I am thinking of making a model of a gun for a game for my job search demo reel. When I look at some of the highly rated works on ArtStation, it looks like they use several 4k textures on one gun, or excessive polygon counts for a game model. Certainly, if I use a lot of 4K textures and a high polygon count, the quality…
You also likely wouldn't need a demoreel. Here's a good write up on weapon art for games and presentation which might help. https://80.lv/articles/3d-weapon-art-workflow/ Ultimately what you want is good quality renders in engine. While it helps to optimize I wouldn't make it your focus, i.e follow best practices but be…