Question about portfolio projects
Hi all,
I'm going to be starting to work on my portfolio soon and I'm wondering which type of project would work best. I'm a bit of a jack of all trades, I know how to model characters to the point I could probably land a job at a lesser studio, I can animate a bit too so that might help. But if there was a weak part in my skill set it would be characters.
I lean toward environment art because I have a passion for architecture and I love creating spaces for players to run around in. I know Unity and UDK pretty well and I've messed around with source but unless I plan to apply at Valve I'm not sure there is much use in using their engine, plus its a little dated and clunky...
So here are my options as I see them, there could be more that I'm not thinking of, but I'm wondering what would be the best next step:
1) Pick a scene from a game and recreate it, hoping to improve it in some way.
2) Hunt around for some reference and piece something together myself that looks and feels like it's from a game. Maybe some concept art that was never used?
3) Work on rounding out my skill set by working on a few characters and polish them up to a level that I could land a job.
I have about 3-4 hrs per day I can work on my next project, if that helps.
There could be some other options.
I'm going to be starting to work on my portfolio soon and I'm wondering which type of project would work best. I'm a bit of a jack of all trades, I know how to model characters to the point I could probably land a job at a lesser studio, I can animate a bit too so that might help. But if there was a weak part in my skill set it would be characters.
I lean toward environment art because I have a passion for architecture and I love creating spaces for players to run around in. I know Unity and UDK pretty well and I've messed around with source but unless I plan to apply at Valve I'm not sure there is much use in using their engine, plus its a little dated and clunky...
So here are my options as I see them, there could be more that I'm not thinking of, but I'm wondering what would be the best next step:
1) Pick a scene from a game and recreate it, hoping to improve it in some way.
2) Hunt around for some reference and piece something together myself that looks and feels like it's from a game. Maybe some concept art that was never used?
3) Work on rounding out my skill set by working on a few characters and polish them up to a level that I could land a job.
I have about 3-4 hrs per day I can work on my next project, if that helps.
There could be some other options.