Creative Industries

Creative IndustriesPresentation by Mike, Dave

and Nigel

Intro Outcome 2 Identify the roles & opportunities

available within an elected vocational area of the Creative Industries sector

We have chosen.....

. . . The Video Game Industry

Example of roles within the video game development sector

Developer

Artist Designer Environment Artist

Animator Programmer Game Tester

Examples of companies within this sector

Rockstar North is the award winning developer behind the popular Grand Theft Auto series. It is based in Edinburgh and employs around 250 people

Artist18% Designer17% Animator7% Environment Artist 7% Programmer6%

Square Enix is the company that created the Final Fantasy game series with offices in Asia, Europe and the United States

Employs over 3000 people worldwide

Blizzard Entertainment are the creators behind the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series, and the hit MMORPG (Massive multiplayer online role playing game) World of Warcraft which has over 12 milllion active subscribers a month!.

It currently employs more than 250 designers, producers, programmers, artists, and sound engineers

Part 2 We will now describe the roles &

responsibilities of a Senior 3D Environment Artist Working for Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment

The Major Organisation we are applying for work at is Blizzard Entertainment.

We are applying for the position of “Senior 3D Environment Artist” for the multibillion dollar game “World Of Warcraft”.

The ideal candidate has experience modelling and texturing assets for a diverse visual range of environments. A solid grasp of form, colour, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets is essential. The senior environment artist must have skill in another art task as well -- illustration, modelling, texturing, animation, concept drawing -- and be well-versed in related tools --3DS Max, Photoshop, etc. The ideal candidate works well in an environment of peers who are passionate about making great games.

Concept Art Examples

In other words our job is to take the landscape drawings from the concept artists which looks like this:

And then turn it into this !