Game Design Interaction
Guess what? Getting an education in Game Art & Design doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to make games for a living. There are many industries that can use a person who has experience in game related software programs and/or game art skills. Visual Effects for films is one discipline that can translate from one industry to the next. Film and Game industries tend to go hand and hand anyway as they both use visual effects and motion capture techniques to trick the player or person watching a movie into thinking they are watching something real, when it’s really computer generated graphics.
You can also take the knowledge you gain from a game education over into Web Design or Graphic Design. Some game studios even prefer to have their employees know a bit of HTML or CSS for the project they’re working on. Some game students end up learning how to make their own web page, though sometimes very basic, in order to help show off their demo reels to potential employers, instead of mailing out DVD of your demo reel. Maybe the game you end up working on will be a simple 2D web based game, so you never know where you may end up after getting a game education.
During the process of learning new skills at your game school, you may end up honing your skills on one certain discipline, like sculpting or painting. You can learn all about form, perspective and anatomy and become great at sculpting, leading you on a different artistic path. Same with painting. Imagine you go to game school and instead of creating game characters on the computer, you paint them on canvas instead. The sky’s the limit when it comes to mastering the skills provided to you at a game school and using those skills to further develop your career.