this made me think back - In that time I produced 9 player armors (boy & girl versions), 2 pets and a mount. All this working mostly 8 hours a day 5 days a week, significantly less than every waking hour like the OP claims.
From looking at your work I'd say that you have a pretty good chance of landing a job. I've seen people with worse portfolios get jobs and I think it's all a matter of time. Don't quit working on your stuff though, that would be giving up! Create new things, improve on what you have or whatever.. Just keep at it. 4 months…
9 times out of 10 this means your work is not good enough for what they are looking for and that is a more positive way to spin it then, "sorry your portfolio and art test does not meet our level of quality for the position." If there is one thing I learned from playing sports (baseball) through life is you will never hit…
Yeah I think most of the guys here have really stated some awesome and very valid arguments against your case and that isn't being said to be rude. Our industry is highly competitive and while there may be schools pumping out students with degrees 9 times out of 10 those students think that is enough. The few that really…
My advice to people that are going through this is make more art. This is the time you have to learn new things that you want to excel at. Make art that is competitive, and most of all learn what it is that you should focus on if you want to be a real asset to a studio. Usually this comes straight from you work. Your…