Project Rain Final Project Finished

Finishing up college! Happy to achieve my goal of not only producing a 1 minute film, but turning it into a playable game. This was an ambitious project to go solo but it provided me with valuable experiences.

Like I mentioned in the previous post, check out projectraindev.blogspot.ca to view more about this project.

Since I'm graduating with an animation degree I'm pretty much done with institutional schools and ready for work as a 3D environment artist/modeler. Video game projects are my primary focus, however I am open to opportunities in animation, VFX, arch-viz or other interesting industries using 3D technology in innovative ways. Here's my portfolio website: http://dariksmith.com/

And here's some screenshots along with my student film/gameplay recording. Produced in Unreal Engine 4

Summer 2014 Stuff

So I was told I have some fans out there which is sort of weird. I remember the days back at the start of college when I was discovering and being inspired by artists on the internet. Had lots of art heroes. Downloaded a new artist's work a day until I reached 1000... Those days are sadly over since I have to make my own stuff now and no matter how long I look at the cghub (RIP) galleries I managed to save before their demise, won't get better without putting in the work! Guess being a producer of stuff is a whole different feeling than being a fan, but these days are a lot more fulfilling. It's kind of cool to see how you've grown into the person you wanted to be 5 years ago, but also sort of sad those days are over.

Anyways here's some experimental art I did over the summer.

Scifi Space People

I've done enough present-day settings, the next stage is scifi! Just getting in the mood with this quick concept painting. A scifi themed design/modeling project will be my focus for the next year and a bit. Hopefully with the experience from my last few assignments this one will turn out successful.