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5. Applicant shows every single student project from art school…and a few from high school.

Why this, is their some shame in acquiring art skills through practice and tutoring rather than being born with them.

Portfolios should showcase your very best work

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1. Two words: Erotic Furries.

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Erotic Furries.

That is an oxymoron.

In what sense?

Whoosh.

I believe he's stating that furries can not be erotic...

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But thats exactly my point, if you put any effort at all into your trade your skill will improve massively after dedicating a few years solely to improving it. Most people won't put their art from high school in because it will look like crap compared to their post secondary work.

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So it doesn't make sense unless either:
A: You want people to put art in their portfolio that's of far lower quality than what their currently capable of.
B: You want to hire people with no motivation to improve their skills.

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I'm wondering if the people who didn't get this might be some of the people that would also be offenders?

It's generally considered a taboo to disgust the person you're interviewing, or to waste their time. Sending them erotica most people would find uncomfortable, or even *asking* them to swamp through every piece of paper you ever touched a pen to, would certainly make me lean towards a more.. "with it" candidate.

It's all about selling yourself, really. Give the company only what they're looking for, and nothing that they're not.

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moving away from the erotic furbies... [looksaround]

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But thats exactly my point, if you put any effort at all into your trade your skill will improve massively after dedicating a few years solely to improving it. Most people won't put their art from high school in because it will look like crap compared to their post secondary work.

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So it doesn't make sense unless either:
A: You want people to put art in their portfolio that's of far lower quality than what their currently capable of.
B: You want to hire people with no motivation to improve their skills.

I'm not too sure I understand what you're saying. Their latest work is generally going to be their greatest, so generally latest work = greatest work = work you put in portfolio. You might want to put in earlier work if you simply haven't had time to expand in that area (eg you haven't done any 2d sprite art since your second year, so you throw in your second year work), but putting in stuff from High School implies your skill in that area (whatever the High School stuff represents) hasn't grown at all.

Alternatively, it could mean that you're terrible at any sort of self-assessment and auditing, which is still a black mark against you.