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Last year of uni and some questions for the after.
Hello all! New to this forums but I've seen so many things here that I decided to sign up and ask! I study 3D Animation & Multimedia in Greece. I'm gonna finish uni this June and I don't know what to do after finishing uni and I'm desperate. I think it was a waste of time and money studying in that major. Sure I've learned… -
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What others have said, absolutely. Also, when you graduate is when the real work begins. Do not ever stop modeling, or just creating art in general, and really start building a portfolio. There is usually a clear line that constitutes a student portfolio and someone who has been really pushing to create a unique, solid… -
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A good start would be to link your portfolio in your signature and start posting your art everywhere. Start networking now. Nobody really cares if you're a student as long as your portfolio is good. -
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Shouldn't the university help you answer those questions? In a game course in another country I remember seeing that senior students had to take internships as part of the curriculum. -
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Yep, that's good advice. A lot of good advice here about a game art portfolio http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Portfolio Also see this page for career info http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Game_Industry -
Re: Last year of uni and some questions for the after.
In my experience, the advice on here has helped a lot more than what my university could offer. Most of the advice was dated. For example, needing a demo reel (this was a year ago). Anyways, as the guys above said, post your portfolio first and foremost. -
Re: Last year of uni and some questions for the after.
If you want to stay in Greece and do animation, you will basically have a few ad companies in Athens that require animators, but they have very low salaries, maybe a small mobile / browser game team here and there with even lower salaries. If you don't necessarily want to stay in Greece, my advice is to look at demo reels…
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