All schools over here. There are a few exceptions, but generally speaking solid zbrush based juniors are super easy to find. I mean we work in a niche and our work is heavily focussed on being very clean and polished. Being able to model, to create your own basemeshes is just very valuable at that. It also saves time down…
Do you mean sub d modeling for hard surface props is preferred at your studio for high poly work over zbrush hard surface sculpting? I was under the impression that competent hard surface sculpting artists were more sought after considering how challenging that skill is to master. Personally I pivot between both, so it's…
Atleast in AAA, a basemesh is very commonly used and a lot of the model is spliced together from exisiting assets. Very rarely did a character artist in studio have to work from scratch and if they were assigned such a task there was considerable time alloted for it. Lot of the work was outsourced, so its more a matter of…
I'd definitely look into creating some work samples to the best of your ability with whatever approach you feel most comfortable with and then seek out critique and mentorship from a senior artist (preferably in the studio you want to join) The resources from Amir Satvat in this topic,…
I've never had training or mentorship as a character artist. There are a few key moments where I've improved though; video tutorials, going out of my comfort zone to learn more about software features (zbrush has a lot of buttons, use all of them), and seeing how other artists worked; either examining their work and…
This is the key. If one is after a character artist job, they should be doing character work. Character jobs are fewer sure, but then again so is the number of people capable of getting those jobs and also because its difficult to do, many people drop out before getting to the finish line so thats all the less people…
It’s used by a lot of people in different professions. It can be used to meet people, share your work as well as apply for jobs. I think it’s useful for keeping in contact with industry contacts and for trying to find people who are in positions to hire you. Just to be clear on it, when I say networking I mean to put your…
I wouldn't say its time wasted, every application you make counts and most studio's really do keep your profile in their database for future opportunities. There is the perspective that a rejection means "portfolio is not good enough", "there are other artists better than you" and while this might be the case, its…