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How to Train Your Technical Artist
Jeff HannaSenior Technical Artist
THQ/Volition, Inc.
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Who am I?
Making games since 1995Worked as an artist, art director, and
now a technical artistMember of the GDC Advisory Board
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Who have I worked with?
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What will be covered in this talkA brief history of how Technical Art
became a valued disciplineAn overview of the skills all Technical
Artists should possess.Ways that Technical Artists can
increase the efficiency at your studio.
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To understand the value Technical Artists provide we should first look at how the discipline has evolved.
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How did it all start?
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One person with a problem to solve…
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If he worked at a smart studio they might have promoted him.
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He made tools and solved problems, but did not craft pipelines.
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Where is the discipline currently?
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We’re growing in skills and in number.
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We’ve proven our worth to the industry.
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We’re included in future product planning.
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Where is technical art headed?
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We’re becoming specialized
Technical AnimatorsVehicle specialistsLighting specialistsShader authors
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Technical Artists are displacing tools programmers.
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What skills should you look for and foster in a Technical Artist?
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Do they need to have good communication skills?
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They must be able to build relationships.
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Do they need to possess art skills?
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It depends…
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They need to be understood by artists.
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They need to know the art creation packages the artists use.
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Do they need to possess programming skills?
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They don’t need to know low level languages like C++.
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But knowing how to use scripting languages will help them tailor your pipeline.
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Wait...TAs don’t need to know art or programming?
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Don’t they need to know both?
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Let’s review> Technical Art has grown from simple scripting
to complex pipelines.> The game development industry recognizes
us and what we do.> As we’ve grown we’ve specialized into
numerous roles.> Technical artists should understand what the
artists do and the tools they use.> Technical artists should be able to speak with
programmers on their terms.> While a TA doesn’t need to be good at both
aspects of the role, most are.
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How can Technical Artists bring value to your organization?
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They can retroactively improve existing workflows to save time and money.
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They can fix problematic pipelines.
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An example....20 racesArmor all hand modeled1 artist, 1 monthIdentified standardized
measurements per raceAutomated the
conversion1 month became
30 seconds
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They can provide support services to the art department.
Artists can get back to working as quickly as possible.
Helps foster Artist -> Technical Artist relationships.
Decreases the response time on bugs sent to other people.
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They can provide important skills early in a project’s development.
Collaborate with rendering engineers on features
Provide valid time estimates for art workflow tasks
Design and implement art tools to support new rendering features
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...and one more thing they can do...