full image - Repost: Is my work hirable? I've been job searching for 10 months and slowly losing hope... (from Reddit.com, Is my work hirable? I've been job searching for 10 months and slowly losing hope...)
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Hello to anyone reading this. I honestly don't know where to start but feel like an introduction and context would be helpful. This is a bit of a debbie downer post so if you're not in the mood to read another artist's long sob story, then please feel free to just skim through my reel!I graduated with a BFA as a 3D Generalist in August 2025, coming into the school with 0 prior knowledge of 3D art. I'm not going to lie when I say it was a grueling experience and I honestly gave it my all, but in the end it really doesn't feel like I was good enough (at least compared to my peers). Our curriculum required at least 4 projects in our final demo reel, and I'm admittedly dissatisfied with half of my work, but I was on a severe time crunch by the end and I had a tendency on getting stuck on one phase until it's "perfect" (I know it's bad practice especially as a 3D Generalist, I'm working on it I promise)I have so many "networking" connections but most of them stopped talking to me after graduating, which adds on to the feeling of inadequacy. I'm very happy for my fellow alumni, their work is honestly amazing and inspiring and I really hope they'll keep getting gigs/climbing up the social and working ladder, but I can't keep scrolling LinkedIn seeing their accomplishments as I work at Walmart for minimum wage, it makes my stomach turn... I stopped exploring 3D art for some time outside of some simple sculpt sketches because I've been feeling so disheartened recently, and knowing I'm not at the level I thought I would be by now, just have to work harder I suppose.I've been slowly losing my passion for art and just life in general, my whole life I thought that if you work hard and have good personality and attitude, you'll succeed, but as more and more time passes by, the less I'm believing it. I still wake up everyday with hope, despite the numerous ghosting and false hope interviews. I guess I'm just feeling....lost and don't know where to put my energy into. This is just a shout into the void, and sometimes it still feels hopeless. Phew, it feels scary posting this out loud, even if anonymously, but I hope this feeling resonates to some of you. Please feel free to judge, critique what I have now, and please be kind to advise me on which direction I should go from here or what I should keep working on. Thank you so much to you reading this, and the existence of this wonderful community. TLDR: My college Demo Reel. Title/End Cards and captions removed for anonymity :) https://ift.tt/3ZKxdcM
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