I'm a concept artist, modeller, texturer, rigger and animator. What needs to be done?

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

Hello everyone, some may remember me from a while back when i used to post here.

 

Today I'll reveal my name: Simon Heggie.

 

I recently graduated from Qantm college in Sydney with a bachalors degree in interactive entertainment majoring in 3D animation, and I now work full time at an indie game studio called Blowfish studio.

 

http://www.blowfishstudios.com/

 

As the title suggests, i have the ability to do all these things. Please check out my site to see what I've done recently: http://www.simonheggie.com

 

My job doesn't really get me doing much work with high definition modelling or normal maps or anything, it's all low poly for the IOS. I need experience doing some higher definition game assets to put on my showreel. I thought i may as well kill 2 birds with one stone and help breath some life into the Dark mod which gave me lot's of entertainment in the past.

 

I understand you folks need some monsters re-jigged? I would like to take a brief and go through the entire pipeline up until getting it game ready for one character and then if i do anything else it will be mainly concept art/modelling/texturing.

 

I sort of bailed on a previous project here because of personal reasons and going into Uni, not only that but asset creation seemed a lot more daunting. Before UNI and work in the industry i had never really finished anything substancial, but now i have the confidense to stick with a task.

 

So what needs to be done?

[nbohr1more]

Welcome back!

 

Your plan sounds like manna from heaven for TDM. Good luck.

[STiFU]

Getting a new werebeast model and animating it would be a great step towards standalone! Read more about it here. Diego seems to have been working on a new werebeast, so I'd just ask if he's still doing something or not. Your work would be highly appreciated.

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

I might give that werebeast a shot, if diego finishes his werebeast first and you prefer to use his, i'll still have a werebeast for my showreel

[STiFU]

Or we simply have multiple variants of the werebeast. That is not a bad thing!

[Xarg]

From memory the zombies need new animations?

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

STiFU:

 

Inconsistant style is a consideration. Speaking of which.. does the darkmod have a specific design goal?

[Bikerdude]

Hey Lemony

 

Nice to have you back and yes we need more animators, please make a point of dropping Springheel a PM as Im sure he has lots that need doing!

 

BTW, you should see what the campaign team have been doing with your old map, you may not recognise it.. ;-p

[Springheel]

The big tasks I can think of are:

 

- a skeleton mesh: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/14065-needed-for-standalone-animated-skeleton/

 

- animation set for the existing zombie mesh: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/13966-needed-for-standalone-animated-zombie/

 

- werebeast replacement (Diego had started on this as already mentioned):

[zergrush]

Although not a priority, I feel the player character's animations feel really odd and stiff, in those rare occasions you happen to cross a mirror. Perhaps in a later release, I would really love to see the player character with some more natural-looking animations.

[SeriousToni]

Any good news?

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

Yeah I'm Almost done on the base mesh of the skeleton, Have had trouble slotting it between work and other things but it's still coming along.

[Bikerdude]

Coolies, look forward to some wip shots..

[Springheel]

Great to hear!