
Previous experience gained at established companies and portfolios that contain prominent clients and projects will always give you plenty of credibility. If you don’t have professional work then you can create a fictitious project that looks professional. Environment artists must show proficient render skills – if there’s no advanced lighting (preferably V-Ray) and some level of Photoshop post-production then you won’t be considered seriously.įilm school or college work is okay to show if it’s good enough, but professional projects are better. Try and ensure that your showreel contains something real modelled from the real world, with an example of the reference used.Ī lighting portfolio should contain still frames that demonstrate a solid understanding of how to set a mood and direct the eye through the use of various types of contrast. Also include the passes generated, normal maps, polygon usage and topology.

Modellers should include an example of a hi-res object, and then again in low-res, highlighting their UV layouts. Another still from Oliver Sin's recent showreel
