@dostovel right there with ya..
But back to the dilemma at hand. As for the hyper real barrel, I don’t know if Kent will be online today as it’s weekend so I’ll give you my two cents.
Personally I think creating new work regularly and continuously improving your skills is super important. It’s also good to keep your portfolio fresh and up to date with new work. You’ve been working on your reel for quite a while and besides creating scenes with preexisting models you haven’t done any new work (correct me if I’m wrong).
Might be a nice change of pace, to keep your creative juices flowing. It is only a 3 week class this time so it won’t be a full month.
Ultimately I think you should do what feels good to do. Do you want to create some new stuff? Or do you want to work through the demo reel? Follow your inner artist heart, it’s like a compass.
I always think that the best art comes from following your heart, make what you want to make.
For example, I tried to do the wooden stylized treasure chest for class. But I wasn’t feeling it. I like realism in games, stylized is not my thing. So after many hours staring at my screen doing nothing I switched to making a sci-fi treasure chest. Within no time I had the basis of the chest done!
So my advice is, do what you want to do the most at this moment in time.
Hope this helps..
