Got a job lined up straight out of college! :)

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:41 am

Hey everyone,

I know some of you have followed my artwork in the PTMC Art Gallery and I'd like to thank you for all the comments you have posted.

I'm graduating this December but have been hired by Electronic Arts Tiburon to start work in January. I'm going to be a character modeler

EA Tiburon works on titles such as Madden, NCAA, and NFL Street. They're also talking about branching out from sports titles in the coming years.

So maybe if any of you like sports titles you'll end up playing a game I've worked on in the near future!

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:43 am

good work.
you deserve a chance... very talented man.

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:09 am

That's excellent. Congratulations!

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:20 am

Woohoo!

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:32 am

Wow, not bad! Especially having learned Max in the short time that you did. Congrats!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:09 am

Congratulations DT, good news for sure.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:10 am

nice dude, i get every madden, ncaa football, and nba live that comes out, so chances are i'll be usin your ★■◆●!

Scratch · Post by **Scratch** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:11 am

That's awesome man! Congrats! Well atleast we have an inside scoop to EA Sports now ..

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:20 am

Kick ass! Go DT!

XSabre · Post by **XSabre** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:40 am

Awesome man! Congrats, your work is just amazing!

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:56 am

Cheers!

and good luck.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:15 pm

Always nice to see community people getting into the industry..

Good luck D!

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:29 pm

Sweet! an inside line

Push for EA to buy the Descent rights from all partys involved.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:46 pm

Awesome dude. I knew you'd be able to get a good job. Congrats again.

Don't forget us little guys if you need beta testers for some good games.

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:00 pm

Gratz!!!

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:32 pm

Hey thanks everyone for the replies & kind words! I got my paperwork today and there's some nasty NDA forms so I guess my lips are sealed about what goes on in the studio!!

I can only hope I one day work on a game as addictive as Descent 3... Then my life will be complete

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:38 pm

Heh, I was waiting for the "Oops, now I have to shut my mouth. Sorry I can't tease you guys with inside info about all the cool stuff I'm gonna be working on!" post.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:22 pm

With the level of work you do, was there every any doubt that you'd get a job pronto?

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:34 pm

Good work, DT.

That said, you suck. Your story sounds much like my sister's. She taught herself Photoshop and got so good at it that she started working on projects for DarkHorse Comics. Meanwhile, it took ME 3 YEARS to get into the field I wanted. That's after school, too!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:48 pm

Good for you man!

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 8:12 pm

good job! and that is a good job too. i herd working at EA is a dream in heven. i hope to see your good work in future football titles because I play those.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:31 pm

Awesome DT... Just too bad it was EA and not Blizzard

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:22 pm

Sage wrote:i herd working at EA is a dream in heven.

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but HAL9000 would like to strongly disagree with you.

EA pays well, but you're a small cog in a big wheel. I'll stick to smaller independent dev studios because they're more interesting. But hey, there's nothing wrong with working for The Man.

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:47 pm

All I can say is that The Man has incredible benefits and perks. The likes of which you could not even imagine. To go through the list would take too long, and would sound like bragging.

But I was sold in no time.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:20 am

Awsome DT!! Good luck to ya!! I hope I can still get some advice from you if I ever get some time to do character work. I know I haven't really asked anything but I've been too busy with other very secretive projects.