{"id":1092021,"date":"2025-04-23T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/?post_type=inside-illustration&#038;p=1092021"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:05:09","slug":"how-to-get-into-illustration-for-gaming","status":"publish","type":"inside-illustration","link":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/inside-illustration\/illustration-for-gaming-season\/how-to-get-into-illustration-for-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Into Illustration for Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Get Into Illustration for Gaming<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">The video game area uses a huge range of visual approaches, and illustration is used for concept art, User Interface (UI) and is essential for creating worlds, designing characters, capturing the atmosphere for a game and producing key art for promotion. All done while working closely with the game&#8217;s team. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This downloadable publication written by experienced industry all-rounder, <a href=\"https:\/\/annahollinrake.com\/work\">Anna Hollinrake<\/a>, covers what skills may be useful; what imagery will be best for your folio, different studio clients, rights in the work and more. Including quotes from Art Director and Concept Artists Josh &#8216;Badger&#8217; Atack, Paul Scott Canavan and Rory Jobson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HowToGetIntoGaming_cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1096750\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-pink-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/How-to-Get-Into-Illustration-for-Gaming_AOI.pdf\">Download the Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>The Roles for Artists in Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Studio Types and Contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Working In Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Building Your Portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How to get into Fashion Illustration<\/em><\/strong> is available <a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/inside-illustration\/fashion-illustration-season\/how-to-get-into-fashion-illustration\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong>How to get into Publishing Illustration: Book Covers<\/strong> <\/em>is available <a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/inside-illustration\/book-covers-season\/how-to-get-into-book-cover-illustration\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong>How To get into Editorial Illustration<\/strong><\/em> is available <a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/resources\/professional-practice\/how-to-get-into-editorial-illustration\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong>How to get into Branding Illustration<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/inside-illustration\/how-to-get-into-branding-illustration\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong>How to get into Illustration for&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Site Specific<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/resources\/professional-practice\/how-to-get-into-site-specific-illustration\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong>How to get into Illustration for Children<\/strong><\/em> is available <a href=\"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/resources\/professional-practice\/how-to-get-into-illustration-for-children\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Get Into Illustration for Gaming The video game area uses a huge range of visual approaches, and illustration is used for concept art, User Interface (UI) and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1096750,"parent":1092002,"menu_order":4,"template":"","class_list":["post-1092021","inside-illustration","type-inside-illustration","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inside-illustration\/1092021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inside-illustration"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inside-illustration"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inside-illustration\/1092002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}