Posts by Sa74n

  • hdn_resident | 100% custom | still wip

    for a source engine map the texture res seems very low. i wonder what kind of budget you set yourself for it. and i agree on the monotone look. i think you can do A LOT more with proper light. its the weakest point in your map. and maybe you should consider using some more different materials and colors. make it easy for players to navigate the map.

    aside from that it looks pretty awesome

  • Portfolio design

    yeah this is much better and looks more serious and honest. personally i would reduce the contrast on the top/bottom parts and move the welcome text you have right below "seeking employment" bit. you could use the darker bottom part for a copyright note or whatever.

  • Dice got a new homepage

    teddy: have a look at the epic games website or 3drealms, or ... and dice sure has earned a lot of money. the bf series became a little uninspired lately but they sure are still great games. im eager to hear more about bad company.

    oh and the view sure is exciting, as is their office.

  • Portfolio design

    you could probably merge the composer part to black widow games on top and put webdesign to your areas of expertise.

    and by model skinning you probably mean model texturing

    i also recommend extending the page down dynamically instead of having an extra scrollbar in that frame. its just a bit annoying for people with higher screen resolutions to be restricted to such a small frame on your page. i am sure even people browsing at 1024 wouldnt mind scrolling the whole page

    one last suggestion would be adding the 2D artist to your name on the right. it doesnt link anywhere and thus looks a bit oddly placed in a menu

    edit: noticed more stuff:

    - merge msn and mail (as it is the same) to "mail/msn: [email protected]" or something similar. people will still understand you

    - and if you put in 2 phone numbers state which is your mobile and which is landline or dayphone and after work or whatever

    - you quoted design in your areas of expertise. maybe define that a bit better? design is veeery extensive term maybe say industrial design, webdesign, interface design.. or something like that.

    - put milkshape 3d at the end of the list or take it out. that tool can be learned in 5-10 minutes

    - thumbnails are a lot better but i'd probably have them all in the same size. thats just me tho

    good work so far. you can use whatever you want from my crits

  • Portfolio design

    I like the frames and site colors/design but i guess you are looking for criticism:

    first of, you claim to be an art director and architect BUT there is no prove for either of that in your resume. if you are indeed a studied architect then you should mention your education in your resume (only hint at you being an architect is half a month of work you mention at a company no one can find info about). same for the art director title: In most companies you would probably be hired as a junior or normal artist. From your resume i can see that you have never done inhouse work before, is that right? cuz that would be one of the minimal requirements to even suggest yourself as an art director (and judging by your foto you dont look old enough to have the neccessary amount of experience). basically: prove what you claim to be - otherwise you will look nonserious.

    in general your resume is a bit strange to browse if you actually designed the site for 1024 viewing then the text size is a bit too big. try to get more info into the viewport, most relevant info first. as mentioned before i dont think its a good idea to list the architect thing. well i wouldnt.

    but it really depends on what you want to do with your folio. seeing that you put in a resume looks like you wanna use it to get a job or more freelance work.

    i second the call for bigger thumbnails, they dont even need to be squares also depending on how much you can show off in the end it might be good to split it up in categories (not neccessarily on different pages tho) like Texturing, Modeling or whatever.

    maybe replace your email adress with "contact me" or whatever and move the title to line up with the right end of the text there.

    in general i think it just doesnt give enough info. so maybe explain a bit more on the thumbnail pages.

    edit:

    i hope this helps you a bit getting more out of your page. its a nice start

    edit2:

    oh almost forgot. if your 3d scanning method is really working properly and gets decent results for ingame use then you should definitely mention it somewhere on your site. it shows creativity in work methods and stuff