ArenaNet Class of 2012 Internship Program

Swizzle

I know there were a lot of people around here who only heard about the last one of these after the fact and were pretty sorely disappointed, so I figured they'd want to know about it.

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ArenaNet is once again considering internship applications. ArenaNet Class of 2012 will offer the following disciplines: Character Art, Environment Art, Technical Art/VFX, Animation, and Programming. Please consider the following application methods below, and make sure to include all necessary materials.
Program Features

• Small cohort. Work and learn with a small group of motivated interns.
• Professional environment. Hone your skills at the ArenaNet studio working side-by-side with top game industry artists in a dedicated work space.
• Meaningful work. You’ll work on a variety of important art assignments that contribute to the success of the company, not “grunt” work.
• Broad training, relevant skills. You’ll receive training in a broad variety of skills rather than specializing on creating specific content. We want our interns to emerge from the program as stronger all-around artists, not as experts in creating eyeballs or helmets.
• Hourly stipend. You will receive a $14 per hour stipend and will work in the ArenaNet studio Monday through Friday for the duration of the year-long program.
• Pacific Northwest location. Enrollees in the ArenaNet internship program will be expected to relocate to the Bellevue, WA area at their own expense. Bellevue is in the beautiful greater Seattle area, which offers a wide range of cultural and natural activities.
• Interns are welcome to participate in ArenaNet University, our internal program of classes and workshops presented by experts from our studio and guest speakers from the game and entertainment fields.

The ArenaNet Class of 2012 Internship Program is not an internship-to-hire program. We’re not guaranteeing jobs to any intern in the program, but you will emerge from the program with an arsenal of professional skills, an incredible portfolio, and an invaluable experience under your belt.

Even if you're currently not interested in trying to live in Seattle on a $14/hour stipend, it's still a really good source for a professionally concepted character design brief. I may try my hand at one of the characters myself... just as soon as I finish my other personal projects.

Alemja

I missed the last one, but now that they are doing this again I am super stoked! I'm going to give this a shot even if I won't be able to complete it on time, it would make a great portfolio piece.

daphz

I did this last year and nothing came of it, so it looks like its time for round two!

PatrickL

Always fun to roll the dice.

thatanimator

ArenaNet wrote:

Animation

yet there is no animation guideline?
guessing it's just sending in an animation reel that matters?

got denied the Ninja Theory anim internship (which I blame my very weak reel for!..got better stuff on youtube than my reel!), but I'll give this a chance! :poly136:

edit:
yes there was! a tiny portion at the end just before programming! never mind me!:poly118:

DeeKei

ill try out the character modelling. looks interesting, gotta juggle between this and the comicon challenge... sounds fun

Dylan Brady

Might try my hand. hell Ill need a project for september anyways

Azaraen

I look forward to doing this! But I've never done an art test before. How do you model out details of a character when you can't really tell whats is going on? Like..is the girl's shoulder pad another lion creature? Or what design does she have on her back? I can't tell. Do I just make that stuff up?

Swizzle

As a character artist (or artist of any other kind), it's important to be able to make shit up. If I were you, I'd just make shit up and make sure that any of the shit you're making up is as good as it can be.

almighty_gir

wtf is a stipend?

GarageBay9

almighty_gir wrote: »

wtf is a stipend?

Another word for allowance, per diem, etc.

They're not calling it a wage or a rate because that implies employment and an internship is legally distinct from that. Using employment-related terms creates legal tangles.

Just American law system CYA stuff.

Cexar

Yeah I'm also curious of the animation side of things, any specs at all?

MasteroftheFork

I'll be giving it a go. In the description for the character artist, it says its primarily focused on the armor of the characters but why then does it give the option to do the (armorless) beasts?

wailingmonkey

irs take on a stipend:

http://www.irs.gov/govt/tribes/article/0,,id=185500,00.html


"immaterial" ... gotta love them taxerz :P

Jungsik

Hey i got a question for those people doing the character art test, you can do those characters shown in that post? two humans and the creatures? first time doing this so it would be appreciated..i just dont want to be oblivious thx and good luck to everyone! This is a real golden opportunity

haiddasalami

Guess tech art joins the vfx and animation crew XD Not much besides link to a reel

PDC

What's the standard protocol on using work made for an Art Test in your portfolio?

Is it unethical to post it on your website for other potential employers to see? Or just a dick move?

haikai

PDC wrote: »

What's the standard protocol on using work made for an Art Test in your portfolio?

Is it unethical to post it on your website for other potential employers to see? Or just a dick move?

In this case it should be perfectly fine... You're not signing an NDA and it's being publicly advertised. There are plenty of people who post their stuff anyway, and in my experience there aren't too many people who would hold it against you, but I wouldn't show stuff made for secret/unannounced projects. I think you could classify that as a "dick move."

There's a school of thought that you shouldn't show art tests that "failed," but I disagree. Art tests can fail for a variety of reasons (sometimes it wasn't the art test that prevented you from getting the job), and what wasn't appropriate for one studio could be fine for another. Good work is good work.

mdeforge

Hmmm... interesting. I will definitely give this some deep thought. I've advanced a lot this past year. It would be nice to continue on that path of growth and keep stretching myself.

Torch

This looks nuts! I would love to be part of this, what a great opportunity

mdeforge

Am I to understand that, when we create the creature models, those creatures need armor as well in some sort of form?

whipSwitch

maybe i missed something...
the character art position says 5000 polys in one place, then 7500 triangles in another?

wait, what?

nick2730

So for environ test it says

"The structure should be less than 3000 polys and use the maximum equivalent of two 1024

makecg

This is pretty interesting I might have a go at one of the characters.

Torch

whipSwitch wrote: »

maybe i missed something...
the character art position says 5000 polys in one place, then 7500 triangles in another?

wait, what?

Yeah I was thinking the same thing...what's up with that?

mdeforge

Well, polygons are different (kind of) than triangles. A standard poly, a quad, is two triangles, and a triangle is just that - a triangle (also a poly... lol). So, perhaps it's saying don't go over 5000 poly's or 7500 triangle. Regardless of interpretation, I would weigh the 7500 tri's one more as it's more specific.

Anuxinamoon

Or you could always make two. LOD's are always a good thing to show you know how to do even if they do automated LOD's in their engine.

Jungsik

Thx for the pro tip! Anuxinamoon !

m4dcow

nick2730 wrote: »

So for environ test it says

"The structure should be less than 3000 polys and use the maximum equivalent of two 1024