What do I do now?
polycounter lvl 7
Bit a shot in the the dark. I am a recent graduate, I was lucky to finished and get offered to work in a triple A studio. I felt so overwhelmed and I blew it. I was a small fish in the big sea and the job role didn't use my skills. I gave it my 110 percent and they knew that but just wasnt right for the job. I got let go after 6 months just as my girlfriend was about to move up and was selling her house.
She just managed to get her job and house back. But she is so angry and the trust is gone. Her parents of course hates my guts. She will let move back but I have to get a job, I have a month left of the place I rent or back to my parents house. Question is WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW??
I no work left to show anymore, all my recent stuff I have done are all NDA clad. I have the occasional practice pieces but no portfolio material. I can apply to places but nothing to show them. I wont be able to make a good portfolio for at least 3 months, or do you think a month is doable? I could get a temp job in a simple store but she is worried I will go back in the ways of being really depressed and down for not following my dream.
Any words of wisdom will help. I am just in total lost.
Thanks in advance.
She just managed to get her job and house back. But she is so angry and the trust is gone. Her parents of course hates my guts. She will let move back but I have to get a job, I have a month left of the place I rent or back to my parents house. Question is WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW??
I no work left to show anymore, all my recent stuff I have done are all NDA clad. I have the occasional practice pieces but no portfolio material. I can apply to places but nothing to show them. I wont be able to make a good portfolio for at least 3 months, or do you think a month is doable? I could get a temp job in a simple store but she is worried I will go back in the ways of being really depressed and down for not following my dream.
Any words of wisdom will help. I am just in total lost.
Thanks in advance.
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Now, can you make 3 art pieces in 3 months ?
Get a temp job you hate(maybe not so much... just don't enjoy it). It will DRIVE you to work harder on your folio. Drive > Depression
Also, what do you do, anyhow ?
Depending on your country this is a bad or in some cases a very bad idea.
If a studio hires a graduate is't kind of a "well we have nothing to loose. If he doesn't fit we can get rid of him easy enough"
So don't trust the whole thing until you are A: important enough or B: good / experienced enough to quickly get a new job or C: be flexible enough to simply move again
well I hate that I just love to be a concept artist which the omen of trying to get a job. Going to be so hard. The job i did was a stepping was a concept artist but using 3d modelling to show design as it was environmental based. I have architectural background
As far as the girlfriend side of things goes that can be difficult and again, I'm now in a similar position myself. What you will need to be clear about is that while you might have an overall plan or goals for where you want to be, is that this is a very unpredictable industry and truthfully you can't really say for certain where you'll be in a year or two. If you're up front about that then really there shouldn't be any issues with trust or resentment, shit happens and you can't control that unfortunately.
Networking isn't really my forte to be honest, what I'd suggest is not thinking about it as networking and rather simply trying to make friends, you'll have a far easier time that way and come off more genuine. Where to go? You said you're a recent graduate, have any of your friends from school recently landed gigs at places that may be able to give you some advice, or put you in touch with people there? Otherwise it's not essential to know someone to get a job provided you have the portfolio to back it up.
It's incredibly frustrating to read threads like this. It's so hard to give really solid advice when none of us have an idea of what you can actually do.
Also relationship wise, that is definitly a red flag, probably not souly your fault but like you said it is known that this is going to be "rocky" to say the least.
Best of luck but women look for security in many/any sense of the word, at least from what i've learned about them.
Again best of luck.
Snap out of it and realize how lucky you are.
How did you get a job at a AAA-studio without a proper portfolio?
Mazza and C86G. I got the job when I finished my masters a few of my friends from the course got jobs there. My friend recommended me to them. I contacted and they were interested and gave me an Art test. They were very impressed with the art test and hired me. I know I was very lucky and that was a rare occasion that i didn't need to show any work. I probably should see if i can put the art test in my portfolio.
Kanga, yeah I know I am lucky. I am mean the chances of this happening is slim getting into rockstar. I am alive and I am still trying. I just felt that I been trying to get in myself for so long and felt I need to ask fellow people to see if people were in the same shoes. I also done many other jobs before this. I am just worried I am now going backwards then going forwards that is all. I just want to know what will be the right path that is all.
Portfolio wise. The last 6 months I have been doing alot of the back to basic skills. going to life drawing, doing alot of drawing from ref. Before that I have the 2 games that I made in the masters which is not the greatest really dont think they will get me a job. I did all the artwork for the mobile game in 4 weeks.
I did all the concepts, the UI for the ps4 game .
I have gathered all the okay stuff i have, it about 6 months old.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz_QIrRQavILWVNhODU5Ry1nZWM
but there is no design involved in it. I was thinking of doing a civiliaztion, doing the characters races, houses and everything
Sorry I am dyslexic so my english is rubbish.
Thanks for the help so far.
Go for it!