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Some news to share: Overwatch, the game I've been working on here at Blizzard was finally announced last week.  It's a team-based shooter featuring many heroes with special abilities.  I can't post any detailed images yet, but I did put together some wallpapers featuring the heroes that I worked on.  Check it out in my gallery! :) Check out the web site for more media and to sign up for the beta: http://playoverwatch.com I also started a free YouTube series called, "Game Art Essentials."  My goal with this is to have a playlist of free videos that any game art student can sit through and pick up some tips on how to do various things.  ...

The final volume of my 3d Character Art for Games video series, Texturing & Shading, is now available! I go over my approach to texturing for creating clean and flexible results. In addition to technical demonstrations, I discuss my artistic reasoning on both texturing and presentation. The first 40 minutes (mostly lecture) are free on my YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/t3HRYVpEQ0A You can find the remaining 5 hours of content for $8.99 at CGCircuit.com: http://www.cgcircuit.com/course/3d-character-art-for-games-vi The full course includes a posed version of my Hella model used in the demonstrations with full resolution textures for yo...

If you're interested in reading about what I have to say about character art for games please take a look at PolyMune's :iconpolymune: interview with me as part of the DeviantArt Project Educate Digital 3d Week: http://polymune.deviantart.com/journal/GDA-PE-Week-2013-Day-6-409735187You can also check out my buddy, FunkyBunnies :iconfunkybunnies: and his interview here: http://polymune.deviantart.com/journal/Digital-3D-PE-Week-Day-2-410152828