Here's to hoping I graduate in March
So I got the talk...by 2 different instructors.
Lemme back up.
The "talk" (as in relation to school) is that moment when an instructor looks at the portfolio pieces you plan to submit in 5-6ish weeks, and tells you, in a nutshell, that he doesn't think you're going to pass the portfolio to graduate.
My schools sets portfolio classes up so that you have three consecutive classes (so...9 months) to make said portfolio. The first is to plan and block out our 3D models, and the other two classes are to get them done. I've always been under the impression that I needed to make ONE environment for my portfolio...but then my new teacher gives all the graduating seniors a smack in the face by telling us that the judging panel now wants not one, but THREE environments!
Our school panel now decides that they won't pass anyone's portfolio class (aka graduating class) unless they can show "A+++" work. So basically, you're either gonna get an "A" or "F" in this course. Pass or Fail. Graduating in March, or try again for June...(not to mention more $$$)
It's kind of hard to make a portfolio to please the tasts of five VERY different people. I've had instructors who love my work, and others who don't know how I passed my previous courses. To sum it all up, it's so goddam frustrating! I'm trying to aim my portfolio to game companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, and Blizzard (they make World of Warcraft), and there's this one instructor I have to absolutely HATES cartoony-looking stuff. He insists that I make a realistic environment in order to appease him before midterms hit. (If this particular instructor doesn't like your work by midterm, you're automatically failed).
So after the "talk," they try to sugarcoat it and tell you that you need to work very hard (aka, you have 1 week for me to change my mind) in order to have a clear shot in graduating. One of the instructors even tells me that my work reminds him of a girl he failed 3 times...yeah, cause THAT'S gonna make me feel oh so good!
I love the criticism when it comes to portfolio. Really, I do!
(I'm a really anal perfectionist)
I'd just love to have that criticism, oh, at least 2 months in advance!
Let me have a CHANCE to show the panel what I can really do...
But then, I have to admit, although I'm a perfectionist...I get distracted easily.
So I usually leave my work until the last possible moment. (I work well under pressure).
But now that I have to do a LOT of work, it's kind of hard for me to get into the rhythm of constant mouse-clicking and photoshop-painting for more than an hour at a time...
image: sanctioned @ deviantART
Okay, I'm done.
Ranting won't make new 3D models appear.
Lemme back up.
The "talk" (as in relation to school) is that moment when an instructor looks at the portfolio pieces you plan to submit in 5-6ish weeks, and tells you, in a nutshell, that he doesn't think you're going to pass the portfolio to graduate.
My schools sets portfolio classes up so that you have three consecutive classes (so...9 months) to make said portfolio. The first is to plan and block out our 3D models, and the other two classes are to get them done. I've always been under the impression that I needed to make ONE environment for my portfolio...but then my new teacher gives all the graduating seniors a smack in the face by telling us that the judging panel now wants not one, but THREE environments!
Our school panel now decides that they won't pass anyone's portfolio class (aka graduating class) unless they can show "A+++" work. So basically, you're either gonna get an "A" or "F" in this course. Pass or Fail. Graduating in March, or try again for June...(not to mention more $$$)
It's kind of hard to make a portfolio to please the tasts of five VERY different people. I've had instructors who love my work, and others who don't know how I passed my previous courses. To sum it all up, it's so goddam frustrating! I'm trying to aim my portfolio to game companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, and Blizzard (they make World of Warcraft), and there's this one instructor I have to absolutely HATES cartoony-looking stuff. He insists that I make a realistic environment in order to appease him before midterms hit. (If this particular instructor doesn't like your work by midterm, you're automatically failed).
So after the "talk," they try to sugarcoat it and tell you that you need to work very hard (aka, you have 1 week for me to change my mind) in order to have a clear shot in graduating. One of the instructors even tells me that my work reminds him of a girl he failed 3 times...yeah, cause THAT'S gonna make me feel oh so good!
I love the criticism when it comes to portfolio. Really, I do!
(I'm a really anal perfectionist)
I'd just love to have that criticism, oh, at least 2 months in advance!
Let me have a CHANCE to show the panel what I can really do...
But then, I have to admit, although I'm a perfectionist...I get distracted easily.
So I usually leave my work until the last possible moment. (I work well under pressure).
But now that I have to do a LOT of work, it's kind of hard for me to get into the rhythm of constant mouse-clicking and photoshop-painting for more than an hour at a time...
image: sanctioned @ deviantART
Okay, I'm done.
Ranting won't make new 3D models appear.