If you want to try different stuff or do something "new", you can do that as a refresher between projects. Because a portfolio piece does require way more time and attention. It's fun to work temporarily on something else to get some space from your portfolio project. What I recommend is that you finish 90% of your…
Choosing a project isn't easy, but if you treat it like a job it isn't hard either. For personal projects for fun it absolutely doesn't matter what you do or if you finish it, so meh. Its your time, your gain/loss what you do with it. For portfolio pieces things are quite different. A portfolio isn't anything else than…
If i'm making something complex like a full environment it will always be a portfolio piece. If i'm making something simple or i'm trying out new stuff it will probably stay on the hdd. And to decide what i want to do...i usually have a couple of methods: 1) I browse artstation looking for some cool concepts to make in 3D…