Portfolio with various skills of expertise
Hi everyone.
I have recently graduated with a master's degree and I am building my portfolio to get into the games industry, ideally as an environment artist. Throughout my studies I have gained many skills and apart from environment modelling, I am also proficient in areas such as cgi/vfx, character modelling and texturing, rigging, skinning, animating, I am an expert in Unity and have a working knowledge of C#.
I have at least one project with previously mentioned skills and my question is: should I include all of these works on my portfolio or should I solely focus on environment art? I was first aiming to go into a 3D Generalist job but I'm not sure whether that's a good option as not many studios are offering such position?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Adrian.
I have recently graduated with a master's degree and I am building my portfolio to get into the games industry, ideally as an environment artist. Throughout my studies I have gained many skills and apart from environment modelling, I am also proficient in areas such as cgi/vfx, character modelling and texturing, rigging, skinning, animating, I am an expert in Unity and have a working knowledge of C#.
I have at least one project with previously mentioned skills and my question is: should I include all of these works on my portfolio or should I solely focus on environment art? I was first aiming to go into a 3D Generalist job but I'm not sure whether that's a good option as not many studios are offering such position?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Adrian.
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There are more smaller studios than there are bigger studios, but it's harder to find them, many don't advertise widely.
Post your work in 3d Showcase, or make a Digital Sketchbook. Get eyes on it to give feedback.
Edit: I started as a generalist, then transitioned into a specialist later.
I don't expect that I will get a job in a bigger studio and I think I'd even prefer to start in a smaller one then build my way up.
How hard was it to get a job as a generalist and what do you specialise in now?
The one bit of relevant advice I'd give from that experience is to be persistent, and focused.
In games I was an environment artist. Check my signature. Now I'm in visualization, not in game dev any more. Still environment art, in a way.
Check the sticky at the top of this section, some great links to help decipher it all.