Freeworld: Show me some skin, baby! – Interview with David Midien, texture artist for FreeWorld - by Arwen and Raya

When asked by this Freeworld reporter how he got started in making games, Dave Midien said he had to show some skin...actually, his exact words were, "Well, Arwen, I was talking to Draconus [Clyde Bielss, CEO of MindSurge, head dev for Freeworld] and showed him some of the skins I had made. He asked me to be on the team."

Naturally, I had to clarify the term skins, so I asked Dave what exactly he did in Freeworld. He said he pretty much worked in making textures for armor, weapons, monsters, etc. "Same as Draconus," he said.

He went on to explain how the textures are created. "I get a blank model sent to me, basically a mesh, which is just a wire frame of the model, flattened out to be painted on. Then I have to figure out which parts are the head, etc., and make it into a skin. Then I skin it, test it. Using a brush, I make actual armor models and faces etc. Then I resize them to fit the skins and paint on them and send it to Drac to be loaded into the game.