Where do you start as a video game artist ? If you need a video game artist then you found a great resource here ! But as a video game artist where do you start on a game ? Well if you are going to build a world of your own then you will need and atmosphere and a sky so let start with a sky and say we use the Unity 3d game engine to build our world and game in, later we will do the same in other game engines. So create and atmosphere we will use the unity 3d game engine skybox feature in order to start out our first level ! Making a video game environment is one of the fun parts of artwork while building a video game! The reason I used the title Video Game Artist Needed ! Game Designer Wanted … is to show places that you may look to find freelance work or a job with video game studios and companies. If you are interested in this first off you should have a strong background in 3d and digital art as well have and advanced working knowledge of game engines. That part can be easily filled, as there are many courses and online instructional videos on the major video game engines, for example Cryengine, Unity, Unreal and Steam game engine. Each one of these have many differences as to how they work, how items are placed, built, constructed, lighted, textured, and as well materialized in there own unique development and design atmospheres. The work flow for each may be slightly different but your production pipeline will all be ultimately very similar with the use of a package like Autodesk’s Maya or 3ds max or Maxon’s C4d and as well other programs in your pipeline such as Zbrush, Topogun , Softimage and others including the ever present Photoshop as well. If you are looking for a job in the Video Game Art and Design field then yo will need a very good production quality workflow. The video game industry is fast paced always changing you will always be learning both new programs and the standards as well because with every tool there comes major updates with new abilities and new technology. You must first learn this and as well harness it to make cutting game designs , and as well be able to keep up with the animation and motion technologies as the industry evolves. This means that you may be a lead project artist, a lead level designer or even a lead game designer and the other companies that create our tools will always be showing us new and innovative tools to use on the job from Motion Capture and 3 D elements to character design and video production in the cinematic departments. Seeing as the fact of video game design and art is that any company or studio worth there salt and wanting to produce a cutting edge game is going to want it produced for either a Console or a PC you must stay abreast with the best of visual and digital technology as well as the tools that create it. This being said if you want to excel in the video game design industry you are going to need to eat, drink and breathe game technology most of the time of the day in your waking hours. Sure you may specialize in a given area of video game design and art, but many of the companies expect there employees to be able to multi task in some of the area involved. In the next article I will list both some video game design and art studios, as well some more web sites that are important to this as well. 
