I'm a former ID student, and I'd say it works quite well. Bone up on the fundamentals of figure drawing afterwards or during, and you can be unstoppable. A little animation at ajuniorColege later wouldn't hurt either (<-- basically my post highschool education path). the thinjg about ID is that it assumes a comunicative,…
I got a degree in Industial Design, dabbled in a few design startups, and even interiors, before I decided to get into games. It was actually product design thet introduced me to 3d modeling, albeit it was using Rhino 3d. I think my ID education helps me out all the time. More for just helping with the general overview of…
Basically what Scott said. I majored in ID and the second I started picking up contract work (second semester senior year) I was thanking my ID professors for essentially giving me the perfect primer. Though we call what artists do game 'art', the overall field is called game design for a reason. Even if what you're…