Working on AAA masterpieces, but my ArtStation is a ghost town
Hey everyone, just need a quick vent from a 3D Artist. I work at an outsourcing studio where we create assets, characters, and environments for massive, tier-1 global titles. But thanks to strict NDAs, I legally cannot show a single vertex of my work.
Seriously, my ArtStation looks like I’ve been completely unemployed or stuck in 2015. To the outside world, I haven't modeled a single thing in years. It feels so exhausting to watch a game trailer blow up at a major show and see the internet going crazy over an environment or a character I personally built, while I just have to sit there completely silent.
And it’s a total career trap, too. "Trust me bro, I modeled that famous boss character" doesn't really work during interviews when you’re trying to level up.
How do fellow 3D artists in the outsourcing trenches cope with making masterpieces you legally cannot prove you worked on?