Your portfolio repels jobs

[kleinluka]

The worst I've gotten so far was an email with a short typo-filled introduction, no specification of job title and 4 low compressed JPGs of untextured weapon models.

[Bic-B@ll]

:arrow: Trash Bin

[RD]

that was ferret

[von*ferret]

oh man i'm insulted

[von*ferret]

damn bic, thanks a lot too!

[⌐■_■]

haha ;-V

[Bic-B@ll]

damn bic, thanks a lot too!

ahahahahah

<3

[Grinwhrl]

Poor Ferret.

[von*ferret]

I havn't updated my site since febuary last year, its time for a new one I just dont have time atm. So what ever

[Skjalg]

Here is a really nice one.

http://retro-shinobi.com/

I think you can find bad ones just about anywhere.

That site is good?

By reading that article, i think that portfolio site "broke" a few of the stuff he pointed out as bad things...

Forget splash pages and news pages or any other starting page that isn't putting art directly in my face.

[*] Vague thumbnails - A thumbnail exists to offer a relevant preview of a larger image. Yet I see thumbnails of random parts of a model that give me no indication of what I'm about to see. If I'm looking for medieval characters, how does a grainy thumbnail of the bottom of his foot help me find it?

[*] Multiple popups - A splash page shouldn't even exist, much less stay open when you click on it to enter the website. Neither should a thumbnail opening an image in a new window that I have to manually close.

I think that covers it^^

The artist was really awesome tho

[kleinluka]

Not everything that is listed in that article applies by any means under any circumstances.

What that site does do really nicely is give lots of information in a very easily reachable way. I select an artwork and it clearly gives me options to view different sort of renders, plus texture flats and normal maps, as well as video footage. There's nothing more I could ask for.

[st0lve]

Well he doesn't have a uploaded resume, which in some cases might be bad?

Working for UBI?

[kleinluka]

No because the company would contact him. You could do it both ways and include a resume. But some people prefer not to send them until a company has contacted them. Which they would do based on the quality of the work. He was supposed to work here but didnt get his visa.

[von*ferret]

how hard is it to get a visa?

[Captain P]

Or another point: how about off-site work? Is it common, or is it only for exceptional quality people that can't move for specific reasons?