Tools are getting better and better and faster to work - which makes non-artist without artistic skills to create nice good looking 3d art. For example, 13 years ago when u needed body, u needed to sculpt it from scratch knowing anatomy, make textures, make shader, paint human skin (which was super hard) in order to get…
In my experience, individual game artists are usually friendly and collaborative. There are always a few people who act like gatekeepers and want other people to "prove themselves" or try to hide information to prevent competition, but in my experience that type of individual is rare, and those @$$holes exist in every…