At college, the actual lesson time for the A-level was six hours a week. So I just started going in at nine to five every day I could. And needless to say, bumping my working hours from six to 40. I got the grades, and I went to uni. And I think this was a big lesson, that if I decided on doing something, and I committed the time and kept turning up, that I could do it.
I’d say something like, ‘Hi, my name is Jake, and I make 3D images. And I was just calling to let you know I exist and wondered if I could send over some examples of what I do?’ And they say either yes or no. If they say yes, you can ask for their email and name is. Then you can put together a nice email with some examples of your work, and send it to the right person… This method worked out pretty well for me.
I kind of started doing this kind of weird, interesting, terrible work on the side, which I found out later on to be NFTs. But I was doing these over 10 years ago, just to try and experiment and practice looking at different ways of doing things. These projects are all very embarrassing, but I love them. I wouldn't change them for the world because they have helped me learn exactly where I want to go, and how I could use my education to my advantage.
When I found something that was interesting, I should have just dug deep into it and stood my ground, even when I faced a little bit of pushback from professors. At the end of the day, what you're left with is your work, your process, and your portfolio. Nobody at your workplace or grad school really cares about what other people thought about your project, or what kind of mark you got. They look to see whether you have the potential to become a great student, or employee. That's all that really matters.
Once you start sharing your work and what you think is interesting about what you did, you'll be surprised how quickly other people also open themselves up. You end up getting to peek into their own ingenuity as well, opposed to someone who's bottled up their house and interesting tips and tricks. They are sort of like frogs in the well. If you start sharing and building a community of people who share their knowledge, you will realize that you push each other to new limits.
I visited Redvertex, and Dimitar and I talked a while about the job opportunity. He realized that I was feeling a bit unsure and that there was some fear involved. He said, you know what, in life you just have to be brave and take your chances. And when the right opportunity presents itself, you’ve just got to grab it and go for it.
First, we need to create a model and render the container side, that in this case is the surrounding, and in a separate file, we will model and render the inner side: the architecture. By using this method, we work faster and produce more accurate results. Once we’ve made the two separate sides, we put them together and start to shoot like a photographer.
