What's the difference between a hard surface and a vehicle artists?

skipdeh

Does a hard surface artist additionally specialize in environment/architectural and weapon design?
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oglu

Both should be able to model everything non organic. If you model only cars on one game or show doesnt mean it isnt different on the next one. 

PolyHertz

'Hard Surface Artist' is essentially someone with a broad ability to make rigid and mechanical things, a generalist within that sort of work. A 'vehicle artist' is a specialist who lives and breaths that subject matter, and will have a deeper understanding (catch mistakes more easily) when it comes to the creation of such models.

That said, companies may classify their employees as a specific kind of artist depending on the sort of work they normally give them, without that person necessarily being exceptional at it.

skipdeh

oglu, PolyHertz, thanks for clarifying!