Hey guys, Is this a normal thing? I've seen a couple of these in the showcase subforum, and i've just been given one myself. In all my experience working, 1 week turnaround on a character is insane... So why are these art-tests happening? I'd love to be clued in on this.
I did my first art test recently. it was a bit of a pain. I didnt know this wasn't a normal thing,. getting it done in a week. so what do companies expect to get out of a 1 week test? maybe it's meant to see where you'll cut corners?
Interesting to hear that from @slosh Were you paid for it? The art test I took to get my current job was 2 days for something that would easily be estimated to be 1 week workload. And that was the whole point, they said. They didn't expect me to finish, but they wanted to see what I could get done, how I prioritized etc.…
I've done one of these, it was pretty brutal because I have a day job. I was at least given a base mesh to work from that had a lot of anatomy built in already. From my particular experience the company tends to work quickly so it was a test to see if you can make something decent within their typical in-studio deadline…