[Portfolio] Zac Berry (image-heavy)
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Hello everyone, wanted to post a new portfolio thread here. I am currently looking for freelance or full-time work, so if you have any advice on how to improve my work, or what kind of model I should add to my line-up, it would be greatly appreciated. Here we go:
Thanks for looking at my work, I should have more coming very soon. Please check out my reel at www.zacberry.com
Thanks for looking at my work, I should have more coming very soon. Please check out my reel at www.zacberry.com
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Decide what you want to do. I have no clue what kind of specialty you offer. You have solid hard surface and decent organic skills, but most places don't look for generalists. Having a few pieces like the helicopter are good to have to show a sense of detail, but you need to find a focused position and stick to it as well as make it very clear from your work, not from text decleration, but from visually looking at your work the kind of artist you are. Environment, character, etc. I would say you are leaning towards a character artist position, but there's something missing and I can't put my finger on it.
Show wires on your models. EXTREMELY important. If you're going to be modeling anything, you have to show how you construct your polys.
Don't show WIP images. I have made this mistake several times to just fill my portfolio. Anything WIP should stay off your site. I still have a couple of items in my work that were items I never finished, but I liked them and put them on my site.... NOT A GOOD IDEA. Just looks like you don't give a crap. ** speaking of, i gotta take those things off of there! :poly122:
ALL your work should be finished, textured, and presented in some fashion. You don't have to make an elaborate presentation, but at least on a background of some sort or in a simple scene... not in a zbrush work environment.
Get a website. You would be surprised what you could afford. Pay once a year for a domain and web hosting. A website allows you more personal exposure than in a cluttered thread of posts.
GOOD LUCK! I would say you are well on your way, but don't give up and keep truckin'. It is a tough industry, especially if you're trying to get in.
I would like additional feedback if possible regarding the WIP comment. Does anyone else think that having WIPS on my site will hurt my chances for finding work? If so I'll take them off right away.
Personally from what I have read and researched, it's pretty important that employers know exactly what type of position you are seeking just by looking at your portfolio...so throwing that prop stuff in there might detour them a bit. If you want to display your hard surface abilities, ya could always do a character decked out in some hard surface gear. Not necessarily space marine-ish, but something along those lines. And for a "WIP section", that might hurt ya later on when re-applying for jobs. Whoever is doing the hiring might see that you didnt finish any of your wip stuff and might have doubts. If you have 1 WIP up on your site at a time, I dont see anything wrong with it just as long as you finish it. And if not, just take it down. Anyway...looking forward to seeing more stuff from ya and good luck man
Your female head models are almost portfolio quality, but something about the lip area really bothers me, you really need to fix this, they're close to being fantastic.
On one, I want to say the upper lip is too thick, and the areas just above and below look like they're smeared with vasoline, a little too much spec. On the other i don't like the hint of anger. Generic female models generally shouldn't look angry unless they're in space armor or weilding some kind of weapon.
You're a bit all over the place, but obviously you're better off for it in the long run. I think if you were to focus on any area for a few months you'd have a nice flushed out portfolio.
Oh and ditch the dude riding the arachnid.
Looks good though