What do you do besides 3d ?
polycounter lvl 5
Hello to y'all,
New member here,I know most of you are into 3d art ( and art generally) but what is your primary focus in life? what is your job ?
are most of you guys students? freelancers? working in companies as full time artists/animators/designers/modellers etc ?
you guys living of 3d art ?
how old are you ?
Just want to get better insight of what type of people are here on this forum ?
New member here,I know most of you are into 3d art ( and art generally) but what is your primary focus in life? what is your job ?
are most of you guys students? freelancers? working in companies as full time artists/animators/designers/modellers etc ?
you guys living of 3d art ?
how old are you ?
Just want to get better insight of what type of people are here on this forum ?
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My life these days is a full-time schedule of seeking that first career opportunity while feeling hopelessly lost, working on personal 3D art projects to ignore feelings of being hopelessly lost, learning and improving my 3D art skills so I can keep up with the young'uns, going to the beach and peeing polygon primitives into the sand, and cooking/eating lots of horribly bland spaghetti while thinking about 3D art and the potential bad life decisions that brought me to this point in my life. Sometimes I get too drained and crash on the couch and put a horror movie on in the background, I guess that's kind of a hobby? Then of course I have to make time for my girlfriend and the animals or else they would all be mad and hate me and I'd probably die a lonely mess.
Welcome to Polycount, young grasshoppah!
Welcome to Polycount!
Before I had kids I had my priorities all messed up but once my first came along it was quite amazing how quickly my priorities and outlook changed. I try to spend as much time as possible with them and leave work at work but I do still play games at home. I also still play hockey which I have done my entire life, its my only physical activity lol but its important to GET OUT AND LIVE
Welcome Welcome, Polycount helped me nail my first job due to some fantastic members who helped me along
glad you've joined us, we've been expecting you.
Greetings, welcome aboard, hope you enjoy the ride
Well I'm an 'old' bugger, just turned 58 this month, along the way acquiring a varied assortment of employment and life experiences, from my first job fresh out of high school as a Hospital Orderly, Labouring, Car Assembly Plant, Street Artist, Traditional Portraitist, Military Service too very recently even a partime stint going it alone picking up a couple of freelance gigs which I have to say was an absolute challenge for me in terms of both mental and indeed physical demands one had to face daily...basically really trying not to f*ck it all up.
Anyhow much akin to working as a recon scout in a assault troop section back in the day : / but that all said learnt a hell of a lot about myself when stepping outside the comfort zone as an artist. Anyway nowadays working as a security guard just paying the bills and getting by whilst doing art when time permits which by the way will remain a driving life's passion right up until I kick the bucket.
Cheers.
Well let's see, I've just turned 41 this past January and been struggling with my decision to purse 3D art. Like @Spag_Eddy I gave up my job as a print graphic designer to pursue a profession in 3d environment modeling. It's been a hard road so far as I've built models, hated the model did another model, found a ton of errors in that model scraped that one and did another. I guess all in all I haven't finished a model since I did a training course with Gnomon workshop back last year! But I love 3d modeling and hopefully, all the practice and learning pays off and lands me that dream job!
As it stands I"m currently doing freelance work as a graphic designer to pay bills as I can't work in a sweaty print shop again. Anyways, here's to you and the dreamers on here waiting for that big moment to finally get that much desired and deserved break that will one day come!
Cheers,
Shoncee
I also do sports every once in a while, going through different phases, most recent being boulder climbing. And I love playing video games or board games with friends. My ultimate dream is to get a dog, but current lifestyle has no room for a dog yet
it was definitely my primary focus when I was in school, most of my time was dedicated to character art, always thinking about it, waking up browsing artstation, working on personal stuff, eating in front of the computer browsing artstation, etc
now, not so much, if I could go back in time I would take that shit less seriously and try to live a real life, not wasting it all in front of a screen and losing friendships
i'm trying my hand at electronic music and learning synthesis now, i'm quite interested by fashion and graphic design as well, will probably try learning sewing, screenprinting and embroidery sometime later, it would be cool if I created my clothing brand
Still working towards actually making real games.
besides working in games I really enjoy backpacking/traveling and spending time at the gym. a couple years ago I went to Vietnam and bought a motorcycle for $200 and spent a month riding from the north to the south of the country, proably one of the most interesting and fulfilling experiences of my life, I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a bit of adventure in their life. sold the motorbike for $180 at the end of the trip, so it literally cost me 20 bucks to own a motorcycle in vietnam...for a month
jesus this is starting to sound like a tinder profile
Dabbled with 3D very little around 2006-2007, but started learning it in college in 2008.
I do seem to enjoy playing some indie games or games that aren't as popular or well-known (kind of). Never owned a PS1-4, or any of the Xbox consoles, just anything Nintendo aside from the Wii U. I kind of missed out on a lot of games over the years, because of time (this was mainly when I was trying to break in, and was in film/vfx, and would use to just watch a bunch of walkthroughs. This is a bunch of info, but this leads me to playing a bunch of games on other platforms. Got into iPhone games early on, and a few on PC. Recently, I've just been looking at whatever's on the Switch.
Now, I'm into boxing, just as a workout (I use to be chubby way back, didn't care much about health and more about breaking in). I do like to travel, but I need a reason lol and it's always something game dev-related now. SF because of GDC, LA because of E3, Seattle just because I love it and there are a bunch of studios around here, and was in San Diego starting out. Portland.. I just visited, but now that reminds me, I need to check out the PIGSquad or Portland Indie Game Squad, Vancouver, BC just of a Unity Dev Day event and Capcom event years back, etc. Montreal, QC is on my radar, same as Austin, TX, and maybe Chicago (not sure yet).
I might be way too career-oriented lol, that's all. I'll be open to a few things, but I know I'll be close-off on some things. It's an interesting perspective, over the years of trying to break in a game studio, and then finally in one on-site, looking out.
Oh and obviously video games!
@sacboi How is that King Tiger coming along?
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Character Artist, full-time atm
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You're 50+? Man, you looked late 40s tops
Started learning 3D the self taught route when I was 17, lived and breathed it until I finally got in, and still do.
Hobbies wise, still play games when I have the time, but I've mostly been working and trying to get a social life in a new city where I know almost no one
Play games when I have time and I enjoy cooking with my wife when she isn't out of town for film industry. She does costuming. Trying to get back into a fitness routine, since that's been a big part of both our lives, and we both have been failing miserably due to the recent move and our wedding as well as other excuses lol.
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@sacboi How is that King Tiger coming along?
Heh!...well it's been in stasis for a while, really should take more notice of my own and others advice:
"...less flapping of the gums and more work, please"
Get right on it...promise
As for me, turning 37 next month. Worked as Character Artist / 3d Modeler for a number of years and eventually transitioned over to Technical Art. Found myself really enjoying the engineering side of things. Started with mel scripting/python and now focusing on C++.
When I'm not being professionally sedentary, I cook.
Other than being a 3d artist, my hobbies include playing musical instruments (piano and violin), going for some outdoor exercise (jogging and swimming), and learning foreign languages (Japanese and Chinese). I want to learn how to cook as well. When the time is right.
As for playing games, I only play probably around 10 carefully selected games per year. These days, I avoid time-sinking open world games unless they are Game-of-the-Year contenders.
Studied Industrial design before transitioning to 3D.
Looking for a hobby currently.
Now I focus on having a social life, make progress on my art portfolio & gamedev personal goals. Dancing in different dance school 5 times a week and getting laid, gym, learning my fifth language (polish is so hard u guys), putting time into making personal art, learning gamedev in UE4. I rarely play any games these days, though the itch will always grow so big I'll have to put one of my other activities on hold for a month or so. Watching YT helps not go crazy on this.
@neilberard What has been your experience on salaries between all the positions you've been in? Does technical art pay the most? This entails coding tools for other artists, handling engine-specific tasks, setting up engine shaders or materials, R&D of new pipelines?
@musashidan I'll always say your life is such a wild story. What was the best place you lived in and why? What was the worst one?
Since the topic of getting laid keeps popping up and is clearly a vital piece of public information, it got me thinking and now I have some questions.
Important -> "How many of us are getting laid besides doing 3d art?"
Does your art get you laid, or does getting laid make you produce better art?
Does the amount of times you get laid equal to the no of artworks in your portfolio.
Or does quality over quantity matter here as well?
Do you treat your lays as you do your art, i.e when you have to get the best layer, you go through your list of lays and remove the layers that aren't as good as your most recent lays?
Do you use multiple layers? What breeds do you usually use and do you build specific environments to get them to lay good eggs?
Thing is, I'm thinking of keeping a couple of chickens since eggs here in Montreal don't always go on sale especially for the 18-24 packs.
Anyone have experience with this? I've been doing far too much 3D to figure out the best way to get a bird and lay myself a good egg.
Still waiting on that bird to come through that door... (source - Orville)
https://atomicsupermen.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/theorvilles01e02001.jpg
That said, I've been learning french and getting to know the city.
And it still doesn't answer my question of where to get the chickens to lay the eggs to get yolked with.
Kinda sadistic, get them laying, then yolk myself.
Might affect their confidence.
(no double yolk ...sob..)
I have family in spain. Spain doesnt seem to have many studios though to work at.
Hopefully freelance work is strong that itll be possible to live anywhere and earn your keep (or coop as far as birds go)
Krakow is great. Its biggest issue is the smog during winter, but the government seems to be making an effort to stop it, which is at least better than what the gov did in my previous city, Monterrey, Mexico, where they ignored it and it was an all-year problem.
The prices are ridiculously cheap, which if you earn good helps make some big savings. The food is decently good if you know where to go, and personally I find eastern european girls the most beautiful. And they like latinos too hehe, there's not many of us here and that makes us a bit exotic I suppose. I think (no real facts though) Poland has slowly been investing in the videogames industry after CDPR's success, which means there is a lot more awareness and willingness to invest in studios here. Workplace has its ups and downs like anywhere else, but all in all I'm quite satisfied with how things are going here
Good luck with your Spanish dreams too. I lived a year in Alicante, can recommend it too as a great, decently cheap, southern coast city. Lots of young people there partying, pero desafortunadamente cuando yo estuve ahi no pude aprovechar mucho de la fiesta porque estaba estudiando todavia...
@NikhilR I really dont know if you were trolling with your first comment, but no, I think it's not too healthy to let sex life influence/manipulate your art life (or, put in other words, professional life). Your creativity and artistic skills should hopefully be able to stand on their own and not be tied to you seducing the opposite sex.
But do you mean to say they don't care about your art? That's rather unfortunate, I mean it could probably lead to a deeper connection of sorts, and you wouldn't need to maintain a whole clutch of hens (can get pretty expensive)
How do you manage to manipulate/seduce them into laying good eggs and still have time for art?
Personally i would prefer a pedigree hen you love and care about and are in a healthy relationship with.
I've found its positive influence on ones art and diet far more meaningful than a casual romp in the bush.
But each to his own.
Heres to a great breakfast be it the main course or a large order of sides!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOD0XCm57d8
Well, best of luck with Poland. Personally there's nowhere in Europe I'd rather be than the Mediterranean. Yes, I've been to Alicante. Too many non-Spanish for my liking.
Argentina is a big place, you would probably find something to really like if you look in the right area. Mountains, beaches, patagonia, arts, wine, steak, etc. Like most ppl though I see my country not as an exotic place but just ol' boring home
I've always wanted to go to Ireland - Irish and Australian accents have always been my fav english accents. So melodic!