Resources for Students
I caught this while browsing NotCot this morning. I’m still working out how it was done (I haven’t looked at the source, but I’m guessing transparent images plus z-order CSS), but scroll down to the bottom, and enjoy the ride. I could scroll this thing all day! It’s also fun to press the “Play” button.
Also, guys, this is a portfolio site. Take note!
This is information specific to submitting a demo reel to Pixar – but as a student, you couldn’t find a better set of guidelines.
I had a student write to me after this post, pointing out that there was a tour of the Silicon Knights studio on the same site. So here you go!
Gender bias in the world of 3D, gaming and digital media can be a tricky subject. There are studies, assumptions, and entire books about it. The facts remain that an extremely low percent of the industry is female, and most of those are in administrative roles. As low as 3% of game artists and developers are female, but 18% of producers are women. 18% is higher than 3, but it’s still abysmally low. [source]
As the only female who graduated in her Digital Media class (the only two others dropped out), I can verify that the divide is real. What I find extremely interesting is that a full 50-60% of my students are female. This tells me that women are interested, but an online class is far less intimidating than heading off to a class full of geeky guys.
There’s an interesting look into this phenomenon over at CGSociety.
Now this is nifty! Business cards that are in perforated booklets for you to carry around and tear off.
“Over the years, I’ve noticed that successful freelancers, eg, those who make their living entirely from freelancing (writing, editing, copywriting, web design, etc.), have the following seven traits in common.
1. Write/design every day: Many freelancers are drawn to their particular career because they love it. They love to write, design, draw – whatever it is, they would do it for free.”
It’s not necessary to always have a plain white card, 3.5×2″ with sharp corners. There’s a great Flickr set of some really different, really gorgeous cards. Take a look and get inspired!