Week 19: Game Education

While I can understand why companies would prefer game artists to be deeply competant in all aspects of art and design in order to be as creative as possible when designing assets for games, I feel that by learning how to use software such as 3d studio max and having a good knowledge of how to create 3d models as well as designing them at such an early stage should be hugely beneficial when starting a career in the games industry. When starting a job as a games artist surely having a wide understanding of how games are made and how the industry works will help us to decide whether a career in the industry is right for us as well as helping us to progress faster within the industry.

Having done art and design at both GCSE and A-Level, and completing an art foundation course, I feel I am already fairly advaned in most aspects of art and design, doing a game art course is helping to build upon the skills that I have already learnt as well as giving me a good understanding of how I might use these skills if I dedcide to persue a career in the video game industry. I am now learning how to use the techniques that I have aleady learnt to aid in the design of video game environments and characters and I am learning how to manage my time while working on projects.

The game art course at DMU combines all the relevant aspects of game design needed for a career in the industry and I am confident that if I were to apply for a job as a game artist after completing the course I would have all the necessary skills that would be required.