Award Winners - Portfolio of the Week

With over 24,000 members using the portfolio tools on The Rookies, there is no shortage of amazing portfolios worth checking out. This week our team has picked another round of amazing portfolios that shows a great range of skills, a creative eye and solid technical skills.

Debut of the Week

Dasha Salo

Where are you currently located?

Manchester, United Kingdom.

When did you first realise you wanted to work in creative media?

Still not sure what I am doing

What are your career goals?

Eventually I am hoping to make my own games

Player of the Week

Diego Fuentes Gonzalez

Where are you currently located?

Paris, France.

When did you first realise you wanted to work in creative media?

From a very young age, I have been passionate about drawing thanks to the universes in manga such as Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Berserk and much more. After graduating, I set out to work in graphic design. Working at the right price, then in a printing press, Accent Tonic, in Paris. But seeing the things that this was not my long-term goal, it was with the video games that I became interested in 3D and decided to study in this field, at New3dge, Paris.

What are your career goals?

My goal being to work in AAA games projects, my efforts and motivation are the key to my evolution.

Contender of the Week

Mao Mornity

Where are you currently located?

Montfermeil, France.

When did you first realise you wanted to work in creative media?

I always worked for entertainment as I'm a former sound engineer and spent 15 years in the audio industry. But as life goes, sometime you need to change. So 2 years ago I discovered digital art and just lost myself into it. I basicaly learnt the 2D basics at "Digital Painting School" an online French classroom, for which I'm actually moderator and community manager. I also dig 3D and VR by myself since a year. And as I always loved games and movies, the rest of the path was pretty clear.

What are your career goals?

Concept art is my main focus, solving problems, finding ideas. But if I think 10 years in the future, I'm really dreaming of Art Direction.

Rookie of the Week

Ilai Perez

Where are you currently located?

Tel Aviv, Israel.

When did you first realise you wanted to work in creative media?

While studying 3D art and first realizing I can turn my hobby into a career

What are your career goals?

My dream is to one day have a leading creative role in the development of a video game

Want to be featured in Portfolio of the Week?

All you need to do is upload examples of your best finished projects, work in progress creations and pimp out your portfolio page. Here are some tips:

• make sure to upload more than 3 projects
• have a great introduction in your bio that explains who you are and what your goals are
• include eye catching project cover images
• create projects that show off your creativity with the project builder