Question for all my environment artists. Why environment art? You could have become anything else, art related or not. Why'd you choose to be an environment artist? I wanna know your inspirations. Doesn't matter if you're already in the game industry, student, or hobbyist. I wanna hear it all, from every perspective.
Ill take a shot at this question. For me, regardless of what characters I make or what other pieces I work on, environment art is in my opinion a league of its own. You're essentially creating a place from pure imagination, whether its a small town or a large landscape, and making it tangible. I can't think of many greater…
Part of it is because of storytelling. The other part comes from confidence issues. Before I got into 3D modeling, I use to draw people. I was obsessed with drawings characters I saw on TV, Movies, Games, Anime etc and getting them to look perfect. Eventually I wanted to make my own characters but every time I looked at…