Portfolio Concerns

Lots of talent out there. You look on http://www.cgsociety.org/ and see so many nice images (although I wish there were more moving shots instead of stills up there). And if you read the comments made to them, you get the impression that there are a lot of students and enthusiasts trying to get their work seen.
My experience with professional post production, both at larger studios and boutique shops, is that you literally have about 4 seconds to get someones attention. So, you have to find out what you are truly good at, or hands down, what you bring to the table when it comes to visual effects production. For me, I am a lighter, I create final images. Lighting, effects/TD work, compositing. There, that took about 4.5 seconds to say. Now, imagine a web page that gets that across in 4 seconds. That's about all you need on the front page. Simple links that go further into your past work experience, your methods, your philosophy/work ethic, and the software you prefer to use should be easy too get to, but not on the front page. If anything, your contact info should be always visible, on every page of your site.
As I write this, I am noting that I must change my own site (http://matt.moses.name/ or http://mmoses00.cgsociety.org/gallery/) to reflect this. But alas, as you get more professional work, the less time you have to do this, and the less important that site becomes due to the "referral" nature of this business. But I do wonder what companies would be calling if I had a better network setup to lead them to me. So, that is the point - Concise special skill, quality, and easy access to you can be a great enabler. After that, good work habits, calm demeanor, professionalism with others in a team environment are absolutely necessary.
So get some nice "moving" images, not stills together and make your 4 second pitch that demonstrates your core skills. Then put up a simple web page (one page will do) and tell the forums about it, post to the CG web sites, email someone at a studio's HR with a link, post it on http://www.linkedin.com/, etc., and get noticed. Just remember to bring your best to the table, and only show stuff that you would like to do 12-16 hrs a day!
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