I went to the Bornmouth University open day and I got the impression that many of the major companies still only tend to accept people who have gone through the traditional route, allthough technical skill is essential, i guess you could be a master at maya, but without being able to come up with ideas is a big problem.

When 3d is your job or any art is your job, I would think it would be easier to come up with ideas because you have the time to do so.

Darkware, know how you feel, im good at art now i guess but conceptual art is very hard, drawing from the mind rather from an object in reality is very hard for me, for me to get any idea on paper into 3d I have to sit there for an hour thinking of how to do each bit.