Comments on: How long does it take to build and texture a model? 1 Week? 1 month? http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/09/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-and-texture-a-model-1-week-1-month/ Rick Stirling, games artist Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rick http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/09/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-and-texture-a-model-1-week-1-month/comment-page-1/#comment-12257 Rick Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:46:35 +0000 http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/09/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-and-texture-a-model-1-week-1-month/#comment-12257 Something that people often forget is that you ARE working in a team - so that asset that is going to take 4 weeks probably won't be worked on you for 4 weeks. Some of the changes might come from the rigger or animator. They might be making the adjustments. In these situations the model might end up being worked on non-stop for 4 weeks, but not by a single person. One person might spend a week building the model, one person might spend a week texturing it, and a third person spends a week rigging it. Something that people often forget is that you ARE working in a team – so that asset that is going to take 4 weeks probably won’t be worked on you for 4 weeks. Some of the changes might come from the rigger or animator. They might be making the adjustments.

In these situations the model might end up being worked on non-stop for 4 weeks, but not by a single person.

One person might spend a week building the model, one person might spend a week texturing it, and a third person spends a week rigging it.

]]> By: David Marsh http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/09/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-and-texture-a-model-1-week-1-month/comment-page-1/#comment-12252 David Marsh Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/09/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-and-texture-a-model-1-week-1-month/#comment-12252 This thought strikes a chord with me as I work on the art for my indie game. I was thinking about how my experience on previous game projects has given me the expertise and tools to quickly create assets that look good and do the job in a very short amount of time (40-60 hours for entire environments, around 10 hours for characters and other misc game items). This is staple of the development process for the game I am creating - and is not an accident but rather a planned-for occurrence. The art direction for the game is low-poly and cartoony colorful. I believe it's going to work, and I think it's a choice of direction that is becoming more distinct in this era of zbrushed high budget art asset games. On games I used to work on only a few years ago, I would be given a month to create an entire environment - one person! Now one month of one-man hours is laughable by todays standards of AAA game development for an environment. It's a trend that eventually is not going to be able to support itself. This thought strikes a chord with me as I work on the art for my indie game. I was thinking about how my experience on previous game projects has given me the expertise and tools to quickly create assets that look good and do the job in a very short amount of time (40-60 hours for entire environments, around 10 hours for characters and other misc game items). This is staple of the development process for the game I am creating – and is not an accident but rather a planned-for occurrence. The art direction for the game is low-poly and cartoony colorful. I believe it’s going to work, and I think it’s a choice of direction that is becoming more distinct in this era of zbrushed high budget art asset games. On games I used to work on only a few years ago, I would be given a month to create an entire environment – one person! Now one month of one-man hours is laughable by todays standards of AAA game development for an environment. It’s a trend that eventually is not going to be able to support itself.

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