Hey man, it's alright to feel lost. You can still do 3D, maybe just not fulltime. You have given it 5 frickin years and by the sculpt in this video, I can say you are damn good at 3D. Stay strong and I hope you leap back.
I would say laser focus on sculpting sexy girls, that is your forte. Maybe grab some concepts from artstation and do them in your style, with more armor and weapons, more complex characters
The grind is long, the glory is eternal
I think the industry is just in the hole right now.. Im hearing similar stories from tech industry trucking industry. I think certain industries got hit hard with recession while others seem to be doing fine. And gaming was one of those industries. But it will be back
Hey man I know it may seem a bit tough right now. I was at the same place where you are right now, I too did not have a proper job for a while. The only Job I had was for working someone a friend of mine knew. I didnt get paid that much and worked for him for three years I only got a proper job last month and it pays much better. Things will get better just keep trying and keep hopeing.
It’s all really a constant gamble but you just have to keep trying new stuff, keep reaching out and wait until it eventually works out. It takes time but it can be really rewarded. Best thing I can say is that it might be good to go for a ‘real job’ while still working on 3D in the background, to elevate some of the stress of forcing something you like to be what you’re reliant on to survive, at the start.
Ur Chun Li has broken armpit in arm stretching pose, looks strange. Lumi looks super cool, but she is also kinda strange, eyelashes and eyelids, from mine point of view with this design of the face eyelids must be more massive, eyelashes are just strange especially bottom one. Your skills is awesome your last anime girl is kinda motivating me to continue sculpt things, but why she is not on Artstation yet? I may not be very experienced in order to advise you, but it seems to me that in the portfolio it is better to focus on one thing like sexy girls or cute cartoons, cuz sexy girls will scare off people who are in search of 3d Artist for cartoon and cute cartoons will scare off people who looking for sexy girls.
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