I’ll keep this short and sweet, as I know your primary interest is how to model the scene on the cover and start making money as a professional modeler, not to hear all about me.
I started in the games industry in 1992 as a junior artist for Digital Image Design. They came to my college, and after seeing my graphic design work, they offered me a summer job making games. I jumped at the chance and without any portfolio or experience at all, started training on my first game. I progressed to senior artist, developing flight simulators and military training systems, until the studio was bought by Infogrammes around 1998. I became lead artist when Infogrammes sold the studio to Rage, then left and became art director at a small startup called Lightning Interactive. I switched again to join my old friends at Evolution Studios (Evolution was set up when Infogrammes bought D.I.D., with Martin Kenwright leaving and taking six people with him). I progressed through the ranks again at Evolution Studios, becoming art manager on some of the later World Rally Championship games on PlayStation 2, then producer and outsource manager, and then to my current role as senior development manager. At the time of this writing, I have just completed work on MotorStorm: Apocalypse, for PS3, and am currently working on a number of unannounced projects.
If you’re interested, here is the list of games that I have helped develop:
• Robocop 3 (Amiga)
• TFX (PC)
• Inferno (PC)
• EF2000 (PC)
• F22—Air Dominance Fighter (PC)
• Total Air War (PC)
• Wargasm (PC)
• GTC Africa (PS2)
• World Rally Championship (PS2)
• WRC II Extreme (PS2)
• WRC 3 (PS2)
• WRC 4 (PS2)
• WRC 5—Rally Evolved (PS2)
• MotorStorm (PS3)
• Pursuit Force 2 (PS2)
• MotorStorm 2: Pacific Rift (PS3)
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Also, here is the list of other training titles that I have put together:
• 3ds Max Modeling for Games (Book)
• Game Art Complete (Book)
• 3D Automotive Modeling (Book)
• Max in Minutes (Videos)
• Maya in Minutes (Videos)
• www.3D-For-Games.com (Website and Forum)