I suggest considering becoming a Houdini specialist, doing wild environment/prop/architecture stuff like the fx scenes from Inception. Houdini is quite technical, but ultimately is an art tool that can benefit from the user's knowledge of programming. Put plenty of effort into learning how to make and alter modular…
Yeah, I've been thinking about letting go of character exactly for this reason. I don't exclude to come back to it later (I'd love to be able to model animals and fantasy creature) but I think it's better to first concentrate on something that can help me to find a job in the industry and after that have fun with something…