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Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
Thanks for getting back to this, may I ask how prepared you were when you left your role to freelance, as in did you have immediate clients or did it take a while to get the ball rolling? -
Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
This is a topic that for me has been running on my mind recently. I’d like to get some thoughts from people who potentially moved to a new job, new city etc in the idea of working on something they consider more recognised. Was the risk worth it in the end? Do you have any regrets? Did the place you moved to have a… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
Pirax said: Was the risk worth it in the end? Yes. It was worth it. Do I have any regrets about it? Yes. I wish I did some of that sooner. Did the place I moved to have a positive impact? Yes. I don't mind rambling about my past jobs. Removing the freelance gigs, I had like 4-5 employers, as an employee. After my… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
No worries! I was contacted by a recruiter for my current company over LinkedIn, so I was not actively seeking new work at the time. In that sense, it was not challenging at all. I am still doing real-time 3d, just not for games. So while my specialty was weapons, I have plenty of experience to pivot to general asset work.… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
A couple of years ago, I transitioned from full-time weapons artist in games to a position at a tech company. Nearly everything about it was a jump: huge increase in compensation/benefits, job responsibility and accountability, pressure/stress, etc. So in my case, the grass wasn't greener, just different. However, I don't… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
Within the last three years, I moved from being a fulltime game dev artist, to a working-from-home freelancer working on both games and non-games, then to a fulltime onsite role at a non-games tech company. Big moves, for me. Freelance wasn't exactly a comfortable role (constantly on the hussle to keep projects coming in)… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
For me personally moving to a different city or even better a different country is something very rewarding. At this point in life I've lived in 4 countries, and even though they were all European and not too different, they've all had their own little quirks and flavour. Being around different nationalities and cultures… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
Appreciate the response, glad to hear the consensus so far is that there are no regrets! Couple of quick questions regarding your move if I can, feel free to ignore if any are too personal! 😊Was it challenging landing a role outside of your speciality? + might be a bit of an odd question but do you think an early version… -
Re: Artists who left a comfortable position to pursue something ‘bigger’, was the grass greener?
I had one longtime client asking me to do more for them. But their needs went up and down, sometimes more than I could handle alone, sometimes none at all. And sometimes the porridge was juuuust right. :P It's no done deal, no matter what your experience level. If you want to do freelance full-time, you better have some…
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