Research: Artist Roadmap

 

Projecting Out Past Graduation

Questions:

1. If you could project out past graduation, what is your overall career goal? 

• Would you like to work in AAA game development. 

• Would you prefer a midsize team? 

• Would you like a smaller team? 

• Would you like to be on an Indy team? 

• Would you like to work for a simulation company?

• Would you like to work in the theme park industry?

Right now I’m leading towards immersive experience and architecture. I want to be able to use my skills to translate
digital objects into real world spaces, objects, etc. I enjoy fabrication a lot and being able to get into a job that has
a pipeline for 3d printing would lean into that well.
 

 After that though, my overall goal is to eventually teach after having some experience in the industry. I would 
preferably be a college professor, but am open to considering other options as well. In order to teach though I actually
need to be good at what I do and have some industry experience.

2. If you could project out into starting your career, what sounds the most appealing to you? 

• Would you like to work as a Character Artist?

• Would you like to work as an Environment Artist?

• Would you like to work as a Hard Surface Artist?

• Would you like to work as a Weapons/Prop Artist?

• Would you like to work as an Vehicle Artist?

• Would you like to work as an Lighter?

Environment and props sound the most appealing to me right now.
I like creating environments that evoke a certain emotion from the viewer or tell a story.
I also enjoy spending a lot of times on props during the sculpting process. If I could have a job that was just spending
a lot of time making props in Zbrush that would be nice, but I feel like that is a thing of the past honestly.

3. What are some of the top companies that you are interested in working for? 

• EA, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Iron Galaxy, ect.  

Universal, AOA, GO2 Production, and Falcon Creative are a few I have researched. I would love to stick to
companies in the area because I like Orlando and want to be close to my family. If I had to move,
I would go the environment route and look into companies in Texas like Bethesda and iD Software.