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What is the most important skill for a 3D artist? No, it’s not your ability to navigate Photoshop or your ability to create lifelike 3D models. At the end of the day, your single most important quality is your creativity. That’s your quintessential spark that helps you make truly memorable artwork and it helps you stand apart from all of the other artists in the industry. Read More »
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All roads lead to Rome.
Once you have an idea for a piece of 3D art, there are a million different paths that you can take to flesh out that idea and turn it into a reality. We generally call this process brainstorming, but that can be a little bit misleading. People generally think of brainstorming as sitting in front of a desk and thinking really hard about a bunch of different ideas. In fact, there are countless ways to brainstorm — some are cerebral, some are hands on, and some take more of a trial-and-error approach. This guide can help you gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your artistic style and it might open you up to new brainstorming approaches that you might not have considered before. Read More »
Project management, a necessary part of any production process. From manufacturing fighter planes, to the snacks you nibble at throughout the day, they have all had a project manager involved at some point to help that product get released. The same is definitely true for the video game industry and film, where many times a project manager is listed as producer. I have talked a little about ways that people can become better project managers, but why is it so important that project managers be good? What impact do they really have on a product or a company? According to this business journal article bad project management costs companies and national economies billions of dollars.
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Drawing isn’t the only medium that artists use reference for. In fact it is used in every facet of creating art, and especially in the creation of video games and visual effects. Reference is an important part of the creative process and today we are going to talk about using reference for 3D modeling in everything from environments to characters and vehicles.
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“AZIZ! LIGHT!!” Much like the professor in the Fifth Element needed light to see the hieroglyphs, audiences need animated characters to be lit in order to see their performance. Light is the physical phenomenon through which humans perceive the world around them. It is the soft light that puts a toddler at ease to allow them to drift off to dreamland. It is the warming light of a campfire that groups gather round and sing songs, and in the 3D industry it is light that reveals the characters and environments in the stories we fall in love with.
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Gnomon has created a series of DVDs that will appeal to anyone interested in a career path in visual arts. The availability of these lessons represents a significant opportunity for artists everywhere to elevate their skillsets to the next level.
— , Department Head, Computer Animation Ringling School of Art & Design
