I want to work on games! Since I am determined to do this I will improve on my art skills daily so I can become better at what I do. I am really looking forward to one day when I can work with a group of extremely talented and passionate people. Have questions? Feel free to skype or email me. :D Skype Name: nicholas.dariano Email: nick.dariano(at)gmail.com Portfolio WebsiteArchive of My Art I like pie. :) ~ Nicholas Dariano (Student @BGSU) (Self-Taught) -Friends-Will BenhamKylie SilverdustJavier PerezOlivia MargrafNick LeysensCollin MappAnne MillerEric BuescherJoe FrasherKen FaircloughAaron Pickens3D Art Appreciation BlogTumblr (3.0; @3dcube)http://3dcube.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8846d571e248e1b262af0b41792b0fe8/tumblr_mmrr05VxgC1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Working on a Pandaren inspired watch/guard tower.</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/50396074003http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/50396074003Mon, 13 May 2013 23:28:53 -0400MayaWoWBlizzardmists of pandaria3d<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/89d9b41f02fff2b80db2404857658850/tumblr_ml65e024VS1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guys! I have some exciting news!</p> <p><strong><span>First I was a winner in Blizzards student Contest this year! Yay!</span></strong></p> <p><a href="http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest-winners-2013.html"><a href="http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest-winners-2013.html">http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest-winners-2013.html</a><br/></a></p> <p><strong><span>Second Blizzard has been kind enough to invite me out as an intern this summer!! Super Yay!</span></strong><br/><br/>So excited to have been given this opportunity, I cant wait to start. :)</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/47823583400http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/47823583400Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:58:48 -0400FinallyHard WorkStarting to Pay OffYes!<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6607d21d43186cddc3854e034ad14cf5/tumblr_mjxz2pJ9ql1qgm8r5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just updated my website!</p> <p>Check it out and let me know what you guys think. :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.nickdariano.com" target="_blank">nickdariano.com</a></p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45815291145http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45815291145Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:28:00 -04003dartistwebsiteEnvironment<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58ab992f9ae884a09c1fa1825dc06b4c/tumblr_mjkltqIIgJ1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Prop update. Pretty much done. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45223206225http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45223206225Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:13:02 -0400mayaphotoshopudkhand paintedtexture3d model<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e01aed28185377a0f9e87b78d589ed57/tumblr_mjgwn8mYM21qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Almost done with the texture for this. Need to work on the logo, valve and touch up the wood in some places. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45064472930http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/45064472930Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:16:20 -0400MayaphotoshopUDK3d modelhand paintedtexture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b41ed179fb8c117bcf2ade4a7cca0a8/tumblr_mjcskcuHea1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Working on a little mining scene. Currently texturing the water storage/pump. Been so busy lately. :O</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/44870191540http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/44870191540Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:57:00 -0500Mayaphotoshop<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d69b25c9ab2e94971a8e7086e52f0095/tumblr_mgndclUvUz1qgm8r5o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/632d94c1465057027b320b12b1d02b9c/tumblr_mgndclUvUz1qgm8r5o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00ce9032cc80aab3790f089cefa02782/tumblr_mgndclUvUz1qgm8r5o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd727930c54d4c22f8afe44afe5b5f19/tumblr_mgndclUvUz1qgm8r5o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Alright here is my the final for this years Blizzard student art contest. I will post break downs and textures later. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/40573513490http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/40573513490Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:21:00 -0500UDKMayaphotoshopBlizzardwowworld of warcraft<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8dacc7321c9020f33c24f8e79c4e6fd1/tumblr_mg6mf0BBUl1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d260f9f7343ff2e1a144716de1a631c/tumblr_mg6mf0BBUl1qgm8r5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Trees! I threw some in with the house to get a sense of what they will look like together. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39796863202http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39796863202Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:18:00 -0500Day 17Day 18Day 19UDKPhotoshopMayaBlizzardTrees3d modeling<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e716dfd703ee3e3ebaa321ab85efc9d3/tumblr_mfz8qhO3zd1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/729906fd1203af3bbf76eb46a02d7879/tumblr_mfz8qhO3zd1qgm8r5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ad84fa3b32cc9263dab0e9b9228d1e6/tumblr_mfz8qhO3zd1qgm8r5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Added some Gryphon nests on the roof of the building. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39436158135http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39436158135Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:39:52 -0500Day 15Day 16UDKMayaPhotoshop3d modelingBlizzard<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ecb6901681c45504eb79ba75195a827/tumblr_mfvclezSOx1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I felt the goggles were necessary for my goal and I regret nothing.</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39257244610http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39257244610Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:12:50 -0500Day 14MayaPhotoshopBlizzard3d modeling<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0ecb88be340714d958e11a85fefaf97/tumblr_mftwpkokUu1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39192636887http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/39192636887Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:32:08 -0500Day 12Day 13photoshopmaya3dmodelingblizzard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7bfcca69bbae32c32c67cc9677dce1b1/tumblr_mfpkz8Bkkq1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Working on blocking in the terrain and the giant gryphon head sculpture.</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38978735002http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38978735002Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:28:20 -0500Day 10Day 11UDKmayaphotoshop3d modelingblizzard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a1c841d71b954eb7ef70f42ef703dae/tumblr_mfmbhjyQUr1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8e5181e7c1fdacb7739de12f8e2c975/tumblr_mfmbhjyQUr1qgm8r5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>More work on the houses. Here is how they are looking in UDK. Just a bit more to redo and I can move on to making new things other than the houses. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38837330292http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38837330292Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:10:30 -0500Day 8Day 9UDKBlizzard3d modelingmayaphotoshop<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97c7e83150f6cdc3d8debf68cc74ebb9/tumblr_mfir5efii71qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reworking the walls and supports.</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38689788743http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38689788743Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:58:26 -0500Day 7Mayaphotoshop3d modelTexturing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/38488a299eb7b15a6aa840bf8b9486df/tumblr_mfg96oOlcz1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reworked the stone wall texture and added some tiling geometry to give it some extra depth. I think the extra geo will look nice on the house bases since I don’t have a budget necessarily. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38567007202http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38567007202Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:35:12 -0500Day 6MayaPhotoshop3d modelBlizzardTexture Painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9998fa5f1f3ede275daa6f33255c4cd2/tumblr_mffwy0M3Bs1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ab9db2611de7ed24331579206db52b0/tumblr_mffwy0M3Bs1qgm8r5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>New textures for the roof are done! </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38548551801http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38548551801Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:10:00 -0500Day 4Day 5MayaPhotoshopBlizzard3d modeling<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf35353d680b17258727e92000447da8/tumblr_mfbgkkVfgx1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trust me, its not what you think. Just playing around with an idea I have. :)</p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38368120437http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38368120437Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:26:44 -0500Day 3Hello? Come in tokyo.Maya<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72f24a81d6bfffbe6a3ba42d9a07343b/tumblr_mf98lefHUH1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More work on the roof, went back and reworked the texture a bit adding the missing tiles like in the previous paint over and again playing with the moss. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38269870419http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38269870419Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:39:14 -0500Day 2MayaPhotoshop<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e5364ce345e96f25e945cb7c580df58/tumblr_mf7h6k5LrU1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So there is about 100 days till GDC. I have decided to challenge myself and work on my portfolio at least 1 hr or more of course per day. posting what I did that day here. </p> <p>So let the 100 day challenge begin.</p> <p> OK so this roof looks familiar, I am going back and essentially redoing the modular houses I built previously textures and all. I feel there is a lot of improvement I can add to them to make them more successful.</p> <p>I am starting with the roof. I spent today optimizing uvs and reworking the geo. I also played around with creating missing tiles on the roof via the texture. This is just a quick paint over to see if it would work or not. Since I’m generally trying to keep this low poly I decided to create the holes through the texture rather than using actual geo. </p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38197216169http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/38197216169Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:49:00 -0500Day 1mayablizzardElmore Ridge<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f00ff390ce00aeec3eeb83c14e5f25aa/tumblr_mewocy0LUK1qgm8r5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c22974edf7b53d1348cceb7c863db04b/tumblr_mewocy0LUK1qgm8r5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d39e377e6e0c7fc869fc5d9d441b9612/tumblr_mewocy0LUK1qgm8r5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25048621b21440700b7a5c5843cd5024/tumblr_mewocy0LUK1qgm8r5o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some quick screen grabs of the scene. This is what I turned in for school finals. Now time to go back and redo/fix everything up over break and really make this environment shine. </p> <p>I also made a quick video walk through of its current state. </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I0hZPTgefHA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I0hZPTgefHA</a></p>http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/37775245155http://3dcube.tumblr.com/post/37775245155Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:50:56 -0500UDKblizzardenvironment artvideo game