The first part consisted of a presentation covering the basics - what different types of BG work there are, the different pipelines, skills required, portfolio tips, how to tackle BG's despite them being daunting and finally a BG paint demo of a scene. This contained a wealth of information that I found incredibly useful, especially as BG paint is currently the area I want to go into.
Here is the link to the presentation video and the actual slides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4s2aIAKZ6s&t=1s&ab_channel=DevinElleKurtz
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-57RCbndRB5BiyjYiA6ayH_Lg5VCsmuFK-BtEkXwuao/edit#slide=id.p
The 2nd part was a "BG Art Roundtable Discussion", featuring artists working in the industry. Here, they basically sat, talked about their own journeys and a bit about themselves and then answered quesitons related to BG Art. This was an amazing resource that I will come back to a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqGK0XsuSk&t=1s&ab_channel=DevinElleKurtz
The final part was a live portfolio review. This session wasn't recorded but luckily I was able to watch it live. It was really beneficial and educational for me to see both the standard of other people looking to get into the industry's work, as well as the advice and critiques given by actual professionals.
Here are the notes I took over the 3 sessions:
Two things I found really interesting is that the advice to show less but stronger work in your portfolio, and that it is completely OK to have under 10 pieces was given by both Angela Sung as well as Devin. The same goes with the advice to include pieces that show a variation in time of day, therefore I'll make sure to heed both of these tips when I make my own portfolio.
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