Remember that an interview does not equal a job. You're not out of the frying pan and into the fire just yet. Your texturing needs a lot of work before you'll be good production-quality standard, as does your concept design. Your animation also looks like it needs more work, the arm of the (boring, boring) creature right…
Hi, AoPaul, "not to be mean" Oddly enough if your intent was to be mean I didn't read it. VFS grads on conceptart.org? that's news to me. They usually post on CGtalk. Hey, you gotta support your classmates. Team spirit. It's a pretty pricey course and the school is open 24hrs a day. If some of them aren't posting anymore,…
Hey, all, I just landed two interviews today. The music wasn't in question, if one wants to watch a reel, one turns off the sound. Aesthetics are being evaluated not musical taste. And a reel gets one an interview, it doesn't get one a job. Keep that in mind. As for more than one character on a reel, with the counsel I…
Sorry, you've lost me with this line: "A reel gets one an interview, it doesn't get one a job." What are you saying? That a reel doesn't have to be that good, it merely needs to impress some clueless HR person long enough to get you a foot in the door? I really don't understand your point. Sorry If that's not it. As for…
Thirding what Aesir and Daz said. I've heard that many art directors, when viewing portfolios and showreels (especially online ones) are likely to have their own music playing, so having music in your own reel is going to conflict with that, or at best annoy them. I wouldn't take the risk that one art director happens to…
Ack yeah, Im not usually this blunt, but I cant stress enough that in its current state this reel is very highly unlikely to land you a gig. Really, aesir has said it all. But seriously, lose the Craig David, get more work done and cut the credits! The credits are half of your reel. That's insane! I know its really sweet…
The second the pictures loaded I knew you went to VFS. Ninety percent of the reels I see out of there are cookie cutter. I can tell they have structured their classes well to teach people basic meshflow and anatomy, but only to a point. You need to do something to differentiate yourself, because I know a lot of HR people…
I just found out i have double standards, after reading johny and Bill's posts. I found out i thought johny was hilarious for trying to sound all clever and whatnot, but writing like you'd expect a 9 y/o to, and then especially the bit that went "its my mind speaking" pretty much made me spit my drink. I feel like such a…
Hey, Mop. Thanks. Now I know what to continue doing right. Thankyou all for taking the time to write. Obviously the work struck enough of a cord for you to stop and type, and for that, thankyou for your time. More to come. I knew I should've used the Spice Girls for the music.
Not to be mean myself... But I wonder as to why these boards, CGtalk and conceptart.org seem to fill up with VFS students right after a graduation, classmates all sign up and give compliments, then they all dissapear never to post again? Is there a teacher at VFS who points out these forums for students to post to after…