How I Became a PRO Game Artist in Three Years

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5 actions I took to become a professional 3D game artist in three years!
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In this video, I go through the five most important reasons why I was able to transform from a struggling art school student to a professional 3D game artist. Although you still have to put in the time to study basic art fundamentals, the tips in this video are going to accelerate the process and help you improve faster!
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📖 VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:51 #1 Use references
2:12 #2 Start small
3:37 #3 Pick up derivative skills
4:56 #4 Use a game engine
6:09 #5 Join a community
7:41 Conclusion
⛽ RESOURCES:
Music: www.bensound.com
PureRef: www.pureref.com
🎮 GAME DEV COMMUNITIES:
Video Game Development Club at UCI: bit.ly/3EfPpK0
Student Games Developers’ Alliance: bit.ly/3jMn1FP
Brackey’s Forum For Game Developers: bit.ly/3M3AxkL
Indie World Order: bit.ly/37ja43S
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@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Tell us a tip that helped you improve! We can all learn something from each other 💪🏻

@Ch0rr1s Жыл бұрын

I'm not an artist, but a full-stack dev. My tip for improvement is: Be curious, try out new tech and crunch. i learned the most in a phase where i had to basically solo-wing a gigantic project because the team fell apart. Had to solve a ton of technical debt and plain horrible architecture. but this leveled me from a Junior dev with roughly one year experience to a senior in just 1.5 years of brutal crunching. Sure, thats "the hard way" but it works exceptionally well if it matches your personality. you grow with your tasks. big challenges, big growth.

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

@@Ch0rr1s I couldn’t agree more! That’s one of the main reasons I improved so much while working on my Planet Initium project, because I was forced to learn pretty much everything. And that gave me a really good and well rounded game dev experience that ended up being super helpful for my career. Thank you for sharing!

@Para1122 Жыл бұрын

That second example of your old art at 1:24 looked fine to me. Better than anything I can do.

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! Everyone's gotta start somewhere! We're all on a different journey so what's most important is that we compare us only to ourselves and strive to become better than who we were yesterday :) sooner or later, you're gonna look back and realize how much you've already improved.

@agabasamuel4466 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why people who can draw art always say their work looks bad it looks good to me your old art looks good sir because it's original

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you I appreicate your kind words!

@gatty. 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! I believe what you teach and show here, can be applied to other industries as well. And what you're showing, is very important! Well done for your progression, it's amazing seeing others like yourself display their passion and where it's got you to.

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! Glad you found it helpful :)

@PretentiousBLOB 2 жыл бұрын

1:23 this look really good ngl

@jamesderaja Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I do struggle with art. I do believe using reference would be a great improvement for the initial stages of any game.

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Don’t be afraid to “copy” from references because that’s one of the fastest ways to learn good designs and will help you improve much faster!

@Theundeadleader 2 жыл бұрын

It definitely has useful tips for approaching in art design, shared it with a few.

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you find it helpful. And thanks for sharing!

@eestlane30 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it and it gave me motivation to continue

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you find it helpful. Never stop pursuing your dream!

@VSWRKS 2 жыл бұрын

Dude! So cool to see you progress! Josh is my mentor and I honestly can say I'm always happy seeing his work/influence pop up!

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm not sure which Josh you might be referring to, but if he's worked on some of the AAA games I mentioned as references, im sure he's made a huge impact on my career as well 😊

@VSWRKS 2 жыл бұрын

@@D_2_Digital Sunga! 😊 and yes!

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

@@VSWRKS OHH Yes how did I not realize that lol! Josh is AMAZING at his designing skills. He's helped me grow so much as an artist as well and has heavily influenced Planet Initium's growth in so many ways! Cheers man you've found a great mentor 😊

@Najstefaniji 2 жыл бұрын

Nice story man, gladfor you

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreicate that!

@justinchou2033 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@VEETEEGameStudio 2 жыл бұрын

This is nice

@cutieworld2512 2 жыл бұрын

Hello mate.......i started to learn unreal engine 5...but i feel its lil bit complicated to me....can ya give me some tips ...

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there! I haven’t fiddled with UE5 yet so I wouldn’t be able to give you any good tips unfortunately. There’s a lot of channels out there that do though so I definitely recommend checking them out!

@redston4D Жыл бұрын

400th sub right hear lol

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support! 😄

@VEETEEGameStudio 2 жыл бұрын

A tip to help level up if you're just getting started: avoid tutorials as much as you can... try and fail, it's the only way you'll actually learn

@prozolexx9347 2 жыл бұрын

what school did you go to?

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

I went to LCAD (Laguna College of Art and Design)!

@hoto5010 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make some tutorials to help us become game artists

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there! I’m planning to make a series about that in the future so stay tuned :)

@Benjabenjaaaa 2 жыл бұрын

Very insperational video

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you find it helpful!!

@emiribric4294 2 жыл бұрын

Do you use blender?

@D_2_Digital 2 жыл бұрын

I primarily use Maya because many companies in the industry still do, but Blender is also a great alternative!

@a98k Жыл бұрын

I use godot :( hope it gets some attention in the future

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

Godot is great too! Game engine is essentially just a tool. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter which one you're using, as long as you're comfortable and effecient with it :)

@a98k Жыл бұрын

@@D_2_Digital comming from a pro artist, this gives me a lot of confidence for my future projects, thanks a bunch! Also waiting for dev blog #2 :p

@D_2_Digital Жыл бұрын

@@a98k of course! And yes haha I promise I'm working hard on it and making good progress :) will share more updates soon!

@sidam3726 2 жыл бұрын

i really like brо, thank you

@bbn777 Жыл бұрын

I call bs. Blizzard would never allow using their brand image to promote random junior employees' YT channel...

@Para1122 Жыл бұрын

And why is that? Do you actually know anything about Activision-Blizzard and how the company works? Besides you playing CoD or Hearthstone, of course.

@bbn777 Жыл бұрын

yup