For motivation you need to learn how to use the search function of this forum. It's the big white box on the upper left under 'Search Polycount Forums' - you'd be surprised at how many threads JUST LIKE YOURS have the same nice people writing the same things over and over again for people like yourself.
It's true, but that said, I got my current job purely via my folio. Stuck it up here on Polycount and got a response from the lead artist at the time here asking if I'd be interested in applying. Never met or spoken to any of them before that point. I think Ben's point about luck is true. The more work you do, the more…
I joined the old Q2PMP site in late 1997. 15 years later, it's the same ill-conceived question and the same put-upon replies. Polycount is the unchanging rock in life's sea of chaos! Anyway, to the OP: You're not unmotivated. If you lacked motivation, you wouldn't have bothered to come here. What you are is some…
A lot of people here with a very "no motivation? Then clearly you're not cut out, gtfo and stop wasting my time" attitude. Very negative, very unhelpful. Of course, they may have a point, there is a line you can cross, where you genuinely may not be cut out for this line of work. A lot of people get in to this industry…
Hello, I am a senior graduating from school this May. I seem to not enjoy much of anything game related now a days. I keep wanting to dig myself in to a good project with some sort of modeling. But I try to start but find I have a lack of motivation, inspiration or even ideas on where to start. So i always stop, hit a dead…
"Stop playing games, hanging out with your friends, and make your folio. Youre a student, now is the absolute best time to be working on it - trust me, you do not want to be an old bastard like me trying to build your folio when you have more serious things to worry about, it gets infinitely harder to do. I have no…
Ok lets round up every new guy here with even the remotest 'attitude' problem and have them hand in their Polycount keys. That thread of inspiration could not be more proof that some good artists used to be terrible schlubs. Maybe there were some who wanted to reach out to fellow artists, I know quite well that you can't…
This x10. I find it hard to believe that there is a single person in the world ANYWHERE who spends weeks or months making art, and goes onto a forum to write a post to ask for help about motivation because they're LAZY. Art is a challenging field, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Depression and loss of motivation and…
Im on the same boat as well. I get down when looking at other's people work and say whats the point? They have years of experience and I have very little, why should I still have any interest in this field if everyone else is better than me? I have a passion in 3D and some day, hopefully, I can get to the experience they…
I totally agree with you, and having friends doesn't make up for not practicing, however I see that every time polycount has a motivation thread there are theese arch types of post that boils down to: - Drop your social life and work your ass off on a portfolio - You are not artist material if you are not motivated and I…