– Technical Artist at Epic Games
– this is the perfect course for becoming a tech artist
– QA testing is a great way to get into the industry
– Jira is used in industry
– industry experience is important to get new roles and figuring out your career path
– networking
– large studio vs small studio
– new jobs introduce you to new skills and maybe new passions
– cross-platform development
– Unreal engine – used more in AAA studios, will give you resources to learn new engine
INTERVIEWS
– \u201cWhat’s the most important aspect of designing a game\u201d
– \u201cGive me an example of a hard problem you had to solve and how you overcame it\u201d
– \u201cHow would you do this differently\u201d
– If you get stuck on a task, what’s the next step you would take?\u201d
– Technical tasks: Finish the code, Create some UI, Fix this bug etc.
WHAT IS TECH ART
– bridge the gap between artist and programmer in the games industry
– different roles in tech art:
\t– 2D Tech artist
\t\t– importing and setting up textures
\t\t– optimising 2d assets
\t\t– adjusting 2d assets in photoshop
\t\t– setting up texture and sprite atlases
\t– effects artist
\t\t– designing particle systems
\t\t– developing environmental effects
\t\t– optimising effects for the performance
\t– technical animator
\t\t– building skeletal rigs and control systems
\t\t– skinning models for proper deformation
\t\t– importing animations into the engine
\t– environment tech artist
\t\t– setting up scene lighting and FX
\t\t– using procedural tools to generate assets
\t\t– importing environment assets
\t– audio tech artist
\t\t– implementing audio systems and soundscapes
\t\t– working with audio middleware
\t\t– ensuring audio quality and performance
\t– UI tech artist
\t\t– scripting UI mechanics and interactions
\t\t– importing UI assets and ensuring they optimised
\t\t– setting up UI assets such as prefabs
\t– Performance and optimisation
\t\t– profiling game performance to identify bottlenecks
\t\t– implementing optimisations techniques
\t\t– adapting assets for different platforms
\t– tools programmer
\t\t– automating repetitive tasks through scripting
\t\t– integrating software and plugins into the pipeline
\t\t– developing art tools
\t– shader programmer
\t\t– writing and optimising shaders
\t\t– setting up material
\t– graphics programmer
\t\t– developing custom render pipelines
\t\t– computer shaders
\t\t– shader and rendering optimisation
\t\t– working in the game engine
– if you are an aspiring tech artist:
\t– specialise in you favourite aspect
\t– prepare to take on different challenges everyday
\t– keep up with new tech, always learn
\t– work on personal projects that demonstrate technical\/artistic skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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