What to put up in Artstation? Roadmap to success?

flipside8404

I spend a year in Game Art and Design courses (mostly basic/intro classes) and have to stop due to health issues. I made an Artstation account, a digital sketchbook thread like others suggested, and will just continue doing free/paid tutorials and practice to improve my current skills/knowledge

My question is,
-what should I should I focus on putting up on my Artstation page? I currently just have recent school project in there right now.
-My goal is to become a character artist, how much time should I spend doing 2D work (anatomy/poses) vs actually sculpting
-Should I just focus on high poly sculpt for the meantime or spend time to make a low poly model complete with texture before moving to another character? What's the level of importance for Character Artist? (i.e. anatomy, low poly model, texturing, rendering..etc etc). I am really inspired by artist like Mathiue Aerni, Alessandro Baldasseroni, Rafael Grassetti, Darcy Korch and Frank Tzeng
-Spending half of my life in the military, having a "structured" learning path might be more beneficial for me instead of just winging it. Anybody have any suggestion on where to start or what work for them, learning on their own?

Eric Chadwick

These have been asked many times before. A lot of it is here:
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Portfolio


Edit... also this might help you figure out what to learn about:
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Character

CafeNight

there is already thread what to do after school newest one

MagicSugar

Time to read Josh Singh's origin story:

http://joshsinghblog.blogspot.ca/ (November 11, 2014 entry).

But Steve, I want you to know, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, Good things don't come easy. We really do make our own opportunity in this life. It's so easy to be a victim of our circumstances. Look at anybody you think has it made, and you will see a trail of sacrifice and tears behind them. Believe in yourself. There is always hope, there is always opportunity, you just have to be ready to seize it when it comes.

Furio Tedeschi's recent presentation at Zbrush Summit is also inspiring for beginning artists.

flipside8404

Thanks guys. I am going through the poly wiki and links atm to avoid repeating the same general questions. I feel like I am doing more reading atm than actually doing art..hahaha...