I’m James Taylor and this is my blog on 3D art. I want to make the world a better looking place. Isn’t that what artists do?
Right now I work in the game industry as an art director. I’ve also taught 3D art creation at the university level. I’ve been creating digital art since the 90s. I’ve been a web designer, an animator, a 3D artist, a professor, and an art director. I’ve created characters, environments, special effects, lighting, compositing, visual effects, user interfaces, and more.
I also happen to have worked on a lot of different video games:
- credited titles:
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
- Blitz: The League 2
- Game Party 2
- TNA iMPACT!
- NBA Ballers Chosen One
- Game Party
- John Woo presents Stranglehold
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
- Mortal Kombat: Unchained
- NBA Ballers: Phenom
- Blitz: The League
- Karaoke Revolution Party
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
- The Matrix: Path of Neo
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
- Karaoke Revolution Volume 3
- Karaoke Revolution Volume 2
- Mortal Kombat: Deception
- NBA Ballers
- Karaoke Revolution
- Secret Service: Security Breach
- Amplitude
- RedCard 20-03
I made this guy after watching your MILA shader videos. All the shaders are MILA (except for the eyes), rendered in Maya Mental Ray. Super helpful videos! Thanks a ton!
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Ha ha, very cool! Nice work. 🙂
wanted to know when the next step on face control rigs will be coming out! even a rough idea? 🙂
-I- don’t even have a rough idea… I haven’t started on it and my new job is keeping me very busy. Sorry!
can you please upload tutorial about body skin texturing with using mudbox and sculpting in maya as well
that would be very gret
Hi James, did you work on a title called Mig Alley? It was released in the late 90’s early 2000 by Rowan Software.
Nope! I’ve heard of the game but didn’t work on it.
Ah, I see. There was a programmer named Jim Taylor that worked on it. I think he was from the EU. Nevertheless, I see your portfolio and it looks really good.
I can’t find words to tell you how much I thank you for sharing us with your knowledge @ james taylor. By the way is there a tutorial of attaching a head to the torso
Wow, thank you Manasseh!
Yes, I’m pretty certain I go over head to torso connection in the extended cut off the female modeling videos, you may want to try those. Best of luck!
U’ve shown us the technic of modelling male head different from women’s heads can that way of attaching head to torso work on both or that women’s head modeling technic can work even on men’s head modelling? , thank you
Okay, I found a Way .. thank you