What are the roles of a video game artist?

Answer 1

A video game art director is mainly responsible for these areas:
1. Creating the artistic vision for a video game
2. Communicating that vision to the game's publisher, management, producers and team
3. Maintaining that vision consistently throughout the production process
4. Mentoring art staff so their careers and artistic skills flourish
5. Being heavily involved in the hiring of new art staff
6. Communicating regularly with other studio departments to ensure the art direction is feasible and supported properly by code, engine etc.
7. Offering educational opportunities to the art team. This includes seminars, training courses, life drawing classes etc.
Various artists may create or develop specific parts of an art piece or scene; but a sole art director unifies the vision. In particular, the art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it communicate visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements used, what artistic style to use, and when to use motion.

One of the most difficult problems that art directors face is to translate desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. During the brainstorming process, art directors, coworkers, and clients are engaged in imagining what the finished piece or scene might look like. At times, an art director is ultimately responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistencies between the various individual inputs.

Answer 2

game artist is an artist who creates art for one or more types of games. Game artists are responsible for all of the aspects of game development that call for visual art.[1] Game artists are often noted in role-playing games, collectible card games and video games.[2]

Role-playing games[edit]

Many game artists are called upon to develop graphical treatments for the environments and elements in which role-playing games take place. For example, in the Monster Manual early Dungeons & Dragons artists created visual representations of monstersplayers might encounter while adventuring.[3] Many such depictions may influence subsequent art and the type of campaigns or adventures that developers and players create.

Art for role-playing games can be expressed in a variety of media, from pencil drawings, to pen and ink illustrations, to oil paintings or even 3D models created with a computer. Therefore, no one skill set can be pinpointed as necessary for a role-playing game artist, beyond that of some artistic ability. Necessary skills will vary from game to game and developer to developer.[citation