Because there's a junior job for 10 juniors. If you think having a diploma is just enough, you're in for a bad ride. Yes doing the same thing for 13hours straight isn't heathly but who are we kidding if we say it's not necessary, working the minimum isn't enough to get a job in our domain except if you're a genius or…
@beefaroni: I do agree with your point, since I do need to focus my time on art projects to get the job that I want. I probably already stated this in this thread, but after seeing other gamers stream, I just thought that it looked fun, so I figured it might be a cool side-hobby to do. Still I totally agree about the whole…
Hi OP, Streaming is a hard business. Unless you are godly at a popular game or really funny I.e. comedian in your spare time, then your not going to get more than 5 people watching you. On twitch the most popular game is Hearthstone and League of Legends. If you made challenger in league of legends, you might get 100…
Hmm, maybe I should expand a bit on my post. If the OP is working a full time job (I really don't know), then there is maybe like 4-6 hours after work that can be spend doing whatever. When shower/eating/etc is factored in, those hours are reduced a bit more. While I am not very knowledgeable about streaming, it seems like…
You could stream yourself making art for your portfolio! :) Beefaroni is right though. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to even break into the industry. You should be striving for Senior level quality artwork in your portfolio. You should not be shooting for junior level even though you may be applying for those…
@Tobbo: For environment artists from what I understand, there is Junior Environment Artist, Environment Artist, and Senior Environment Artist. I only say that because I have looked at game companies websites and I have seen posts for both Environment Artist and Senior Environment Artist. Unless I'm misunderstanding this.…