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Games Concept art, Traditional https://creativepool.com/
articles/jobdescriptions/
Games Designer:
• BA (Honours)
Character creation,
Designer coding, story building, and digital art games-designer-job-description Computer Arts
3D Modelling, skill, • BSc (Honours)
Computer Games
animation, etc
scripting, Technology
at least two A levels/three
coding, etc. H grades and five GCSEs/S
grades (A-C/1-3)
a self employed Indie developer
to a contractor for a lesser
known company to a indie
developer for the company
before becoming part of a larger
company.
illustrator Concept art, Traditional https://www.prospects.ac.uk/
job-profiles/illustrator
Illustrator:
• Graphic design and
character adaptaion
and digital art illustration
skills • Print making
(No real major
Time qualifications, just a good
sense of illustration in all
management aspects)
Lesser-known illustrator to a
more experienced illustrator,
and potential to get to a famed
illustrator.
Animator Concept art, story Traditional and https://www.prospects.ac.uk/
job-profiles/animator
Animator:
• MA in Animation
building, story digital art skill,
(3D/2D) boarding, 3D
• MA in Digital Effects
Time (Animation, Art, film and
moddeling, etc. management Video, 3D design,
multimedia and spacial
and story design)
writing Jr- animator to a higher agree to
perhaps a larger company, etc.
Artist Creating art, Creativity, https://www.prospects.ac.uk/
drawings, and job-profiles/fine-artist
taking commisions
time
management,
Open minded
Author Story creation, Time https://www.prospects.ac.uk/
writing, language job-profiles/writer
and structure
management,
English skills