Noel , I am not getting away with anything. You really are talking out fo your hat.
As far as stuff being wasteful, try telling the senior artist that his uv layouts are crap and see how far you get.
You see, I only textured them , did not produce the the original model or indeed uv map it and was not allowed to change anything even if I wanted .
politics is a huge part of the games industry and you can't just go doing it 'your' way even if you want .
It took me a almost a year to convince them that the style I was using was the right one.
Even then it caused me a lot of grief that I could have well done without.
Things have changed now as I am heading towards being a senior artist and I have a lot more say in what goes on.
We are also working on next gen stuff now which demands a much higher standard.
As far as stuff being wasteful, try telling the senior artist that his uv layouts are crap and see how far you get.
You see, I only textured them , did not produce the the original model or indeed uv map it and was not allowed to change anything even if I wanted .
politics is a huge part of the games industry and you can't just go doing it 'your' way even if you want .
It took me a almost a year to convince them that the style I was using was the right one.
Even then it caused me a lot of grief that I could have well done without.
Things have changed now as I am heading towards being a senior artist and I have a lot more say in what goes on.
We are also working on next gen stuff now which demands a much higher standard.