November 5th, 2020 - Q&A: So what is a "Technical Artist"?

November 5th, 2020

Q&A: So what is a "Technical Artist"?

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    1. Ben

      With pleasure.

    2. Jace

      So what is a technical artist in

    3. Ben

      general?

      It's the glue between the tech and the art.

      So technically, I work with the programmers to make sure the art works correctly in the game.

      So it runs, it looks good, it looks correct, it functions, and those kind of things.

    4. Jace

      Okay, so like I guess it is pretty easy to sort of overlook that kind of role because it's easy for programmers to just do one thing and then artists to just make their stuff and then it is pretty easy to just put them together but there's a difference when you have someone who knows what they're doing in that space in between, right?

      Yeah, it's really a make or break which is

    5. Ben

      a

    6. Jace

      big case with our project.

      Right.

      Yeah, this wouldn't have worked at all without a technical artist on Satisfactory.

      It's too big and complex.

      It's, you know, it sounds kind of abstract-y, I guess, but you have some demos for us today, so hopefully that will help.