VGW: While many game studios typically utilize “industry standard” software such as Autodesk’s 3D Studio Max or Maya for their creating 3D models, a technical artist at Sega is thinking a bit differently. Katsuhiko Omori, a technical artist for Sega Japan working on the upcoming Virtua Tennis 4, which releases on May 10, in the US, has decided to use the open source and free-to-download 3D modeling and animation package Blender instead.
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CEO Haruki Satomi said Sega will "take these lessons into account for future initiatives"
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lets not try to pretend tools do not matter. Great tools can make bad artist do great things.