33 4 years in the industry as an artist/animator. 9 if you count the 5 in Tech Support and QA at Cave Dog/Humongous/GT/Infogrames/Atari (yea 1 company, 5 names in 5 years. What a ride that was).
33 and been earning money with it for almost 7 years now. I always wanted to make games but I never really actively worked towards it. It kinda just happened that I ended up where I am now - especially since I considered pure coding too boring, so I turned to art :P Overall it's been a lot of fun so far and I managed to…
i had a coworker who's past sixty now, still alive and contracting, as far as i know. another one here is pushing sixty, he's the (grumpy) grandpa around here. both coders who worked on games since the early 80ties. oldest artist i worked with? - 45, i think. all with family and kids and things. feels good to know…
I'm 33 with a little over 4 years of industry experience ~2 3/4 in house, and ~1 1/2 freelance mostly for Liquid. I've dabbled in art since I was a kid. Started playing games around 12. Got into computers around 17. Got a two year degree in programming by 21. Started to learn CG at 22. Started learning game art at 26…