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Getting Hired by Trent Kaniuga, Aquatic Moon Concept Artist Interview | Emilie Vaccarini-Francis

33m · Concept Artist Podcast · 03 Oct 18:00

Re-upload from Feb 24th 2022

Hello and welcome to the Concept Artist Podcast. Interviewing up and coming concept artists to learn what it's like entering the industry today. Emilie Vaccarini-Francis is a concept artist currently working at Trent Kaniuga's art house Aquatic Moon and has kindly agreed to share their experience.

Emilie was kind enough to share this guide to figuring out your freelance rate:
-original twitter thread: https://twitter.com/xavierck3d/status/1093937746958143488
-compiled medium article: https://medium.com/@xavierck/a-short-guide-to-freelance-rates-79de309658ac

For more information on the project Emilie talked about you can find them at ninezyme.com and sign up for their newsletter if you want to follow their progress.

Emilie's Social media links:
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilievf_/
-ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/evf

If you're a concept artist or know a concept artist who'd be interested in being on the podcast please email me: [email protected] or message my ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/kirstinetheartist

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00:00 - Intro
00:30 - What is a concept artist
01:31 - Getting good feedback
03:19 - Building a good portfolio
04:18 - What was in portfolio when hired
04:52 - How did you learn about the job
07:39 - Interview process
09:19 - Expectations going in
10:10 - Usual work day
11:39 - Pay and cost of living
16:08 - Most common mistakes
17:18 - Most exciting part of concept art
18:32 - Use of 3D art in production
20:34 - Do you have a style
22:58 - What inspires your concept art
25:00 - What do you do outside of work
25:53 - Goals for the future
28:06 - Outro
31:30 - Why I started the podcast

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