTerabyte]

Hello Everyone.

My name is Dwayne. Some of my closest friends coined my nickname which I use from now on, being working with computers from technical troubleshooting and software use.

I am currently finishing up my Bachelor level degree at ITT Technical Institute in Arnold, MO in the Digital Entertainment and Game Design program. A little history about myself:

I wanted to make games or create CG cinematic work since...well dreaming about it. The spark for this inferno of passion I have for art started while I was fiddling with the QBASIC game on DOS, the one with two monkeys and exploding bananas. I have become familiar with the technical side of using these programs in the industry.

I enrolled at ITT in November 2005, when I was playing Ratchet and Clank : Going Commando. I had the sudden epiphany, instead of playing games, why not work on them! Since then I have acquainted myself with various programs over the years, such as Poser, Photoshop, 3DS Max, etc.

I have been browsing this forum for some time and now here I am. I really hope that I can improve my skills on where I need to land myself doing what I love best.

[kobo]

Heya, I've been visiting Game Artisans for a while and for some reason, I've decided to sign up now :D

I'm RJ and I'm loving all the 3D work on here, it inspires me to do some 3D work. However, I don't know where to start! So can anyone point me to the right direction? :)

[Kiuun]

Hi! I'm Philémon, I'm a French art student and I've begun 3D one year ago. It's been a long time I watch a lot of works on game artisans (*_*), without post anything. But I love this place and I really want to try to participate to competitions, to progress a little with the community. My apologizes now for my English (it's done) and see you on the forum!
(Here a link to my blog (http://univers-mimon.blogspot.com) just in case)

[Canaan]

Hi,

I'm Nick, I'm a student coming to the end of my degree at university, I'm currently building my portfolio in hopes to find a job in the gaming industry.

My focus is to become a character artist, but as I build up my skills I hope some day to a concept artist.

Looking forward to talking to you guys.
peace.

[Noblisle]

Hello, my name is Philip. I'm a graduate of computer programming and now currently sharpening my skills in art. I have known GA for a few months and just decided to sign up now.

Seeing stuff here really inspires my passion in 3d. Looking forward to learn a ton of stuff, but for now expect me to be cannon fodder in 3d minis! Ha ha ;)

Oh and is there a newbie/rookie thread (just a place to start i suppose)? Thanks. :thumb:

[TipTipTipARoo]

Hi everybody, My name is Tippy. I'm currently a student at IADT and was referred by my Modeling teacher to hop on a few forums to get some advice throughout the next term on some work I've done. XD

[Ravencrest]

I didn't even know about this thread :D...I guess I should have introduced myself proper here.
My name is Alex, and I go to ITT Tech of Nashville TN for Digital Entertainment and Game Design and I'm looking to build my portfolio up with top notch material with help from the GA community via crits and the like...I'm hoping to get into the industry with modeling (grunt work :P) and eventually work my way up to Art Director of whatever company I work for. The main focus for me right now, as explained by my instructors, is portfolio...Portfolio portfolio portfolio portfolio...That's been drilled into my head more times than I can imagine.

Well there we go, you all know about me now lol

[Call Me Snoopy]

Hi GA.
You can Call Me Snoopy, see what I did there?

Anyways, I found GA a few months ago and signed up like a month ago.
I love making awesome art, although my art isn't awesome....yet. :p
I've been learning 3ds Max for a couple months now.

I turn 18 next month. :thumb:

:uhh: I think that's it.

Oh, and I love smilies.:2thumbs:

[Defiance]

Hey, I'm Bartosz. I am beginner at 3D and doing it as a hobby. Hoping to increase my skills with time and go to college to study it further. My biggest interest is character design.

[artmanyogi]

When does the next contest starts?

[kankrela]

hi, it's been a long time i watch stuff on GA and today i decide to subscribe . my name is Arnaud i'm french and I learn 3D for 3 years .i currently learn UDK deeply to looking for a job as environnement artist .
oh, and sorry for my bad english^^

[evilblah]

Hey everyone!
John Bair here aka Evilblah
I've been lurking for awhile and posting on occasion... plan to do more of the second now though!
I'm currently at Maxon as a technical artist/support.

[Betelqueze]

Hello alls

Im a student from Denmark, who have been studying and doing 3D for around 7 months now and recently i started drawing. :)

I hope to meet a nice community and join competition for practice and experience in 3D, i think and hope it will make my 3D lots better and currently im suffering from a rib muscle damage so i can't really do much. But i think thats about it.
I have a deviantart and a gallery online! (http://betelqueze.deviantart.com) anyway! I hope to meet some great people


(For some odd reason my Avataring doesn't work. xD)

Betel

[Roninfang]

hello ^_^


currently job hunting freelancing as a graphic artist/3d artist

nice to meet you all ^_^

[JorandeBoer]

Hello there

My name is Joran de Boer and I'm a 17 year old Gamedesign Student.
At the moment I am in the second year of my study.

My school is situated in the North of the Netherlands, in Drachten.
It's called ROC Friese Poort Drachten.

If you want to know more about me, feel free to send me a private message
or mail me to deboer.joran@gmail.com

You can also check out my blog, here I post now and then about my study
and anything game related. (Check my profile)

Nice to meet you folks,

Joran

(I'm sorry if I posted double. I didn't see my posts the first two times.)

[android009]

Hi my name is Kendra. I'm a graduate with a BA in Game Art and Design, although I currently work in Spanish television in Arizona, USA. I joined here a few years ago and I like to do some of the competitions as well as look for help, info and inspiration for my artwork.

My passion is drawing, although I love 3D and graphic design work as well.

Nice to finally introduce myself and meet everyone ^^

~kendra

[redmerv]

Hello , nice to meet you all!

My name is Redmer Veenstra and I live in the Netherlands, and I am studying to be a gamedesigner (at the R.O.C Friese poort in Drachten). I enjoy doing alot of things like making concept art, and 3d/level designing, but I mostly enjoy writing storylines, and backgrounds for character Etc.

Well if you still have any questions feel free to ask me

follow me at www.redmerveenstra..blogspot.com


Redmer Veenstra

[Cassandra]

Heya everyone! I'm an Australian comic artist, I dropped out of the local Fine Art school because they weren't teaching me anything and I didn't want to pay thousands of dollars to attend classes where I was constantly told that comics weren't real art and comic artists weren't 'real artists.' :rolleyes:
I'm currently working full-time freelancing and about to start my first big project. I'm also producing some art for an iPhone game coming out at the end of the year produced by my fiancé and two other friends.

Here's my gallery over at DA: http://heartofglitter.deviantart.com/

Can't wait to meet you all!

[Skelos]

Hello everybody, my name is Adriano and i'm a graphic designer from Italy. I'm trying to build a portfolio as lowpoly modeler for the game industry. I hope I can have some help here! :)

[Greshic Warau]

Good morning~

My names Jake, but you'll see me as Greshic Warau on the forums. I'm a student taking general courses in 3D Animation and Modeling, though I have been taking classes since middle school to learn 3DSMAX. I'm pretty much using the forums here and the portfolio set up just to remind myself what I have to work on and learn as much as I can from all the pros out there. Hope to absorb as much knowledge as I can!

[ampaist]

Hello everyone

My names Ross Zimmerle. I'm a student studying modeling, texturing and trying to learn digital painting lol. i live in Australia, im very new to forums, i hope to learn a lot here and get to know some of u guys :thumb:.

cheers

[NeoGeoAes]

Hi guys!
I'm Salvatore and i'm come from Naples, Italy :) i'm currently workin' as a freelance characters artist and i hope to learn more and more, obviously from the people on this site!
Currently i use Maya 2009, Zbrush 3.5 and Photoshop Cs3. I also use other software like xNormal, Roadkill and Toolbag Marmoset engine for my works.
My biggest dream is to fly away from my country and work in a big studio like Blizzard or Epic and make a lot of chara for them :)
Well, see u around!

[dpaynter26]

Hello everyone my name is Daniel Paynter, I'm currently a student attending Full Sail University, I previously attending The University of Advancing Technology, I've been modeling for around 4 years now i use Maya, Photoshop and xNormal, I've been modeling hard surfaces for the majority of my modeling time, I'm trying to get into modeling organics i would love to be a character modeler or a creature modeler, i just get goosebumps everytime i see sculptures in zbrush and very detailed models, it just makes me want to learn more and more, if anyone has any tips please let me know :D

[yuriart10]

Hi, I am Yuri from USA just join this community need your welcome hope that i ll gain so much from here

[Morais]

Hey guys!
I guess usually you first introduce yourself and then go into a challenge and i did it the other way arround lol. Sorry for that.

Anyway my name is Hugo im 26 years old and im from Portugal.
Couple of years ago i did a course back in my country where we had 60 hours introduction to 3dmax. Well at first was kinda boring until the guy said " Hey guys u know we can make games with this program right??" and that single sentence left me completely adicted to 3d.

Now im living in belgium and working a field thats not even close to what i want but its a way to get money so one day i get to go to a school and really learn 3d and who knows...maybe even become a great artist.

Anyway enough dreams:think:

Stay cool guys!

[Zaraf]

Hello, I'm Zaraf. I'm a chemical engineer, but my hobby is making mods and such for video games. As such, that often involves doing some artwork or character modifications. I'm still very new with things like 3D modeling and animations, but I'm trying to get a grasp on it ;)

[MattKnifton]

Hello everyone!

I'd just like to introduce myself. My name is Matt, I have recently finished studying Games Design at university, and have also recently returned form a 6 month round the world trip.

I am currently learning Maya 2011 and came across this website by accident. It seems like you have a nice community here and a lot of great creations are being made. I look forward to seeing more of them!

Matt

[TheRealPhoenix]

Hi there! I create this account 2 years ago for a mini challenge, but, due to some circumstances, I couldn't participate.

I'm Yannick, I'm a french 3D CG artist (well, unemployed right now).
I use 3DS MAx, mudbox and toshop, and I discovered Marmoset Toolbag recently.

I decided to come back here in order to work up my skills and my english! :p

[Okcyde]

Hey everyone! I made this account a while back during DWIII, and I'm just now ready to commit myself to joining the community actively.

I really like the upbeat attitude and general game art nerdery I see, so I'm here to make it my community home, if you'll have me. ;)

I'm in the midst of warming up for DWV and plan on representing GA with my entry. I'll most likely be making a WIP post of my refurbished DWIII character I never finished (for job reasons). It is my warm-up for the main DWV comp.

At any rate, I look forward to getting to know everyone and do what I can for the community!

Cheers!

[StiKxx]

Hi :)

Name is Enrique aka StiKxx

Recent graduate from college and freelance/practicing artist

Hope that I can learn a lot from everyone on this great forum :D. Been following a lot of art works over the months from various competitions and it has helped me tremendously in getting over the rut I am in. My goal is to strive for the best I can do and hopefully be up there with the best.:approve:

[Mralvarez]

Hello,

Melvin here

4th year college student. currently an Intern at an animation studio. I think I'll have fun and I will learn a lot here. :)

[Autocon]

Oh I have never posted in one of these intro threads so I thought I would do it for funzeeys now :P

Name is Anthony Vaccaro and I am an Environment Artist at Naughty Dog. Recently just finished working on Halo Reach as an Environment Artist at Bungie.

I frequent and post quite a lot on Polycount under the same forum name of Autocon and have always lurked here on GA checking out the amazing work done everyone. Love seeing the character contests and the crazy things people make.

[Pyauki]

Hi Everyone!

Kin here, I'm from Vancouver currently working in a small game dev studio as an artist mainly working on the 2D side of things. I joined pretty much because I've heard a lot about Dominance War and thought it would be a cool thing to participate in. I've frequented conceptart.org in the past and want to check out other forums and get different people's feedback on my work. From lurking in the different threads here I think GA would be a great place to do so! :lucky:

[typhoonbringer]

helo my name is endra im still a student :D

[Cross]

Hello people!!!

My name is Alejandro Crúz, and i´m a student of graphic design from Colombia. I wanna try the Dominance War of this year ´cause is my first time on it. (Please excuse my english if it hurt your eyes XD).

[WesleyEldridge]

Hi, I've posted on here before but it was years ago. I thought I might toss my hat in with the GA crowd this year for DW. Nice to meet you all, I look forward to making sweet war with you all!

[Destructica]

hi all.dunno if i am supposed to write here but know,i am Zorik from Azerbaijan(u don`t know where it is and most of u even can`t spell it) i had just graduated from faculty of letters,english language and lit. and I just wish to participate in something valuable.good luck everyone.

[Nightblue]

Hi, my name is Grace. I have worked as a concept/environment artist for the past two years, and am currently working for my favorite game developer on earth. I'm looking forward to participating in some challenges here and meeting some stellar people online.

[nicholasKippes]

Hi everyone, my name is Nick. I recently graduated from Full Sail. I'm currently working as an intern at school. I hope to get some good C&C on here and hopefully make some new friends. Nice to meet you all and I'll see you in the threads!

[placidus]

Hello everybody!

After few years of lurking, I found Gameartisans the best place to settle.
I'm a 3d generalist working in a small game company in central Europe.
I'm specialized as a character artist.
Looking forward to knowledge exchange, and all the community stuff . :)
(And also developing of my English language skills)

Best regards!

[conniekat8]

Hey everyone... I'm new to to game artisans... after lurking for a little while.
Not so new to 3D, but still a long way to go... heh, I don't know where to start... so much amazing talent around here, I'm having a major case of stage fright.

I'm trying to figure out if my skills are good enough yet to get hired in some low to mid level position... ahem, since i see Blizzard is hiring, and I live 8 miles away.
After 20 years as a civil engineer (and doing a lot of 3D modeling that way) now that the economy tanked in my industry, I'm retraining myself to get better at the entertainment side of 3D.

I can model and UV map anything... texturing and creative skills are decent but not quite as developed... OTOH, I hear "You're too hard on yourself' often.

*whew, ok, I got the first post out of the way, I think*

[Rion411]

Hello all you awesome artists! I'm Errol (Rion411 on the forums) and I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am recently graduated from school with a Game Design degree and just finished my internship as well. So right now, I'm taking some time to beef up my portfolio and hone my game art skills and hopefully land a job as well. So I've been a lurker here for a while and am amazed at all of the awesome works and hope to join in and learn and have some fun with you all.:thumb:

-Rion411

[goraaz]

Hello
I've been lurking around here for almost a year and thought it was about time for me to introduce myself. My name is Saman and I'm a 3d generalist(both games and film/commercial).

[Clu]

Hello my name is Oriol Bagan and a resident in Barcelona.
I work in 3D as hooby, and I am also a sculptor. I hope
learn a lot from here.

See you :inocent:

[mziskandar]

Hello.. I'm new here. Those artworks are amazing. I want to learn from you all. Thank you.

[tronix]

Greetings talented artists, my name is Josh I am a student still. My teacher is draxxuss who recommended to go to this site for feedback and inspriation. I am excited to explore other artist's artwork and be wowed and inspired. I hope to learns lots from you guys and I hope to do this sort of thing all my life because I love 3d animation and character design!

Anyway, glad to be here ;)

[jero.b]

Well I've also been a lurker for awhile, coming in and out, learning about tools, plug-ins, programs, etc. and thought it's my time to finally join. I'm a graduate from AAU specializing in soft and hard surface modeling. No preference really, I enjoy the challenges and techniques on approaching different types of models. But every time I visit this site, I'm blown away by the artwork that is produced on this board and hope to join a few of the challenges as well to further my skills. This should be a fun ride!

[RobertZ]

Greetings!

I go by Robert, and am a freelance character/creature artist... always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow as an artist, and build my career. I've spent the last several months working as a consultant (contractor) on my first commercial project doing some characters for an up and coming ios title. And so far its been great comradere and great fun being a part of something like this.

I look forward to showcasing some of my personal work, and getting to know some of you here...

cheers :thumb:

[Jarek]

Hello there!

I've been a inactive member lurking for some time and thought it was finally time to get involved. I graduated from a 3d game course last summer and I'm primarily a character modeler but currently working as an environment artist.

[snakos]

Hi everyone,

First, i'm French so forgive my bad English!
I'm recently graduate from game artist school in France, and i moved in Japan to get some experience.
I hope i can get experience around here too!

see ya

Snakos

[EditablePoly]

Hello everyone,

I come from the netherlands and im an 21 year old student.
Trying to improve my 3D skills, and hope that I can get experience/critism on my works on these forums.

Maik

[Ruloc]

Hi there.
For about 9 Years I'm working for an small animation studio in germany. Most of the time I'm doing 2d environment textures and sometimes high or lowpoly characters.
But not to an extent that is in any way satisfying.

To make the long story short. Just like most people here I want to develop some real skills and join the fun. ;)

[Imagilution]

Hi everyone!

Thanks for having me here at gameartisans.org! I've been browsing the forums for some time, but now it's finally time to come out from the shadows and participate in this community!

I'm a grad student in Sequential Art currently finishing my thesis on the use of traditional and digital mediums in character design. I have a BFA in 3d Animation with a minor in Sequential, and love 3d modeling, traditional sculpting, texture painting, and especially concept art. I'm also very eager to participate for the first time in Dominance War V. I'm so excited to enter the competition after admiring the work produced for it over the years. I feel my skills are now honed enough to compete, and I cannot wait!

DW V is so important to me; I feel like it's a chance to take all of my knowledge and learned skills over the years and really put it to the test! Just the feedback alone will help me so much to improve my work; being a finalist or a winner is a plus though! :D

In any case, I'm just happy to be here! Hope my posting is approved soon so you guys can see my introduction.

Thanks, and here's to an amazing Dominance War V!

[talonhawk]

My name is Gary. I have full time job currently with a cable company and hope to one day be in my field of creativity. I love to learn and study hard I hope to create some solid work and meet some amazing friends along the way. I am open to critiques have a lot to learn basically. I hope work for a video game company making the kind of games people wait in line for. I am not hesitant to thank someone for help and hope I can help others as well from all the studying I'm doing.

[ZenFrog]

Hey every body,
I've been lurking on these forums for year and finaly signed up.

[longtail rat]

Complete beginner here, feeling a little intimidated by all the fantastic artists but hoping to learn a thing or two. I love being able to browse everyone's stuff and seeing WIPs is really educational. Thanks for the site and everyone who contributes!

[maximuselessar]

Hi guys I am Guillermo Gómez Zará, Aka maximuselessar or Gomezzara. I am a Chilean (so sorry for my english..), Since 2005 I have been working or rather research in the field of 3D. All this started from the frustration of not being able to play or have a console (at the time), and take the decision myself to create my own games.

I Research and achieve run into the famous software like Maya or 3DMax, but unfortunately without any concrete results. But in 2006 I learned to use Zbrush to completely drive me to work in 3D. Since 2009 year I have been experimenting a lot with Zbrush, Maya, topogun, Modo and Silo. Now I'm trying to put into practice everything I learned. Just considering I'm not 3D as a career studying traditional. (I am studying at college). Almost as a hobby, but also as a passion I'm trying to become a great artist and I hope CG here in GameArtisans can get the critical need for improvement....

Greetings :)

[Trebor777]

Hello :)
I've been looking at stuff around and, being a game artist too, I thought I'd make myself known here!
I'm an old(being 26 :D) Post-Graduate from Teesside University, who completed his master in Game's Art last September.
Been workin on my portfolio since then, and gathering knowledge and experience in a small game studio in exchange of nothing ( not even a salary, that's dedication xD).

Gonna enter Dom War V, as my 1st challenge :lol: will see how it goes !

Enough about me ! See you around !

[Lord Wraith]

Hi everyone, long time interest in graphic arts and the like and I just stumbled upon this site. Upon looking around I found myself inspired to try my hand at 3D art and am currently downloading 3DS Max to start off with. Looking forward to sharing my work and enjoying yours.

[DigitalNuke]

Hey everyone

I'm a beginner artist learning 3D Modeling and 3D Sculpting as a hobby. I'm trying my best to improve my skills as mush as I can. Been lurking on this site for a long time. Finally decided to sign up.

[Silversteine]

I'm still a noob but I'm looking to improve my skills and maybe eventually break into professional game development. But I'm not sure whether I should focus on Blender or Softimage as my main modelling package...any thoughts?

[cookepuss]

If money's a problem for you then I would strictly focus on Blender. It's not an easy app to get into, but it's an amazing piece of software that just so happens to be be free.

HOWEVER... If you can afford the $3k-$4k for the software then I'd invest in just about any of the Autodesk products. Softimage is incredibly powerful and versatile and you really can't go wrong. If you're looking to maybe one day break into games, I'd probably go for either 3dsmax or Maya. Not to suggest that Softimage isn't used in this industry because it is. However, Maya & 3dsmax have a solid and strong user base when it comes to games. Maya skews a little more toward film work, but you can certainly find game work if you use one of those two apps.

If you're a student, and can prove it, you can get a free 3-year license.

http://students.autodesk.com/

Fully functional in every way. The biggest limit is that you can't use it for commercial purposes. IOW, no making money on the side from your art as long as you've got a non-commercial student license.

Beyond software... Focus on fundamentals. Don't just learn where the tools are or what buttons do what. You'll have to master that too, but there's no guarantee that you'll use the same app for the entirety of your career. Focus on the elements of good art. Focus on the various non-app specific tricks and techniques. This stuff will serve you well for years to come.

[ArminChaudhry]

edit: double post

[ArminChaudhry]

My Name is Armin Chaudhry. I am 27 and from Germany.
This month i have finished my Bachelor of Arts Degree in interactive animation.

I have learned alot in the last 3 years. For exemple my conceptart teacher was the creative director from the game crysis and he gave me some realy good advices. Curently i am working on my portfolio to get my dreamjob. I am a Max User, but also use Maya from time to time and of course a zbrush artist. I paint my concepts mainly in Photoshop.

I have worked on 2 student game projects during my university time and my goal is to find a job in the gaming industry, so thats why my art will be mainly tuned for a gaming environment.

Still a long way to go but it will be fun.

[Silversteine]

Cookepuss--Thanks, that sounds like great advice. I don't have the cash for any Autodesk products, but I've just gotten the Softimage Mod Tool 7.5. So I'm torn between using that or Blender for now...

[Quarklette]

Hi all, I'm quarklette and looking to improve my concept art for gaming, animation etc. I draw comics for fun and work in VFX :) Looking forward to sharing and learning!

[Galasteno]

Hello,
I am Peter Slattery, also Galasteno, its the name of a MMO me and my friends tried to make when we were... 12 I think.
Yea, that crashed withing weeks but it was fun while it lasted.
Anyways, I'm 17 now, a Junior in Highschool

Here's my sketchbook: www.peterslatteryart.blogspot.com

[architaylor]

Hey everyone, My name's Taylor, I'm a student studying computer animation in Wales, UK. I'm specialising in games art and I'm hungry to develop my skills in a creative atmosphere :) I've been meaning to register for a while but I guess I'm here now because of Dominance War, but I'm looking forward to sticking around in the long run :)

Here's my blog with some of my work on it, still got a loooong way to go :)

http://pencilspixelspolygons.blogspot.com/

[Quarklette]

Hi all, I'm Quarklette, from London. I'm here to improve my 2D concept art as I heard it was a good place to go! Look forward to sharing and learning..

[Rturok]

Hello to all, My name is Arturo Villagomez I love art! Game art is awesome but I am always looking at how art is evolving in the entertainment industry, I am a 3d artist working on smaller download games, focusing on character art for now. I'm strictly max oriented but have used Maya in the past.

[Harrytreetop]

Hey All just been referd to this site by a friend and I have been amazed by your work here so this is my hey names Harry Abernethy AKA Harrytreetop .

I'm more of an amature than most here but look forward to trying to compete XD

[maskedmelon]

Greetings,

I've been poking around for a while now and have been participating in Crazyfool's Daily Sculpting Exercise thread, so thought I may as well toss an intro up here. I have studied part time at an online art school, but the majority of my education has come from Youtube and various forums around the internet. I work with Max and ZBrush and have done little more in other 3d apps than open them.

I am currently working on strengthening my abilities and building a quality portfolio. Game Artisans is home to many talented and highly competent artists and I hold that immersing oneself in an environment filled with more capable peers drives improvement, so here I be :D Ready to compete and learn!

[AnimatedApe]

Hi.

I'm from the UK and I am a set extension artist by trade, looking to get into games design. I graduated from the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth a fair few years ago.

[Grim Tuesday]

I am a highschool student from US, and have just picked up modelling. Luckilly, my school gets the entire Autodesk suite, so I can play around with maya, softimage, and 3dsmax. After checking them all out, I decided on Maya, and thought that there would be no better way to learn how to use a program than take part in Dom War V. Do I think I will win? No. Do I think I will finish? No. Do I think I will have fun? Yes! I'm still deciding between here and PC. I've lurked there for a while, but the people here are pretty cool too. Someone convince me one way or another.

[Sebeuroc]

Hey all,

My name is Zane Devon; you'll find me online as 'Sebeuroc' (sometimes people like to shorten to 'Seb') I'm a Junior Apprentice and freelance 3d artist at YETi CGI, and I'm currently in my 3rd year in the Digital Animation and Game Design program at Ferris State University.

[Florent]

Hi all,

I come from France and am a 21 years old 3D modeling and animation student (3rd year).
I am a native Max user but I also use Maya, Z Brush and Photoshop.
I always wanted to be part of the videogame industry.
I only try to have fun doing what I love.
Hope that I can share my passion with all of you and improve myself with your tips and advices.
Thank you all.

[conniekat8]

So... if main focus of my 3D work is high poly detailed modeling, rather then video game focused stuff, should I still post some of my work? Have a WIP's etc thread?

[sinz]

So... if main focus of my 3D work is high poly detailed modeling, rather then video game focused stuff, should I still post some of my work? Have a WIP's etc thread?

Yes sure Connie there is a vast amount of talent on these forums and many frequent other forums as well so your bound to get the help you are looking for. Look forward to viewing your works of art hopefully soon. :thumb:

[paradise.engine]

hello gameartisans! I'm paradise.engineering and i'm a lowpoly modeler. you can see my work on my site where people can send me free requests.
I'll post some of my wips here