what does the job market in North America look like as far as entry level game animators go? I have a friend who is in school and is trying to decide whether to direct his education more toward environment art or character animation. he's a big fan of both, but has recently started to find a niche in animation... the…
QA. Just sign up at one temp agency that services devs. I think it depends on what type of game animation he wants to pursue. Since more and more devs are using mocap or procedural animation (aka ragdoll), your friend may want to think if he would have a problem cleaning mocap or not. Otherwise, I recommend stacking his…
^ what he said. While I think there are more env positions overall, and more entry level ones at that. if he likes Animation more then Env art, then he should animate. If you're DAMN good, then people will make a position for you.
There's a lot of work for decent animators...Seriously though he should just do what he likes doing. Otherwise he might find himself in a couple of years thinking " what the fuck am I doing this for? I dont enjoy it. " If he's passionate about animation, and pursues it, he will find work.