What are the different specializations in game art?

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  swann polycounter lvl 4

  Mar 2016

  CEO
  

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  Bletzkarn polycounter lvl 6

  Mar 2016

  Tidal Blast said:

  Concept artist
  3D artist | Prop artist
  3D modeler
  Hard surface artist | Weapon artist | Vehicle artist | Etc.
  Environment artist
  Level artist
  Lighting artist
  Character artist
  Texture artist
  3D generalist
  Technical artist
  VFX artist
  3D animator
  Rigger
  Etc.
  
  
  
  

  I'd Assume a lot of these have cross overs depending on the position.
  

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  pigart polycounter lvl 6

  Mar 2016

  Idea guy

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  ZacD ngon master

  Mar 2016

  Boob physics artist. 

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  lefix polycounter lvl 11

  Mar 2016

  Pixel Artist
  UI Designer
  Art Director

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  Eric Chadwick admin

  Mar 2016

  We also put a list here, with info on each
  http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polycount
  
  

  Animation

  Character

  Concept

  Environment

  Level Design

  Lighting

  Props

  Special Effects

  Technical Art

  Texturing

  User Interface

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  littleclaude hero character

  Mar 2016

  http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/games/job_roles

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  Kwramm interpolator

  Mar 2016

  Tidal Blast said:

  I've heard of the existence of character hair artist at some bigger studios.

  There are "grooming artists" in the VFX industry - yes, that's a real job title
  We might see more "hair artists" in games if solutions like nVidia's HairWorks become more common
  

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