Hi, I am a rookie texture artist from Chichester, west sussex, England. I am looking for an established games company who are willing to take me on for one week as an unpaid apprentice. My reason for this is simple: I realy want to become a texture artist, and in order to do this I need to know what it's like working to…
One week sounds a bit short. Aim for one month at least if possible. Not sure how many companies would be interested in something like that though. Perhaps a better approach would be to first do, say, 15 really good textures and apply for work with those textures to different companies. If the textures are good, somebody…
[ QUOTE ] What it means is you have to single out companies within your local area or whereever you can get to, and pester the hell out of them. Do some research on the company, phone them up, and keep phoning them when they say theyre busy please phone back later, [/ QUOTE ] Personally I would never do this. They may get…
I got into the industry (you could say) in a similar way, so don't totally dismiss it. (well, through the conctact I made, they knew me and when I finished uni I got offered a place) Although, you're doing it the wrong way around. You can't just put a post and hope companies to come to you, even if you offer to work for…