Hi, I realized a lot of 3d fella here, just not a real career to be in our country not a money making one I'd say. Being in the art business for 16 years and still jobless, want to know how much I ask for? RM1500 salary. Sad story from some one as experienced as myself, how good am I? Check this out my website at
www.3d-assets.info
www.3d-ebook.com
www.free3dassets.com

If you want to make money, don't persue this career, I have spent thousands buying original software to work very hard up to this level but free-lancer is the last to receive payment in the chain cycle.
Thinking of going oversea? jobs are being out sourced to certain unexposed companies in asia mainly Thailand and China, the MSC nor the SMI did nothing in this area. In fact, they may have been scamed for un materialized pioneer projects and lost milions to half baked local foreign partnerships.

Other than getting serious, it is fun to be in the business and one of the few who managed to survive.

Well, I am the good, the bad and the ugly example. It is your maturity that will determine what I am interpreting here, Show off? yes because I am a master and if you feel a little jealous.

Don't forget to socialize and be a part of the community to enhance your chances, no luck will shut you out of the business, other than bad luck.
We are in the transition from manual to digital, the bosses is between 40 to 55 in age, a different era, I am not young myself but have been chasing this dream for so long that I am still where I started financially.

I was the youngest professional at the age of 21 with "Tatsun Studio" the founder of The One Academy, I was that lucky once but not for long, such market is no more in advertising, those who work their a** off to build the studio and the academy have gone separate ways after 10 years, leaving empty handed, getting real before its too late, they even formed their own art academy in Wangsa Maju.

A few of them when to Singapore and one came back to take my place in a children's book publishing. Why does it come to this end? Why does it matters to any of you?
Well, learn from those who have been through the ugly side of the real world, being young is often naive, I was young once and opstimistic that is how I lasted this long but felt wasted too much time to persue a career even banks don't recognise and refuse my home loan application worth only 50k, can you believe that? Credit card have no problem offering me 12k gold membership.
I am only refinancing the same low cost Flat I own due to divorce, have never in dept in the past 7 years but good record won't help, they just don't believe in free-lance, so I have to get employed or no loan.

That is how frustrated I am and can't help to blow your intention to dive into 3d based on current situation. All 3d is rendered in RGB, unless you are in multi-media, local standard need it in CMYK, if you can't handle the conversion, shit will print out.
How dare I say so much, you may add. I am still the only 3d artist who have successfully published 12 children story book in 3d. My former student make 4 times more just doing hand drawing for school text book in B/W and start to look down on me.
This is known as mid life crisis, more aware of in the west than Asia because we are living their past, so that is how important to know what has happen to the previous pioneers.

Hi dinodog, I don't remember talking to anyone here, though I did say the same thing in a forum two years back, not in the mood to chat anyway.

I have just been offered a Studio Manager and a I.T. development artist in two separate firms as I went to 4 interviews in the past 1 week. Both offers is hard to resist, I really appreciate their understanding and keen interests to bridge the digital divine.

Since this thread does not send me email notice, I'll never know if there is a reply, anyway thank you for reading my post and best of luck to everyone.
On the other hand, I may need some free-lance illustrators for children books and web content layout artists in html, e-mail me your contact and resume link if you are interested.