| So you're a gamer. You spend your weekends | | | | working on 3D models, 2D sketches, |
| slaying the Covenant and hunting orcs. You stare | | | | hand-sculpted models for use in 3D modeling, and |
| into your television set longingly, absolutely | | | | much more. You should be prepared for any |
| enamored by the beautiful artwork that game | | | | facet of artistic expression and be fully willing to |
| developers all over the world are able to bring to | | | | offer any and all amazing ideas. |
| you right there in your living room. The video | | | | Game artists will work directly under the art |
| game industry is a vast and quickly growing field | | | | director and game designer, the two figureheads |
| and if you've got the drive and the artistic talent, | | | | of game design elements. Generally the job will |
| game design could be the perfect job for you. | | | | consist of bringing to life all of the concepts |
| Video games are one of the most visual mediums | | | | presented by the writers and theorists. But, |
| we have. Epic worlds are created, with thousands | | | | absolute artistic freedom is not necessarily given |
| of details that the casual gamer may never even | | | | to all game artists. You must be flexible in your |
| see. A cast of hundreds, dozens more monsters | | | | design, willing to work with the programming |
| and villains, and fantastic landscapes and | | | | limitations of your game. |
| worldscapes populate all of the greatest games. | | | | If you create something you find epic and |
| Rightfully, there are hundreds of artists whose job | | | | beautiful and your game designer comes back and |
| it is every day to design these wondrous images | | | | tells you that it's not going to work in the |
| for games. The video game industry is built on | | | | program, or the technology is insufficient, you |
| the artistic talent of a few very gifted individuals, | | | | must be capable of reworking your vision. Game |
| one of whom could be you. | | | | artistry is as much art as it is structured design, |
| The most important thing to remember is that | | | | almost like architecture. It's a team effort, in |
| you must not only be incredibly talented, but | | | | which you give and receive feedback constantly. |
| willing to put in the hard work and learn. The video | | | | Game artistry is just one of many possible jobs in |
| game industry has its own niches and rules just | | | | the video game industry. You might find you |
| like any other career and when you jump into | | | | aren't comfortable with your artistic talent, or that |
| game design, you'd better be ready to learn | | | | you'd rather work directly on modeling, or you'd |
| them. | | | | like to be one of those writers. There are many |
| It's only recently that the game industry has even | | | | other job options in the video game industry to |
| begun to hire special artists. The technology didn't | | | | look into if art design isn't for you and if you're |
| use to allow for it. But now, every character and | | | | set on working in game design, you should check |
| building must be carefully designed before it can | | | | out them all. |
| go into a game. As a game artist, you'll be | | | | |