Category:Environment

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This page is distilled from the thread Environment Modeling FAQ & Resources.

Environment Design

• Environment Artist: The Story Teller - by Adam Bromell aka adamBrome
• How To Develop A Map That Works - from The Valve Developer Community
• Map Planning - from the Unreal Wiki
• The Hows and Whys of Level Design - by Sjoerd De Jong aka hourences
• Level Design rants - by Cliff Bleszinski (sorry for the broken link! emailed the guy but no response)
• Ben's Small Bible of Realistic Multiplayer Level Design by Benjamin Bauer
• Level Design blog - by David Alexander Johnston
• What Is Level Design? - by Sérgio Duarte
• Unreal Tournament 2003 video tutorials - from 3D Buzz

Environment Modeling

• Adam Bromell's sketchbook thread (work flow processes) - by Adam Bromell aka adamBrome
• Explanation of an 'imperfection pass' (making things believable) - by Adam Bromell aka adamBrome
• Environment workflow @ EpicGames - by Kevin Johnstone
• [attachment:rorshach_scifi_supportbeam.pdf SciFi Support Beam PDF] - by Kevin Johnstone
• UT3 & Gears Environment Art - by Kevin Johnstone
• Using vertex blending to grunge a level and add variety - by Mario Vazquez aka StrangeFate
• Environment tutorials - by Chris Holden aka cholden
• Chris' sketchbook thread (work flow processes) - by Chris Holden aka cholden
• Creating tiling textures in 3dsmax - by Chris Holden aka cholden
• Thirding - Utilizing your texture space for environment work - by Ben Mathis aka poopinmymouth
• Workflow techniques and modularity with Unreal game technology - by Epic Games
• Unreal Engine 3 tutorials, game industry articles, level design/art/technical tutorials - by Sjoerd De Jong aka hourences
• Environment workflow from an artist on Crysis - by Stefan Morrell
• Hard Surface Texture Painting - by Stefan Morrell
• Environment modeling basics - from the Polycount boards
• Rock modeling approaches - from the Polycount boards
• Subdivision Surface Modeling section of the Polycount wiki has more modeling links.

Industry Information

• Percentage of environment artists .vs. character artists at most studios - from the Polycount boards
• What's the difference between a level designer and environment artist? - from the Polycount boards

Inspiration & Reference

• The Reference Thread - from the Polycount boards
• The SkyscraperPage Forum
• Ontario Architecture - Building Terms
• Container shipping accidents
• Shields Around The World
• Urbex - urban decay
• Urban Adventure in Rotterdam - urban decay
• Opacity.us - urban decay
• Forbidden Places - urban decay
• Modern Ruins - urban decay
• Ohio Trespassers - urban decay
• Underground Kent - urban decay
• Ghost Town Explorers - urban decay

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