I agree that when it comes to a job, someone who specializes in one field is more desirable than someone who generalize but I believe it's for another reason, You could apply this reasoning to all beginner modelers,animators,riggers etc. The same experience gap exists whether or not someone specializes. How they over come…
I have to disagree with this part. When I was in school, it was actually expected of us to learn all these things. I still saw many artists who came out at the top of the class. I believe if you take each field seriously, you wont lose out on quality. An example is drawing. Someone who had a background in painting doesn't…
I am not trying to say you should try and tackle everything all at once, but I do believe to some extent, you shouldn't be shy to try other things as you might develop a new passion somewhere you never thought to try. what I'm getting at is that design skills are not always essential to our jobs as 3D artists as there are…