Reply To: Challenges with this as a career.

[Phil Osterbauer]

Hey   @skudmora, 

Who are you? What are you studying? What occupation/career are you interested in pursuing? The CG industry is so diverse. Are you interested in concept art, modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, compositing, pre-viz, game design, environment work……the list goes on. 

So introduce us to you, tell us what your dream is. Give me a reason to take a half an hour to an hour to answer these questions. When, so far, it seems you invested 5min to copy and paste your assignment. Passion feeds on passion. Feed me some of yours so I can give you some of mine.

You say you don’t know anyone in the industry. First starting out most don’t. Seek them out. Who inspires you? When you go on Artstation is there an artist there that stands out and you look up to? Is there a video game you enjoy over others? Check out the credits and see who worked on it. Then look up those people and find their portfolio. Consider contacting them. If you decide to contact them DO NOT just copy and paste the assignment ^^ Especially the directions for the assignment. If they see you were directed to send a thank you note, any thank you you send will just feel disingenuous. You have to bring the passion and do your research.

Another good bit of advice comes from Laura Price: https://youtu.be/rHF_I8CS_4A 

Watch it and take it into consideration. I know what she says about the “professional interview assignment” but you still have to do it right? Take her advice and try to work it into your own situation.

Well good luck @skudmora I hope you find the answers you’re looking for and the project goes well. Put yourself out there and no matter the outcome you’ll be doing just fine.