[討論]So HK is the shithole for a SUBSTANTIAL cg career?

[Hakkinen]

Hello everyone.

By accident I found this website/forum and it is certainly very useful to get an idea of the local CG "scene". Well done.

A little bit of info about myself first of all. I am a VFS 3d graduate from a few years back and it was an excellent experience; the working environment just couldn't be better and the teachers there are just so professional. I had a a blast.

Anyways, I didn't go into the CG field then (I primarily studied the course out of for hobby's sake)... I followed up to run my family's business and it was a non-stop busy 5 yr period ever since. Now with the businesses running steadily "on rails", I am anxious to get my hands back into the field.

Then there are the rants from the forum posts... with crap salary and long working hours...etc..

Well I dont have a problem with that... as crap salary and long hours are almost there with a lot of other business (who doesn't?) But it seems that there is no effort on the production houses' part to train and look for new blood?! Or are the CG grads from local colleges very bad? (culprits may be the structure of the courses or the instructors?!)

but what I am asking is... I am interested in getting a CG job in HK... I know i've got a good foundation from VFS in terms of classical animation (I love flippN 6 pages at once!!) ,film concepts (storyboarding...etc..) and I know how to work softimage/ alias wavefront (ok so it's called maya ) competently regarding modelN, animatN, and renderN...

Are they even gonna consider me because I lack knowledge of up-to-date software packages? I believe these methods are easy to learn when you get hands on approach.. skinnN extrudN...blah blah blah it's all really the same function with a different interface. I still remember the time when my instructor told me it's the core that matters as the packages will only evolve to be more user-friendly and top p'houses are using proprietary 3d softwares... Do HK p'houses look for these skills or are they just mass hiring "ready to work right away" animators to help get a project done then (perhaps) lay them off as supply is always abundant? Is it cheaper salary request to them the better? Do they even want to train a person with good art background with "old" 3d package skills? i.e. me that's why I am deciding whether to do a bit of DIY with Gnomon intensive training to maya-ize myself before hand or apply now? I would appreciate if there are professionals who are *employed* to give us some feedback on the local CG scene and to my questions...

Thank for reading guys. Long post.. excuse me if there are any spelling errors.

[shady_lady]

歡迎加國回流人士，香港經濟正在強勁復蘇中，一片好景。

[Hakkinen]

Just the kinda of bullshit reply I can expect from HKers. I am glad that I want to do this for my passion and not to live. Anyone with a decent reply to shed the shame?

[HONG KONGer]

It seems to me that U've already dropped 3D for few years. I recommand U to train your 3D package now so that U can get familiar with it and get a 3D job afterward.

There is a CG company called "Imagi" which is hiring trainees now, if they think U are a talent, they might hire U as an animator. During the training time they will train U Maya cos they mainly use Maya.

U came back from Canada?

[johngalliano]

Show ppl how good u are. If ur reel is good, then companies will want u if they are recruiting ppl.
i suggest do a reel with maya, send copies out. That's how u find a job,...
Will the company train u? Depends on the style of ur team...

[number5]

I am kinda curious on the reason why do you want to come back to HK to work? I mean if you are serious about a CG career + you have a degree from VFS + you are a Canadian that you can work in Canada... I cannot see the reason why do you want to come back.

You wanted some adventure and you do not care about the money, send your reel to the US. Or you might find some production houses in Canada (not sure, do not know the market now).

HK is definitely not the place for production-oriented industries, since just across the border, you can find real cheap labour doing the same job. So why in HK? Go to Sheng Zhen la. 5000/month = excellent job done.

On the other hand HK still has its edge on service industries. If you wanted to come back to HK and have fun, be a salesperson or some banker, you can have great money fast .