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What do art directors want?

If you want to get hired as an artist, you need to know what art directors are looking for. In this article, we chat to five leading art directors to see how you can get onto their radar.

The first thing, unsurprisingly, is software skills. However, which software you need depends on the studio and the specific role. For example, at British games studio Creative Assembly, “a concept artist may use Photoshop, while asset production artists would use software such as 3ds Max, ZBrush and Substance,” says project art director Baj Singh.

In contrast, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, art says.

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