Ben Mauro has always been extremely helpful to those thinking of pursuing a freelance career. He's back again talking a bit about the pro's and cons of Freelance vs. working In-House at studios. These are some great guidelines to follow when quoting freelance work to studios. Many people don't consider all of the extra costs that come with working freelance. Many of these costs are usually taken care of by the studios when you work In-House, so we don't immediately consider them when we work from home. 
     Too many people aren't getting paid what they should for Freelancing. So definitely don't forget about all of this when you're quoting work for a contract!
     - Jacob

The amount of art work out there these days and the quality of the work I have been seen is absolutely incredible! People are getting better and better and there are more and more people doing 3D Artwork.

I thought I would just share here some of the beautiful artwork, environments, and breakdowns that I have seen lately and hopefully you will all agree. There is always something new to learn and part of that is the motivation we get from seeing others succeed. So I am more than happy to be in a time with so many fantastic artists these days.

If you haven't been using ArtStation to share your work for feedback, potential employers, or simply to browse for inspiration from other artists, now is the time! It's one of the main sites for Industry Professionals and you'll want to be a part of it.
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Feel free to take a look at some of the artwork I have uploaded there and examples of the descriptions I provide next to each of my projects.
https://www.artstation.com/artist/purepolygons

Click "Read More" to see the article with tips and tricks from Leonard Teo...

I recently came across an article that I think will be very beneficial for those of you setting up your Environment renders and even for general art theory when creating your pieces. This article may be talking about photography, but the great thing about being environment artists, is that we can setup our scene and composition exactly how we want. So we are creating every picture we take. These tips help to set up the ground work for creating any beautiful 3D scene that we work on. Try to use some of these ideas and rules to apply them as you are placing assets, or even when you're creating textures. And start thinking about where you want your cameras for your renders, so that you can better apply these tips from the get go! There are some really helpful tools and basics! Enjoy :)

Credit to Sebastian Jacobitz for the article
Checkout his website here! - https://streetbounty.com/

Thanks for reading and happy rule of 3rds day! haha
- Jacob