Raemon
09-12-2009, 07:42 PM
My name is Raymond Arnold. I'm a recent graduate from Full Sail University with a focus on character modeling. I'm interested in working in the games industry, although in the immediate future I'm happy to work anywhere that I can get professional experience.
I'm in the process of putting together a website and planning what to do for the next few months as I look for jobs, and I have a few questions. I'm not sure if this is the ideal forum for these questions, let me know if there was another section I should be posting in.
First of all, here's my website. (www.psycosmworlds.com)
Now, my questions:
1) My program is more tailored for film than games. My demo reel assets are high res and do not have textures. My plan for the next few months was to do a character and environment designed more explicitly to be used in games. In the meantime, should I be shopping my current reel around to game companies, or should I wait till I have something more appropriate?
2) My understanding is it's easier to get a job as an environment modeler than character modeler. I figure doing both for my next project is a good direction, but once I'm done, is it better to bill myself as a character modeler, environment modeler, or just plain "modeler?"
3) raymondarnold.com and most variants were already taken. For now I'm using an earlier domain name I had gotten to use as a sort of creative blog, before I started putting together an official portfolio website. Is "psycosmworlds" an okay domain name to stick with? I'm a little wary of the fact that it doesn't immediately refer to me and might seem a little too "pretentious fake company name" sounding.
I'm in the process of putting together a website and planning what to do for the next few months as I look for jobs, and I have a few questions. I'm not sure if this is the ideal forum for these questions, let me know if there was another section I should be posting in.
First of all, here's my website. (www.psycosmworlds.com)
Now, my questions:
1) My program is more tailored for film than games. My demo reel assets are high res and do not have textures. My plan for the next few months was to do a character and environment designed more explicitly to be used in games. In the meantime, should I be shopping my current reel around to game companies, or should I wait till I have something more appropriate?
2) My understanding is it's easier to get a job as an environment modeler than character modeler. I figure doing both for my next project is a good direction, but once I'm done, is it better to bill myself as a character modeler, environment modeler, or just plain "modeler?"
3) raymondarnold.com and most variants were already taken. For now I'm using an earlier domain name I had gotten to use as a sort of creative blog, before I started putting together an official portfolio website. Is "psycosmworlds" an okay domain name to stick with? I'm a little wary of the fact that it doesn't immediately refer to me and might seem a little too "pretentious fake company name" sounding.