Jacob Norris

Creative Director at Sierra Division
|| Previously | Lead at NVIDIA | Naughty Dog | Kojima Productions | Insomniac Games | & More ||

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

This is one of those #PortfolioDay 's :D
Tons of awesome artwork all over Twitter today. Here's a couple pieces I've done throughout the years. Enjoy!

Feel free to checkout my ArtStation for more
https://t.co/QjPJYCc5hE

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

My latest Fan Art ya'll
Enjoy!

#GodofWar

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

Unpopular opinion? The games industry has been so obsessed with making everything super realistic at the expense of actually making games fun.

Its great to see SSM giving Laufey some hangtime and bending the rules of realism for the sake of fun. The art is beautiful as always🔥

[Doru Bogdan @DoruArt]

I've just finished a project I was chipping away at in my free time . As many others in the industry with no work it I've also been affected. If you need an experienced Environment Artist with great versatility ( Materials, Lighting, props, weapons, sculpting, level art) ,msg me!

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Have you been playing @CounterStrike 2?

Our team recently had the opportunity to create some more assets for another Counter-Strike Map!
de_cache was released and we were happy to take part in creating some of the vehicles and assets for the map.

Congratulations to the team and everyone @valvesoftware for putting together such a beautiful update to the community map.

Please take a look at some of our work and find more posts on #ArtStation. Then see if you can find the assets while playing the game!

Truck
https://t.co/Td4sIpCZHM

Bus
https://t.co/er1SYh6xut

Cleaning Robot
https://t.co/85mfFpR967

Forklift
https://t.co/oTOm38R9B7

BTR
https://t.co/AFDE4Jini8

Large Assets
https://t.co/PEHu41jx5E

Small Assets
https://t.co/9UemaC9cD1

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

@jstubbles @FredsFarm247 Yeah you definitely cant really trust people that are peddling their own products. The main thing is balance as you said. Avoiding too much sugar and canola oils is generally healthy. Often, but not always, less ingredients is better, but junk food here and there is fine

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

@jstubbles @FredsFarm247 Hmm, but does that mean you feel what he's saying in the video is inaccurate?

[edwn @edwiin]

Epic Games laying off 1000 people today should remind you of one thing

No amount of late nights, overtime, or genuine care for the company you work for will save you

Work for yourself, build for yourself

At least if it ends, you have control of it and it wasn't a surprise

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

@JoeWilsonEQ1 Where are you sourcing the original from? Moss source is important 😄 Brick moss is where it's at

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Map of submarine internet connection cables across the entire planet Earth.

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

This is actually amazing and if AI gets used for things like this, hell yeah. Not to take away our creativity and purpose, but to literally save lives and give us more purpose

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Australian tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham explains how he used ChatGPT/AlphaFold (spent $3,000 with no biology background) to create a custom MRNA vaccine to treat his dog’s cancer tumors. Unreal.

[Fathers Diary @Fathers_Diary]

5 years old - Dad knows everything!

7 years old - Dad knows.

10 years old - Maybe dad doesn’t know?!

12 years old - Dad doesn’t know.

14 years old - Dads gone crazy!

16 years old - Can’t take dad seriously.

18 years old - What does dad know?!

22 years old - Dads talking rubbish!

24 years old - I know more than dad!

26 years old - Dad seems to know some things after all.

30 years old - Think I should ask dad about this?!

40 years old - It’s amazing how dad went through all this!

45 years old - Dads been right all along.

50 years old - If dad was here, I could have learned a lot from him.

Your father is the only man who's proud to see you doing better than him.

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

@andrewpprice Holy shit, this would be game changing for Hollywood, movies, TV shows, you can change the shot and DOF at any time after filming.

Kind of scary to think about the security implications for security cameras and tracking in public spaces also...

[Andrew Price @andrewpprice]

Real estate agents are about to become even less necessary.

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Here's what happens when you take a 19th century painting and transform it into a real-time 3D environment fit for a fantasy medieval game.

Introducing River Town: Laundry Day, our studio's latest project, inspired by Christian Friedrich Mali's oil painting "Wash Day Before a Small Town."

Built in #UnrealEngine with assets created in #Blender, our goal was to capture what made the original painting feel alive.

River Town includes a mix of hand created, sculpted, and textured assets, with modular building elements, overlaid with tessellated Megascans materials. Materials were altered and customized to capture the style and atmosphere of the original artwork.

See more on #ArtStation: https://t.co/ZN5cWGASsi

The team:
Inka Sipola - Artwork planning, project creation, texturing, lighting, art, assets, composition, props, material work, sculpting, cinematics
Jacob Norris - Art Direction, Final Renders, Some Lighting and Post Process work

#medieval #fantasy #gameart

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

@_bieleckki Great job man, one of my favorite packs we have. 🫶

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Heading to @Official_GDC and looking to get professional feedback on your portfolio? Book a time with our CEO and Creative Director @PurePolygons!

RSVP: https://t.co/cyXn59zMra

#gameartists

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

I've been lucky enough to work with James now for over half a year and he has been incredible. Our project is in such a good place now thanks to James guidance, vast game knowledge, and professional experience to know exactly where our focus needed to be. He can help you as well

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Big news! We're excited to announce that we've partnered with veteran Game Director James Mouat as we expand our co-development and outsourcing services. James brings strong expertise and a wealth of experience having shipped games like Need for Speed and Gears Tactics, among many others.

If you're an indie dev looking for expertise or resources, we'd love to hear from you!

https://t.co/xg2IKpDuL1

#gamedev #indiedev

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

I'm also happy to show select individuals our game project if you are looking for investment opportunities in a veteran team like ourselves. It is shaping up to be an exciting year already and I cant believe it is only February!

As always, I'd love to meet up with old friends

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

I’m excited to be at GDC again this year in March. We’ve been working on a ton of cool s**t, both for clients and in-house, including developing our own game project. We'll be looking to explore outsourcing and co-dev collabs this year, we're happy to help your project succeed!

[Doru Bogdan @DoruArt]

Finished this piece a few months ago for an awesome pack at Sierra Division. This was nice practice in plasticity