How long would it take you to model a 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT, including interior and layout the UVs? Can you break it down to hours? What about factoring in your hourly rate? You can buy this exact model from www.arte-3d.com for $90.
I bring this up in my advanced classes all the time because I want my students to really think about the industry and their future role. Technical foundation skills are essential, there is no doubt about that, but ultimately it is your ideas and how you execute them. It is just certain aspects of the industry have developed in to what I call 'the digital production line', like modeling. It is not a new concept, thank you Henry Ford, it just works a little different theses days.
Now there will always be a need for great modelers and creative ones, it is just more competitive these days. I feel that given a good blueprint, anyone anywhere can model from it, even a high school student. In fact, I can teach just about anyone to model and one could learn these skills within a months time, but you cannot learn to be an artist in a month. Many of my students want to be modelers, I can't blame them because I love to model, and the industry will always need creative modelers. That is just it, be a artist, a digital sculptor, a creative modeler and the work will be there.
Check out the site, the models are amazing and have such detail. You can even purchase based on the render engine that you will be using. Then show your students and ask them where they see the industry going and what will be the impact. Lastly, as a teacher, are you just teaching the 'tool'? – Cornell
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