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Game Art vs Non Game Art/Animation

Posted by makallenz - December 8th, 2023


Hey all!(Not Scott here) I just wanted to put this somewhere so if anyone is wondering or looking at my profile they'll have a better idea of what I specialize in and what I'm still working on in terms of skill stacking.


In general I'm probably not going to be making any sort of short film or parody style animations. Not for lack of trying but I have little experience in constructing a story let alone a comedic one. It's always been my weak spot because I joined the game industry early in my career and it did not call for any of that. I can build all the assets for a short film but I am not much of a writer. I'm a game developer first and I do work on my own games which I hope to showcase here.


I love all forms of animation and the latest craze for me is The Amazing Digital Circus. Little aside here, I thought that was amazingly funny, creepy and most importantly FRESH. Pomni is a great design and character with an amazing personality for an animated character. I really latched onto her and felt for her plight. 100 million+ views probably aren't wrong. It's a hit! It's probably one of the most amazing stories in independent animation ever (don't quote me on that)


With that said the types of animations I specialize in would be game characters with looping or one off animations like idling, jumping, attacking, etc. Stuff like that. However, one day I would like to take these skills and make a short film or a parody of something I love and join the pantheon of other amazing film makers on NG.


I'm currently learning Davinci Resolve and Blender but my main skillset is in 2D so that's what I'll be creating for now. I can do a lot in Blender now but seeing the gulf of information that I still have to learn is daunting. I've split up stuff I study and work on per day. I have ADHD so I've learned from experience that working on the same thing for days and days is not healthy for me. I have done that in the past and it's led to significant burn out.


TL;DR I'm a game developer and the type of art I make works for games. One day I hope to make a short animated film, parody or otherwise.


Also please bear with me while I learn how to snuggly fit into the Newgrounds world and culture so I'm gonna make mistakes so please forgive me in the mean time.


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