[PORTFOLIO]-Ivan Jesus Ramos
This is my first demo reel upon graduating Full Sail University. I focus on environments but do anything from Hard Surface Modeling and Texturing in photoshop. I'm looking for overall critiques on my demo reel since I intend to post different threads for each individual level or prop I do. I'd also be interested in any possible job opportunities, preferably in NYC. Thank you for your time and consideration in advance.
http://wix.com/ivanjramos/cynical-art
http://wix.com/ivanjramos/cynical-art
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Make a quick HTML gallery with resume (include download link)
Resume should include a download version such as a DOC of PDF. I also like a single, printable page version as well.
Content is all jacked up from being rescaled and recompressed into a flash site. The quality is actually better in your demo reel which is on youtube (if that tells you anything about how this site is hurting you). The images are also very small.
Temple scene has an unnatural green lighting, and all those horizontal patterns are very obviously upside-down, and that's all I can see when I look at this scene.
There are no details about anything. No scene breakdowns, info on tools used, etc. Thus the user is blindly looking at images. Images aren't watermarked.
2d stuff is not so great. I'd remove it. I mean, photoshop clouds?
Contact pages are redundant to Resumes.
Need a little more...the two environments you have are a little redundant. I feel like im looking at the same picture even though they are at different angles and areas of the scene.
You outside lighting could use a little work. It's just too uniform for me. The textures are also too busy for me and appear flat. Are there normals in them? Try to use more references cause the designs in the walls, ceiling, and floors are too repetitive. and I know those are Zbrush Alphas you downloaded from pixologic. Nothing wrong with using them, but use them in a way that's more interesting and creative
You gotta good start here my man, what kind of work do you want to do? any particular studio you want to work for?
That's Jon Jones' article on exactly how your portfolio should be presented. Lot of good info for you.
Both of your websites...one starts you out on the resume, the other is at an about page. You wanna slap people in the face with awesome art right from the get go. Make your art gallery your home page.
I dislike the free Carbonmade due to the small picture sizes. I agree with nick2730 -I am liking weebly.com for now
It's $30 for a year of hosting.