How might I become an apprentice? I understand it requires time but all I need is someone to say do this. then I do it. Study that, buy this book, join this mod group.I have no idea what to do now that school is over.With so many students having trouble breaking into the industry ,I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.(The…
there are usually contests up at one of the major game art sites - cgtalk, game artisans, here, threedy, and probably others that I'm leaving out. Participate in them. They're great learning experiences, get you exposure among your peers, and almost universally exist to encourage feedback and build communities.…
If you know what role you want to do in the industry then it's a simple task of finding a bunch of online portfolio's of people who are "in" the industry and develop content that matches their quality. As for learning just...start a project. So before I start sending off my CV I'm working on a final scene in UDK that…
There are a couple out there, one that's really taken off is UDK which uses the Unreal Engine: http://udk.com You may as well check that out because there's a lot of good resources and examples included in the package. And it's absolutely free.
Some good advice. Contests are great, even if there aren't any going on or they just finished you can use them as a guide to get an idea and some technical specs to work off of. It can help beat back that big bully, the blank canvas. As glib as Luke is I think he makes a good point. It's probably better to study under a…