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Artists: kick open the door to your future photo

In-game art has certainly come a long way since a few cleverly-placed squares could pass as a tank or a dragon. What would titles like Okami and Shadow of the Colossus have been without their stunning visuals to make us feel as though we were part of their worlds? With each new generation of consoles bringing us exponentially more beautiful graphics and imagery, quality artwork has become vital to the success of many games. 

Enter ConceptArt.org, a web community for aspiring artists who dream of working in the gaming industry. Whether you create art yourself or just enjoy looking at some of the best the internets have to offer, follow the jump for some more details on this amazing resource. 

For anyone who's ever dreamed of breaking into the industry as a background artist, character designer or any number of other awesome things, joining this community is like posting your resume on a job search engine. You can post your artwork for people to see and comment on, chat with other artists to learn a few new tricks, find the answers to your many art-related questions in the forum and attend workshops where techniques and methods are taught by the pros to help you realize your potential.


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Artists aren't the only ones looking at ConceptArt.org, either. Companies like Gearbox Software and Lucasarts have been known to stop by in search of the next big thing. Job openings in the industry are posted regularly on the site and announced in community emails so that users are always on top of what's available.

If you're a passionate artist waiting to be discovered by someone who appreciates your hard work, there's no better way to get noticed by the people who can make your dreams a reality. 








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Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 16:23
Justice
I've been on that website a lot lately, some amazing work from pros and non-pros equivilant. Is there anywhere I can see your work hushgush?

All I've seen is the FRONZgorilla art from ages ago
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 16:40
Serpentish
I love making art but these guys are so beyond anything I can do.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 16:47
Topher Cantler
Serpentish- that's the idea, you can talk to them here and learn to do what they do.

PJ- Wow, thanks for asking. I have an account at conceptart.org and at deviantart, neither of which has been touched in years. Most of what I do happens behind the scenes here at Dtoid, so the best way to see more is to just stay tuned.
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 16:57
velcroman
this is awesome. i have ideas like this running through my head like this all day. i should do some stuff for this site.

those dark metroid concepts got my head racing.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 17:05
Justice
If you wanna see really recent stuff I did HushGush then check out my bebo

Don't ban me for this because I'm not sure if self=promo is allowed here
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 17:07
Justice
Soz broken link
Check out my bebo and go to the "art" folder in the photos
scrape's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 17:38
scrape
Thanks for posting this, looks like an excellent site.
Maxpower's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 17:54
Maxpower
Old shit but good shit. I think these are the same guys behind Massive Black.
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 18:02
tehuberone
Gotta check out this site. Nice.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2007 18:07
Topher Cantler
Maxpower- they are, and every bit of it is amazing.

PJ- link no work :(
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2007 13:01
Justice
Erm try it again.. in my second comment on this post
JimJim's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 23:52
JimJim
i <3 this site
i might consider signing up and posting some shit soon.
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