"Newcomer's Introduction Thread"- What brought you here?

[Raidou]

Yo, what's going on everyone? My username is Raidou (obviously) but my real name is Jared. I've been searching for weeks for the right forum and community to join. From what I've read and seen, I think this is where I'm meant to be. I've been a gamer since the age of 6 years old. Like many my very first console was an NES (which actually belonged to my brother) but the console that started it all for me was the Sega Genesis. The game that first got me hooked was Sonic The Hedgehog 2. I've played and beaten the game so much that I almost know the layout for nearly all the stages!

My primary genre of play is RPGs but I dabble in a majority of the other genres like fighting games, beat em ups, SRPGs, etc. Some of my favorite video games of all time are Yakuza 4, Jade Empire, Sonic Adventure, Persona 3 FES, Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, Saints Row 4, Skies of Arcadia, Final Fantasy IX, among many others. I also own a few different consoles (PS2, PS3, 3DS, Vita, and Wii U) so I don't follow the whole console fanboy thing. There are too many good exclusives to be missing out on lol.

Now, me personally, I've begun my journey to becoming a 3D Character Artist. I draw a lot of inspiration from Cyber Connect 2's Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games and their new Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle. I love their character models and their animations. Truly amazing! And of course I can't forget about Blizzard's amazing art. Both 2D and 3D. My goal is to reach that level of quality. I'm going to reach it. I have to. I feel like this is what I'm meant to do with my life. I wanna be apart of making characters for video games, movies, shows, books, comics, the whole nine yards! Like I said, I just started and I'm having an amazing time learning my program. I'm using Modo 701. I know 3DS Max, Maya, and Zbrush are mainly used in the industry but I find Modo so much easier and funner for me. Anyway, I'll just end this by saying it's cool to be here and I really hope to talk to some of you and even game with you too! Guess I'm gonna get back to filling out my game list. Sorry for making this long. Catch ya later.