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:walking-dead: Don't believe his lies etc etc :walking-dead:
Not that weird when you consider all the different roles that are needed. Programmers, concept artists, technical artists, 3d environment artists, 3d character artists, riggers, animators, special effects artists, sound designers, voice actors, writers... and a whole lot more I'm probably forgetting.
Needed? Are you sure? Because tens of thousands of great games have been made without all these hyper-specific roles filled by different individuals who all need absurd scaffolds of management to try to keep them together on one task
Concept art used to be a thing artists did as just part of the process, now it's an entire full-time job? That you need multiple people doing on one project? Why?
For the level of graphical quality that is asked for in AAA games? Yes, absolutely. The higher the level of production, the more specialized and numerous the roles.
Because tens of thousands of great games have been made without all these hyper-specific roles filled by different individuals who all need absurd scaffolds of management to try to keep them together on one task
Great games, sure, but we're talking about AAA-quality games. Games that need incredibly high levels of artistic and technical skill to produce.
Concept art used to be a thing artists did as just part of the process, now it’s an entire full-time job? That you need multiple people doing on one project? Why?
Concept art is one of the jobs that is most necessary in a AAA production pipeline. Honestly, the only jobs that people should raise their eyebrows at in gaming are the purely managerial ones.
Some artists like doing concept art or just one specialized task so they got a role at a big team. Some want to do a bit of everything ( like the ones where I am) so they go to a smaller team
Not that weird when you consider all the different roles that are needed. Programmers, concept artists, technical artists, 3d environment artists, 3d character artists, riggers, animators, special effects artists, sound designers, voice actors, writers... and a whole lot more I'm probably forgetting.
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Needed? Are you sure? Because tens of thousands of great games have been made without all these hyper-specific roles filled by different individuals who all need absurd scaffolds of management to try to keep them together on one task
Concept art used to be a thing artists did as just part of the process, now it's an entire full-time job? That you need multiple people doing on one project? Why?
For the level of graphical quality that is asked for in AAA games? Yes, absolutely. The higher the level of production, the more specialized and numerous the roles.
Great games, sure, but we're talking about AAA-quality games. Games that need incredibly high levels of artistic and technical skill to produce.
Concept art is one of the jobs that is most necessary in a AAA production pipeline. Honestly, the only jobs that people should raise their eyebrows at in gaming are the purely managerial ones.
games made by 200 people look like trash in 5 years, games made by 3 people look beautiful in 30 years. really makes you :thonk:
Some artists like doing concept art or just one specialized task so they got a role at a big team. Some want to do a bit of everything ( like the ones where I am) so they go to a smaller team