Calvin ✨

Sometimes feel like gamedev/art communities are obsessed with age. Societal pressure to be successful at as young an age as possible is so mentally draining, and I see so many people suffering because of it.

1000% agree. The strangest thing is that although a lot of youngsters are talented, they've no life experience. I'm a set designer in theatre. Most designers are seasoned and not 20. You don't see a lot of young set designers Unless they have good connections... lol

I think portfolio is key for 3D game arts. There's a lot of other things to chat about, particularly class & wealth/time attributed to success, but age shouldn't deter people to start!