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It's really difficult to post this to complete strangers, but I do love this website. I know I'm not as active as other Shackers but this site's been a good resource for me for many years. I am sort of freaking out about trying to get into the real world after six years in college. My original hope was to somehow make it into the video game industry. To that end, I pursued a second degree in multimedia at a school here in Tempe, AZ.
Long story short, I'm graduating in May and am worried sick about finding work as a static 3D modeler/texture artist/God-willing, a writer. I want to stay in Phoenix more than anything but will have to go with whomever throws me a bone. You can see my portfolio at www.bmnathanson.com. It's the best I've been able to do. Just wanted to know if it's good enough to take a chance on or am I totally boned because I can't do enough? I applied to Rainbow but they canceled the job posting. I'm also trying Cheyenne Mountain but after that the pool gets shallower. 2xl games is out here but they've not updated their site in two years...
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First off your website is a little bit on the chaotic side. It's always better to have a clean and easy site for prospective employers to look at. For some sites that do an excellent job of presenting their work, here are some links:
http://vectorbug.com/
http://www.artstorm.net/portfolio/
http://www.mathiaspedersen.com/3dportfolio.html
Your work: To be honest, it's rough. You have an eye for it, but you really need more experience. I would highly suggest joining a community like polycount, cgtalk, raph.com and so on. Do some work and post it. Repeat a 100 times over. Grow thick skin and learn from the critiques.
One thing I can recommend is if you find work from an artist that you like, don't be afraid to toss them an email saying "I really liked your latest piece on X, can you tell me how you did Z?". If they aren't complete jackasses they will more than likely write you back and you'll learn something cool from them.
Best of luck!
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