Final ArenaNet Test

So, Turns out the art test was from last year and they havent updated or released one yet.... but I finished this one anyway.

Here is the finished product:

Edit: A few people have asked me how long this took, I did it over 2 days and my estimate would be about 20-22 hours.

They also released the real test this year, and its the same as last year. So, yay! I am done!

Progress!

Not quite finished, but almost!

I have spent the last 2 days working on the ArenaNet art test for their internship position.

Here is where I am at so far...

I need to finish up the pumpkins and get some lighting in there. This is just the default maya lighting with high quality on.

What I have learned about "Textures"

You never know how much you have grown as an artist until you see work you did a while ago, and realize it was terrible. I have had this realization today.

Example:

What you see on the left (2011) is what I now like to refer to as "lazy texturing". There is no life. These may be just diffuse textures, but they should look as good as they possibly can without help from a normal or spec map. In short, the left one is boring. How did I ever think I could get away with this?!?!

The right one is a quick update I have done. I used the original as a base and worked my way up from there. It still feels incomplete to me (the mortar needs a little work) but after about an hour of work (inside zbrush and photoshop) this was the result. It was so much better I knew I should share. 

Please don't get caught lazy texturing, its just not pretty...