Portfolio wise what to do

Raider · Apr 2010

Alright, so there's some good concepts i really want to model. I think i could do a good job on it too, the problem is since i graduated from uni i've basically just been told get more experience.

Now i'm part of a mod team, except the mod team isn't really that active, i'm basically the only 1 doing any work and the concepts which are on my list to model are pretty underwhelming.

So the choice is, do more personal pieces.. but gain no "experience" from it, but make them look great. Or do the mod pieces, gain "experience" but have potentially weaker pieces because of the design?

I'm leaning towards personal stuff, but i just wanted to hear what you guys thought.. i know experience is key but i'm hoping to get to the stage where they're like .. fk it he can model / texture lets give him a shot.

At east i'm hoping that $:\$

aesir · Apr 2010

just make cool shit dude. screw the rest

Raider · Apr 2010

Yer i've been working on a hk g36c in my own time, i might hammer that out so i have some more hard surface modeling on my folio and then start of completely dif character with a good mix

Grey · Apr 2010

I agree with aesir, make cool shit of your own. If youre looking to get hired to a specific list of companies, make assets/environments that they could see in their games. Right now its all about you and you getting a job, if the mod team isnt that active and youre not thrilled with the design, then you gotta do whats right for you....and thats making a kick ass portfolio.

Pedro Amorim · Apr 2010

Finish that gun you have on your website. Looks good.

Raider · Apr 2010

yer that's what i'm working on at the moment hoping to finish off the high poly by end of the weekend, and my contract work finishes on wednesday so i'll have all the time i need after that to hammer it out

Yozora · Apr 2010

Or you could find another, better mod team who have cool concepts/designs to work from, thereby gaining "experience" and still making cool shit

Raider · Apr 2010

I've been looking at moddb and the advertisements, the problem is half the teams show no work / concepts so you really have no idea if you're going to be joining a bunch of great artists or just some people who do it as a hobby and don't really care that much about it.

Also a lot of the better mod teams are pretty far down the pipe and don't want new people etc. But it's an option and i'm still looking at other mod teams to try hop on, just hard finding active ones, which are good and not full / don't want people.

Campaignjunkie · Apr 2010

Get a friend who does level design and make a mod together. Or get a programmer friend and make a game together. There's nothing stopping you from making your own fun little mod project thing, especially these days with UDK and Unity. You don't have to join a team to make a mod.

oXYnary · Apr 2010

Look on here as well:
http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=378

And per not having concepts. Sometimes NDA dont allow as such. Best if the project sounds interesting. To inquire with the people. You cant judge a book by its cover. Could have the best concept artist ever. If the design sucks/generic. Not going to make it a fun project.

PredatorGSR · Apr 2010

Do both?

Justin Meisse · Apr 2010

In my experience, 95% of all mods fizzle out. If it feels like you're the only one doing any work move on.

Elhrrah · Apr 2010

At least you can grab a life raft instead of going down with the whole bloody ship...

leslievdb · Apr 2010

decide what you want to do, look at other peoples portfolios, set the bar and work your ass of by doing projects of your own.

Portfolio wise what to do

Replies