I live and work in the games industry in California near San Francisco. The jobs I've gotten I've gotten in part because I already lived in California. Maybe if you're already very senior level they'll relocate you, but there's already good local competition for art jobs. I'm lucky I already have friends in the area who…
back when i first got into the industry I was a super wide eyed wet behind the ears eager beaver, always reading up on CG, attempting to start projects that would always go unfinished and spending a ton of time playing video games etc. cut to 5 years later, I never do personal work at home, I have pretty much accepted that…