Advice needed! Please Help!
Hello! My name is Nathan, I’m a recent graduate and frankly a little lost right now on where my career is heading. I’ve applied to several jobs already and have gotten no responses so far. I’d like to get any kind of feedback on my portfolio to see whether I’m wasting my time applying for jobs and should instead focus on improving my skills. I specifically love both 3D modelling characters(Stylised or photo realistic) and animation. My passion is making animated films.
However, as an entry level artist like myself I’m unsure whether It’s a good idea to try and get a job as a 3D character modeller as these are usually given to more senior artists and may take years. I just want experience in the field so should I go for jobs that are more in demand like architectural visualisation or product design for marketing and focus my practice on that? Maybe animation is a better option to get a job? Any other highly in demand positions as a 3D artist? Any help and feedback would be highly appreciated!
Here is a link to my ArtStation http://www.artstation.com/nathanbeguin
Thanks.
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I found this in under a minute using a reverse Google image search. Don't forget to do this going forward; it's important to credit your concept artist.
In short, as Satoshi Arakawa has said to me in the past, nothing in your portfolio communicates you could produce Senior Artist level quality in a reasonable amount of longer time that would be expected of a junior artist. This is because none of your art looks done or polished.
Strongest character is the black sci fi character, but that needs more love and needs to be brought to completion to be worth anything.
That's honestly your first baby step if you're serious about being a character artist: finish a character.
I'm somewhat concerned as to the quality of your uni/college education and now that you're presumably out of that circle, what you're doing these days to practice and get better without that environment around you.