Description

Hello tribe! I am Gabriel, a former concept artist who later found his passion in a video game job he didn’t know existed. I want to tell you what it is and how it might become your dream job too. In this talk we'll take a very brief mention over my “late” career start as a concept artist in the videogame industry and how I realised that it wasn’t my dream job after all. We'll then look at the art jobs that the videogame industry needs but can’t find because there aren’t enough artists doing them. This will be the focus of this talk, specifically around UI and VFX for videogames and what UI and VFX artists actually do. We'll talk how much the industry is desperate for more of these artists and how a lot of people aren’t even aware (like I wasn’t) of what these jobs consist of and how artistic they truly are. I’ll also help you find the resources you need to give these fascinating jobs a try if you are interested. This talk is aimed particularly at those who do 2D art and animation, who want to work in video games and are frustrated at the lack of opportunities. But it will also be interesting to anyone who wants to do art in the videogame industry and is open to try a new challenge. Your dream job might be waiting for you. You just don’t know it exists.