The industry of animation and game design is blossoming in South Africa, and there are various paths open to those seeking a career in game development, and for practical design enthusiasts, there is a route to embrace the world of game art design.
The DAS: School of Art and Design has a course designed to train students in drawing, painting and entertainment design for films, games and other digital media.
The course is aimed at evolving the creative elements of per-production design, such as character models, environments and other assets, which will be used in video games, movies, or other media it is being designed for.
“Though concept art is well known amongst gamers and avid film fans, it’s a largely unknown field to the majority of South Africans,” said Scott Harris, art director at DAS.
“We believe that our country is capable of producing some of the finest digital artists in the world, and our goal is to train those individuals in order to grow the South African entertainment design industry.”
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Wow. Most people in the local online art scene know Scott Harris has a bit of a reputation. He has, or had, beef with another local art group.
At one point he was using their website name, but with .co.za attached to the end of it to redirect to his own website. I discovered this by accident and pointed it out to the admins of the local art group who contacted him to find out what the deal was.
A couple of hours later the url was redirecting to the local art group’s page.
He also had a meltdown at one point and purged his entire forum, killing the small community that was slowly growing there.
I’ve never met the guy, but have communicated with him a bit online and have friends who’ve met him and pretty much everyone agrees that the guy is way too arrogant considering his level of skill.
To put things into perspective, I’m about Scott’s level (unless he’s gotten very good over the past year, which is entirely possible if it’s all he’s been doing), and I consider myself a mediocre artist.