I will be 27 next week and I've worked in games for 5 years. Started off with a little over 2 years in QA after college, and then 3 years on the art side.
23 / been in the industry for 3 years. wish I started art younger than 19. bah. damn you video games, wasting my youth! and.. uh, giving me a direction in life!
28, first paid gig 2007, freelancing/contracting since. Was told I had about 2 years XP from a recruiter... Been editing 3D and textures since 18, Quake 3 Arena made me do it!
24 years 4 years of Giant useless tuition bill 3 years exp in the industry Since I was in kindergarten I had said I wanted to make video games for a living. Was lauged at about it all the way up to the age of 18 when I left high school and persued into it. Still had my mom to that day saying that you will never get…
21, just shy of 22, went to school when I was 18 and just graduated. Ive wanted to be an artist since before I can remember, and loved games since I was probably 14 or 15. my boyfriend is 27, hes been in the industry for about 6 years, he went to a college in Vancouver and worked his first job at EA sports as a character…
This thread is awesome! I had no idea so many of my game artist hero's (yeah, you guys are hero's to me at least) are so freaking young. I just turned 27, and I have been trying my hand at freelance for a year and 3/4's now. But I have actually been making money freelancing for about 8 months now. Still looking to get a…
20 right now and I've been doing 3d for between 2 and 3 years now. It sounds like a lot of people get into the industry around this age, so that makes me hopeful.:) I've only had a few freelance gigs so far. Mostly been working on portfolio and jobs to pay my loans. It's funny, but even though this is my dream job now, I…
22, 3 years in, modding for 8 years. Started with art, have since moved to design/scripting roles. Love doing all of it though :D And the oldest guy I've met was 65+ I think. He was a baker or something for most of his life, but decided that he wanted to switch it up and went to an Art Institute. He got a job at EA after…
I'm 33 with a little over 4 years of industry experience ~2 3/4 in house, and ~1 1/2 freelance mostly for Liquid. I've dabbled in art since I was a kid. Started playing games around 12. Got into computers around 17. Got a two year degree in programming by 21. Started to learn CG at 22. Started learning game art at 26…