Couple of questions for game art designers/animators

Andrew · 2016-10-19T11:13:18

Hey guys. Game art and animation is just entirely out of my depth, so I was hoping for some advice on the questions. This is for the future when I start looking for potential partners for my games. Is Game Art Designer what you are called? I looked it up, but it just seems a little clunky. Is it hard to be both a 2D/3D Game Art Designer? Would you need to specialise in one or the other. And is it hard to be both a Game Art Designer and an Animator? Or again, would you need to specialise in one or the other. To give just a little more information, I'm currently learning and improving my programming. Once I feel comfortable with my programming, I want to start designing games starting from very small projects, and slowly increasing in size and scope. When I start doing this I want to bring on board one hobbyist/beginning game art designer and sound designer each, and I'm (hoping) we will improve as we build the games, slowly building up our skills and expertise. So then, is it possible for the artist I bring on board to tackle these jobs? Do I need to specialise in 2D or 3D games? And what about Isometric art (I have an isometric game designed), is that another specialisation? Do I need to bring in another person for the animation? I'd appreciate any help with this, thanks.

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October 19, 2016 11:13 AM

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Thanks a ton for all your help :) I really appreciate it! You've cleared up a lot of things so I can prepare for the future now. I think I'll remove the idea of hiring an artist and sound designer and look for a mix of store assets/my own simple work/hiring temporarily for some niche jobs. I won't hire an artist as a hobbyist, but I'll see if I can look for a sound designer. Otherwise I'll pay for them temporarily as well.

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