not sure if you're following this thread anymore @jcourtchandler but you're just going to have to work hard. A lot harder. 4-5 hour grind sessions after work. Hours of tutorials. The kind of art on your portfolio looks like the stuff my friends doodled in freshman year, and they were not aspiring artists. I could tell you…
I also recommend a mentor so that you get more direction and at the same time build a relationship with an industry contact. I recommend this mentor, https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothée-mathon-41896b158/ Though you would still need to work on fundamentals before a mentor accepts you. For this I recommend Feng Zhu's…