When it comes to a studio art test that is limited to 8 hours. What do they expect? Any Advice?

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

What do they expect? Any Advice for a character artist?

Popol · Aug 2020

A test for what job opening? Can't really answer your question without knowing that. Character? Enviro? Hard surface?

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

Popol said:

A test for what job opening? Can't really answer your question without knowing that. Character? Enviro? Hard surface?

CHARACTER ARtist (low not mid)

Popol · Aug 2020

For an 8 hour test you could be asked to sculpt a head from a basemesh and texture it. That's kind of a standard test in the industry.

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@popol Any tips about it. As far as them giving you a week but only need you to work 8 hours on it. Did you only do 8.

Popol · Aug 2020

You'd be expected to do this in a day. Like, you have 4 hours to do all the sculpting, then send your finished sculpt. And then 4 hours after that for texturing, lighting, etc... But that's just speculation based on the art tests I've seen.

On a side note, the art test I did to get my current job 6 yers ago was a 1 hour test, pretty intense

oglu · Aug 2020

Is that an inhouse test?

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@oglu Yes.

oglu · Aug 2020

If you are in the studio its more a test if you fit in the team. How you react to feedback and so on.

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@oglu Its an in house position. But id be new to the studio. So is the test just a buffer or ?

Taylor Brown · Aug 2020

i think what Oglu meant when asking if it's an "inhouse test" was if you are already in the studio and it's just a test to transfer to a different department / team.

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@TaylorBrown oh ok, no I'd be a new hire to the studio. Any tips and what are likly the next steps.

oglu · Aug 2020

I ment studios do 1day tests for new employees to see if they fit into the team. If there are three artists with the same skill level they take a closer look. You have to work in the studio with team. Not from home.

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@oglu so what if that character artist junior test is a simple scan clean up. What are the chances they will judge the test harshly?

oglu · Aug 2020

Everything is possible. But as long you stay professional and show the will to learn if you fail, you are fine. Its more important to be a teamplayer than to be 3% "better" than the other new Artists.
Just be yourself and give your best.

ScopeDragon · Aug 2020

@oglu Thank you!

When it comes to a studio art test that is limited to 8 hours. What do they expect? Any Advice?

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