Irishlostboy - Sketchbook

[Irishlostboy]

(My highlighted work in progress above)

I am breaking off from my first post in the “work in progress” section of the forum, to create a sketchbook here. This will allow me to go off and do different things without cluttering the forum.
My online name is Irishlostboy, and I used to do a lot of 3d environment art way back in the depths of time. I used to put out free texture packs and free models for modders and indy game developers, and they were pretty successful. I used to use 3ds max.
I stopped doing 3d years ago and focused on other stuff. But during the virus time I decided to play with 3d again. I tried blender, and although it is far from perfect, it is pretty good now, and so I decided to get into it. I am not doing any specific projects, (and I am not available for any) I will just mess around in (mostly) 3d and see what happens. Odds are good that whatever I make I will eventually make available for free, pretty much as I used to do… But first I have to make things worth having. Any and all feedback is appreciated. Don’t be shy.
Let’s see what happens next.

[Irishlostboy]

For those interested, and in the interest of keeping things linked together, here is the link to my first post, a thread documenting my first blender creation,

HalfChicken Monster WIP - My First Post

[Creature21] Here is the current state of the model. Below is the development thread. Thanks. Hi all in the Blender Artists community. I have not done any 3d in about a decade I think. I used to do a lot of stuff in 3ds Max. I used to do some games dev stuff. I never really got into high poly modelling back in the day, and a decade ago Blender was a no-bueno for me also. Anyway. Virus isolation put me in a more contemplative mood, and I decided to have a go at some modelling. I decided to give…

I will probably not update it, rather I will put updates here.

[Irishlostboy]

I am blocking in some game-level geometry here. It is all just lumpy primitive shapes. But it is I find a good way of getting a feel for space. Game levels are kind of tough I think because what you see in the editor usually feels different to what you feel once in-game. You get swallowed by detail and technical issues, instead of the flow and the view. So here I am trying to fight that just by generating “Spaces”. I think a week or two of space creation, just enough to get it to run in a basic games engine, and then I will think of actually making something attractive and functional. This is my theory anyway.