[General Confusion]

With my never ending pursuit of finding employment in the game industry, I have yet come to another test submission exercise. (it seems that those of us who are unproven in the game world, are asked to do these tests to see if our skills are up to par... nature of the business, that I am more than happy to participate in... not sure if it's the norm, for everyone, but it is definitely been a part of my experience)

I was contacted by a game company recently who liked my painting ability and requested (if I were interested) to do a practical scenario submission for a concept position that they were possibly looking to fill.

I was asked to do a level design of a typical warehouse environment.

Initially on first request I was asked to produce an overhead orthgraphic perspective that illustrated the area in which this warehouse would reside, as well as a character POV perspective of the interior of said warehouse. I produced the plan view ortho first, since it was technically easier to do.



Upon discussion with the principals of the company, I was asked if I could pull out from the image so more of the environments flavor could be realized. (and this was my mistake, from a slight miscommunication I suffered, they originally asked for this.. so I revised it immediately with a pull away shot, no damage done!!!!)



I also offered some added design options for the look of the warehouse, in case my design wasn't interesting enough, these are very rough, but hopefully good enough to get an idea across.





After my next correspondence, I was happy that my first design was good enough for the test, and I was asked if I could produce an exterior perspective as well, along with the already asked for interior. Me being, more than willing to continually support their interest in me, did so gladly. This time for the exterior I also produced thumbnails of various angle views to ensure my thoughts were in sync with theirs..

layouts

they chose number 1.

Now I start down the road to final image production, rendering, etc.

I produce the exterior final line drawing:



and paint:



and I also produce the interior final line drawing:



and paint:




the final images have been sent out and now I wait with fingers crossed for a "your hired" reply... (one could only hope)

but nonetheless, for my fellow artists out there who are interested in acquiring a position in the gaming industry, this may be a scenario you could possibly come up against... It's a necessary evil for companies to institute these tests to see if candidates could work on direction, how good their speed is, how personable they are in talks, etc, etc.... hopefully I ranked high in all aspects, and maybe I can in the near future say I'm a happily employed concept artist.

Hopefully this has been helpful to those of you out there in the same position as me.


thanks for looking!!!!

Bob Steinman
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[-HoodZ-]

hmmm are going to work at home or move to wherever the game company is?

im not very technical so uhm yeah......

[Malachi Maloney]

Nice work.

Good luck on the job.

~M~
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[Hunago]

I was interested in getting into this field too. Thanks for posting these informative steps, very helpful.

Good luck!

[themagicpen]

Nice concept work !!! I know work is work , but doing warehouse and normal things you see in everyday life seems pretty boring I think I would rather be unemployed and doing my own stuff then doing stuff like that

That's just my opinion , your to talented for that buisness ..better to work as a texture/concept artist on a cool project then struggle to find pure concept work and settle for something ( in my opinion LAME ) Personally I think any game company would be lucky to get you as an employee

[eyewoo]

Well done... Good luck on the job. If this one doen't come through, you have the talent to get the next one...
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[General Confusion]

-HoodZ- - I think I'm gonna be staying here.... e-mail me and I could tell yoi more about it if you want..

Malachi Maloney - thanks alot dude!!!

Hunago - I was hoping it may be helpful to someone out there, Im glad it was

themagicpen- I agree, but for the sake of this test I think by giving me something boring, I hoped that my creativity would come through even more, by trying to make something simple fun to look at..

eyewoo - let's hope so, but thanks for the kind words.. I appreciate it..

if and when I get an update I'll let you guys know
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[Intuos]

I've been a fan of your stuff for quite some time now. I haven't seen your work in a long while, and man, you've improved a lot.

Great job! Please actually do let us know if you get the position or not. I'm genuinely interested. Keep it up, man. As eyewoo said, you've certainly got the talent to make it in the industry.

[Xyster21]

Thats some good info as well as some damn good drawings/paintings.
I really hope you get hired

Themagicpen: I know but it's just to step in the door. I am pretty sure he will have a little slack in suggesting maybe ideas or things for what he does work on :p. I'd do anything from a plain toilet to an alien inhabited warehouse to get into any gaming industry if I had the talent . And if he can't get the slack there's also just fun painting on the side.

well anyhow goodluck on planting the job
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[Shadowman]

Rob you are a fag.......what's up dude.....
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