Hello and welcome to my portfolio,
My name is Ryan Metcalf and I am attending The Guildhall at SMU in Cohort 11, graduating in December 2009. I am currently working on my Masters of Interactive Technology, specialization in Art Creation. I love making environmental art and animation for video games as much as I love working on a team.
Before the Guildhall, I studied in Film & Digial Media at an undergraduate level. I was very interested in photography, lighting, editing and storytelling of television and movies. I've always felt that motion pictures can have a strong, emotional impact on viewers and a similarity can be drawn between video games and players.
When it comes to animation in video games, it can become similar to directing actors in movies. Throughout my time at Guildhall, I've been focusing on creating believable, realistic animations. I have also been learning more about traditional art, drawing, painting, low and high-poly modeling, lighting, software packages and pipelines.
Feel free to check out the rest of my individual and team work.