When I was doing my portfolio, I tend to work for about 3-4 weeks/8-9 hrs a day per single asset. Now that I'm working, I'm surprised that I can really do it within 10-14 days/9-10 hrs of work. And yeah, they're all next-gen stuff.
So 1 week for the modeling? hm.. The impression I'm getting is that just the modeling phase takes max 1 week, so a working week at 9-5 minus 1hr for lunch is 35hrs... hm, of course every character is different but its an idea... Thanks guys!
In my opinion, it's way easier to get faster than to get better. I wouldn't focus on speed as a primary goal when working on a portfolio. For a portfolio, all you are judged on is quality, not speed, so if you sacrifice quality for speed you are going to get dinged for it, but not the other way around. Plus when you…