If I Were a Student Again: What I’d Do Differently | The Rookies

Kris Yu brings a practical reflection on what I would focus on if I started over as a 3D Environment Artist today. This talk covers portfolio building, skill growth, industry mindset, and the lessons that helped me transition from student work to AAA game development. Focused on real production experience, efficient learning, and the things that actually matter in becoming a professional artist. Kris's: https://www.artstation.com/krisyu ———————————————————— WHAT IS THE ROOKIES? CLICK TO FIND OUT ►https://www.therookies.co/about/ Founded in 2010, The Rookies is a community for non-professional digital artists. A place for artists with a passion for film, games, animation, immersive media, archviz, motion graphics, product design and other creative industries. It doesn't matter whether you are a hobbyist, student, self-taught or even wanting to change careers. All that matters is you want to become a better artist, learn new skills and be surrounded by people on the same journey as you. --- "The journey has been amazing so far, and I can't wait to see where I can go from here" Testimonial by Ben Macauley | Junior Environment Artist - Wargaming ———————————————————— FOLLOW US BELOW: ►Web - https://www.therookies.co ►Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheRookiesCO ►Twitter https://twitter.com/TheRookiesCO ►Instagram https://www.instagram.com/TheRookiesCO "The Rookies are strong anti-piracy advocates. Before streaming this video we obtained a copyright license from the claimed Rights Holder. If you have good and sufficient reason to contest the granting of this license, please provide us with all pertinent details at [email protected]."