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1. Re: JonJone's Info Dump on Portfolios & Resumes!

   

   Reply by Wrath · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   Wanted to add a secondary note here about this one in particular. When I see a reel with one of the AM rigs, I'm immediately suspicious about the quality of work the animator can do without oversight and feedback from a mentor. I've seen a number of AM graduats who had great animations in their reel, but completely fell…

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   Reply by Skillmister · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   I don't know if it's wix in general that makes it how it is, but your site is pretty horrible to navigate. Takes quite a while to load. Unnecessary transition animations. Multiple clicks to get to your work. Work pops up in awful viewer boxes that take even longer to load. Images cant be right click > saved.

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   Reply by Xoliul · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   But it takes over your screen and you're forced to wait until the image loads during some silly loading bar anim. At least with tabs you can just middle click a bunch so they load in another tab while you keep viewing the website...

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   Topic by Lee3dee · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   Jon Jones ARTISTS! Resume tip #1: Including your location is a must. Home address isn't necessary. Resume tip #2: When applying, specify the job title you're applying for. Make sure it's industry-standard, not something weird or made-up. Resume tip #3: If your resume is light on experience, I personally like seeing skills…

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   Reply by ysalex · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   I don't get why SEO would matter unless you are hoping to get a job through a search engine. My site comes up if you use certain game related keywords. I don't know why it comes up over other sites, because I don't do or know how to do any SEO, but frankly I wish it didn't. The only thing you will get from SEO and people…

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   Reply by okkun · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   I don't have much to add but thanks Jon, I'm glad you keep putting this kind of stuff out there. I'm sure I've glossed over some awesome candidates in the past for any of those reasons

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   Reply by JohnnyRaptor · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   awesome, a bit funny and definitely a good read :) as for portfolios, i run my portfolio on dropbox...free, tons of space, fast and dead easy to update! just save in the folder from any machine and voila..website updated.

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   Reply by haiddasalami · Sep 2013 · Home› Stickies

   Hey Jon, quick question regarding the breakdowns tip. As a tech artist if you cant get any breakdown shots (need approval etc etc) whats you're next best option? I just put a blurb of what I did and what I worked. I really need to move my stuff to my web hosting too haha.

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   Reply by m4dcow · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

   You made a conscious effort to have 2 posts, one with your Halo stuff and one with your reel and other portfolio stuff which is good (though a design with the larger thumbs would be better). I have also seen a few people that posted in this thread that have a blogspot portfolio that is setup really nicely, like…

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    Reply by Jon Jones · Jun 2013 · Home› Stickies

    Man, this is a great discussion. I'm really surprised my Blogspot comment is getting that much attention, and I think it's awesome that all these other websites (including CGHub and Weebly) as portfolio alternatives are coming up! I'm also learning more about the free vs premium constraints of some of my other…