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Concept
/ Storyboard Artists flesh out the game with sketches
and paintings of characters, levels, vehicles, and other elements
in a game. This will give an early feel for the game. Character
artists as well as level designers much of the time fill this
role.
Character
Artists & Animators work with 3D programs such
as Maya or 3DS Max to produce the characters and objects that
make up the video games.
Level Designers
are given sections or levels of the game, creating the environments
that the player will interact in. They will have a huge impact
on whether the game will have the look and feel of what the
design team had envisioned.
Texture Artists
give the skins to levels and characters. They have to make
sure the textures are properly mapped onto the 3D objects
and backgrounds in a convincing and seamless way.
Programmers
work on the video game engine, AI, and anything pretty much
that will make the game run. C++ is the programming language
of choice for most game programming.
Sound
/ Audio: There will be people working on the sound
effects of the game, as well as the music that often is playing
in the background.
Professional
Testers are often employed, another video game career.
These people put in long hours to find bugs and other potential
problems.
Artificial
Intelligence today it is almost impossible
to write professional style games without using at least some
aspects of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence
(AI) is a useful tool to use to help to create characters
that have a choice of responses to games player's actions,
but have to be able to act in a fairly unpredictable fashion.
Motion Capture Technology Motion capture
technology is a good example of how digital techniques are being
applied to the video game (and related) industries to allow more
convincing visualizations of imaginary or composite images.
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A Closer Look at the Video Game Character Artist
Introduction
If you love video games and want to pursue a career that allows
you to design your own video games, and video game characters, then
you should get on track to becoming a video game character artist.
The first thing any successful video game character artist should
know is, of course, what makes a great video game, and what kind
of characters best suit those games. Second, you will need advanced
technical training in graphic design and computer animation so that
you can be prepared with the skills to see your ideas through.
Training
There are degree programs and technical training available in video
game design at colleges, universities and vocational schools across
the country. Through these programs you can gain a thorough education
in video game design, and character design that will prepare you
for a great career in the growing field of video game design and
character design. In these programs you will learn how to use state
of the art computer hardware and software programs that will allow
you to create multiple levels of video games from the initial storyboards
to the final project. You will also learn to read and use basic
computer languages such as C++ for writing video games, as well
as paint programs such as Flash, used for the drawing and animation
of video game characters.
In a video game design course, you will also receive technical training
in areas such as storyboarding, drawing, characterization, modeling,
editing and interactive media and game design, which will provide
you with further application and animation skills, and a broader
foundation of video game design, and in particular character design.
Does this sound exciting? Well, it should. : )
Job
Opportunities
With training in advanced graphic design techniques and video game
design, you will receive both the technical and conceptual skills
needed to bring video game concepts, and video game characters to
life. Through your education in video game design you will also
have the opportunity to create portfolios of your completed video
game modules that will demonstrate your talents to potential employers.
With these advanced skills you will be a valued asset in the creation
and building of new video games, and the creation of video game
characters, and you will be eligible for a number of employment
opportunities in the cutting edge industry of computer games.
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