Mike Horton

RAGE HD Update

2012-01-27T16:45:00.000-06:00

Rage HD update is out now. The above shots are of the Aqueduct level that I worked on for the game.
The level was built almost complete from artwork from the Rage console and PC game. I merely "kit bashed" a lot of the assets together and worked with a designer on the level layout. I was responsible for all the lighting in the level and worked on creating different access points for mutants to spawn from i.e. cracks, pipes, and grates to name a few.

Started new sculpt

2011-11-20T22:26:00.001-06:00

Well, for whatever reason when I sent this pic from my iPhone it left out all the text except for the subject line. Will have to do some more testing on it. Anyway, I finally got back into some sculpting.

Took plenty of poking from my son to start something new with him, and I had a blast building the armature with him. Just need some epoxy putty and we will be good to go on putting down some clay.

The site move

2011-11-15T16:33:00.001-06:00

Finally got some of the new site moved over. I will start on the images next. Hopefully it won't take too long to get the images formatted to my liking.

Environment Test (Another one in 2 Days)

2011-11-15T16:16:00.005-06:00

This is an environment test I made about 6 months ago. I figured it was about time to at least throw up a pic of this one. I created this one over a weekend with concept art that was provided. I’m very happy with the way it turned out given the time constraints. I used Maya, Photoshop and the UDK.
I ended up not moving forward with the company due to the id Software offer. I think their test was one of the best I have seen to showcase an environment artists skill set.

Chenowth Buggy (2 Days of work!)

2011-11-15T16:16:00.003-06:00

Here we have a Chenowth Buggy I recently made. Looks unfinished I know. I had only 2 days to work on this one. 1 Day for modeling & UV’s and 1 day for textures. I’m fairly happy with how it turned out considering the time. There was still plenty of things I would have liked to do texture wise. I used Mudbox 2011 for some of the texturing process which is a great way to texture games assets. I highly recommend trying it out if one has access to Mudbox that is. Other software used was Maya for modeling and Photoshop for additional texture work.

UPDATE Art Test [WIP]

2011-11-15T16:16:00.001-06:00

Finally got around to updating this piece. I’m still not finished with the textures but I added a bit more modeling detail where I felt it was needed. Still a lot of work to do on the textures which I hope to get to in the next few weeks.
Here’s an art test I recently submitted. The test had a 2 week limit on it so I had to turn it in before I was completely happy with it. I plan on finishing the project up in the next week or two. For now it’s a work in progress and for the most part I’m happy with the way it turned out but there are a few additional tweaks I would like to make. I don’t have permission to post the concept art this was based on so for now the model will have to do.
I used Maya for the modeling and Photoshop to texture, then assembled the pieces in Unreal UDK for the lighting and rendering.

Props

2011-11-15T16:15:00.005-06:00

Here are some props I have been working on. All were creating using Maya, Mudbox and Photoshop for use Unreal 3. I should be posting several more props here soon.

UE3 Sewer Environment

2011-11-15T16:15:00.003-06:00

Just finished this piece. I found the concept from game developer Splash Damage and I really liked it, so I decided to work on it in my spare time. All the images are from Unreal 3. I used Maya, Photoshop, and Mudbox for detailing out the different Static Meshes. The scene is made up of about 50/50 BSP and Static Meshes.

Mobile Command Trailer

2011-11-15T16:15:00.001-06:00

This is a fictional Mobile Command Trailer used by investigators to collect and analyze evidence while in transit to different scenes. The trailer consists of all movable pieces that are attached to a single object that I animated with several matinees to simulate a truck moving throughout the city. The matinees are pumped into a random expression in Kismet that runs the different matinee animations for the trailer. I was responsible for a large portion of the artwork in the trailer including the lighting.

America’s Army 3.0

2011-11-15T16:14:00.005-06:00

AA3 released on June 17th 2009. For anyone who doesn’t know what the America’s Army video game project is all about; the US Army uses the Unreal video game engine to train our soldiers and they fund the development of a public version of the video game to bring Army value to the public. I am currently a developer at America’s Army and had the pleasure of working on several levels in the game. Here are several screens of some of the levels I had the opportunity to work on. Enjoy! Visit www.AmericasArmy.com for more info.

Raven UAV

2011-11-15T16:14:00.003-06:00

This Raven UAV model was made for a training map using Unreal 2.x engine. The Raven has about a 5-6 foot wing span and is launched by hand. I was responsible for modeling and texturing the Raven.

M1A2 Abrams

2011-11-15T16:14:00.001-06:00

Model of an M1A2 Abrams tank that I did for a future training scenario using Unreal 3 game engine. I used Maya for modeling and Photoshop for textures.

First Post!

2011-06-24T12:36:00.000-05:00

I plan to move over my current website to this blog in the future.