My online art portfolio.
The top image is the generic arena I made after we shipped nba 2k9. I looked at other arenas and pulled elements from them to make this generic one.
posted by Nikki Lukas @ 7:05 PM
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With about 3 month before submission I asked to be put on environments for NBA. They needed help and brought me on the team. So the following arenas I had alot of fun lighting. My bosses wanted a nice gradation from the floor up to the ceiling with the preference of the ceiling being really dark, and this is what I came up with.
posted by Nikki Lukas @ 7:18 PM
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The following 4 menus I made for NBA 2K9. I would get a photoshopped mock of what the menu should look like from my coworker Anthony. Then I would make a maya file, with polys, textures, and text to make it match the mock. Many times I would talk to Anthony about simple animations that would be included, or talk to the producers about updates, and programmers to make sure we were all on the same page. For these 4 menus the background was made by other great artists are the company. These are just a few of the menus I made for the game.
posted by Nikki Lukas @ 7:04 PM
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posted by Nikki Lukas @ 10:09 PM
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Final rendering
wire frame and cart in day lighting
Baked the lights into the vertices
posted by Nikki Lukas @ 4:34 PM
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I currenlty have a job as an 3d environment artist at Visual Concepts in Novato, CA. I graduated from San Jose State University with a BFA in Illustration/Animation. I was the President of the Shrunkenheadman Club for a year (sjsu's illustration animation club).
