/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2843628
A 3D concept will give a better idea of what a thing will look like than a 2D concept. It also allows for faster iteration. An art director might also want you to do some paint overs of a model one of the modelers made, so at the very least you should be able to load up a model in a 3D package and take some screen shots from various angels, maybe even know how to spit out various different types of renders and how to use them wisely in photoshop. On the extreme end of the spectrum you have guys like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YIpB9egMU

Companies can probably afford to be choosy with so many people wanting the job. If they can have concept art that looks like pic related, then why would they turn that down? It can also help speed along the 3D modeler's job. They can take the concept artist model, which will often be kind of bashed together or too high poly, and retopo it rather than start building from scratch. Or at least have a 3D model to copy rather than trying to decipher the forms of a 2D image.