Fundamentals

1.0 Traditional

1.1 Recommended Reads

1.2 Sketching Studies

1.3 Perspective

1.4 Composition

1.5 Tangents

1.6 Color & Light

2.0 Games Industry

2.1 Job Roles

2.2 Applying For Work

2.3 Art Tests

2.4 Freelance

2.5 Social Media

2.6 Climbing the ladder

2D Art

1.0 Getting Started

2D 1.1 Software & Tools

2D 1.2 FAQ

2.0 Techniques

3.0 Technical

2D 3.1 Blend modes in Photoshop

3D Art

1.0 3D Art Getting Started

3D 1.1 Software

3D 1.2 Modeling

3D 1.3 UVs

3D 1.4 Baking

3D 1.5 Texturing

3D 1.6 Materials

3D 1.7 FAQ

2.0 Techniques

3D 2.1 Floating Edge Decals

3D 2.2 Texel Density

3D 2.3 Mask Packing

3D 2.4 Layered Materials

3D 2.5 Face Weighted Normals

3D 2.6 Trim Sheets

3D 2.7 Shaders & You

3D 2.8 CAD Workflow For Weapons

3.0 Technical

3D 3.1 LODS (Level of Detail)

3D 3.2 Alpha & Overdraw

3D 3.3 GPU Performance for Artists

3D 3.4 Srgb Vs Linear Color

3D 3.5 RGB+A vs RGB Textures

3D 3.6 Polygon Budgets

3D 3.7 Texture Compression

3D 3.8 Rendering

4.0 Specialized

4.1 Hard Surface

4.2 Character Artist

4.3 Technical Artist

5.0 Terms

3D 5.1 Glossary

3D 5.2 Industry Job Roles

6.0 References

6.1 Weapons library

Level Design

1.0 Getting Started

1.1 Spatial Communication in Level Design

Documentation / Breakdowns

The Empire Collection

3.1 Wood Resources

3.2 Metal Resources

3.3 Cloth Resources

3.4 Damage Resources

Pushing Fidelity

Assessments & Exercises

Art Test PBR (Fire Hydrant)

LD to Art Project

Documentation

Career & Portfolio FAQ

Variation Masks

Detail Normals

• Empire University
• Fundamentals
• 1.0 Traditional
• 2.0 Games Industry
• 2D Art
• 1.0 Getting Started
• 2.0 Techniques
• 3.0 Technical
• 3D Art
• 1.0 3D Art Getting Started
• 2.0 Techniques
• 3.0 Technical
• 4.0 Specialized
• 5.0 Terms
• 6.0 References
• Level Design
• 1.0 Getting Started
• Documentation / Breakdowns
• The Empire Collection
• Assessments & Exercises
• Documentation