TLDW: Concept Art Career Advice from an Art Director (and September's Concept Art Challenge!)

The do's and don'ts of applying for Concept Art jobs and what Art Directors are looking for in your portfolio.

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A BIG thanks to Mike Vaillancourt of @mtg Magic: the Gathering for lending us his time and expertise last week! He gave us such valuable insight into the mind of an Art Director, and what they look at (for better or worse) in a Concept Art Portfolio.

I've pulled out the highlights in this TLDW video, but it's totally worth checking out the original interview here too 👉    • Concept Art Career Advice from an Art...  

0:00 - Intro
1:59 - How Does a Project Get Assigned to an Artist?
2:53 - How do you Scout New Talent?
4:00 - What Factors Make the Difference in a Portfolio?
6:42 - Fundamentals
11:38 - What Should Artists NOT Include?
14:30 - How Can Artists Help Art Directors?
16:34 - Is Art School a Requirement?

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On that note, I am stoked to introduce next month's Community Concept Art Challenge. Bring out your dragons, wizards, heroes and monsters! It's fantasy art time!

The rules on this one are really simple - make it fantasy and make it awesome. Join the challenge and learn more details in the DPS discord community here:   / discord   - don't forget FREE BRUSHES! are available in DPS Discord "Freebies" channel.

Huge thanks once again to Mike Vaillancourt of MTG for volunteering his time and expertise during last week's live. I've made a condensed TLDR version of Mike's excellent answers during our Q&A.

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