Maybe this is the wrong part of the forum, maybe this is the wrong website all together. I want to know how to be a user interface designer. I have a degree in illustration, and completed a post grad course in Game Art. Family issues have kept me out of the 3D gaming creation loop for 3 years. I've been doing some…
You can definitely get a job as interface designer in games, but its kinda like leveldesign, everyone wants something else, making things a bit complicated I do a lot of UI work myself, and it seems that its generally not as appreciated among the gamers and in general you will see a lot more in the web or movie fields,…
Thanks all for your replies! Kryzon! Thanks for all that info. I understand what you mean, instead of focusing how clicking on the button makes the action... just make good looking buttons first. Since this post I've learned about the existence of Scaleform, has to do with 3DS Max; and Kismet, which is Unreal. I guess…
I'm not certain that there's something like a dedicated career as UI designer in game development. UI in games depends heavily on the game design and is more or less part of it. An artist will most likely only tweak and finish the visual conecpt of a UI design, but first comes function and useability defined by the game…
I appreciate interface design. I especially like to come by the Skins Factory website from time to time, for inspiration. The Skins Factory There are some UI artists around the web too. GetMyUI There's also a lot of interface design applied to audio software. I take it audio engineers like fancy interfaces: iZotope Ozone…