Environmental artist job role

A environmental artist is in charge of creating the environments of a game under the advisement and leadership of seniors and an Art director. The job position could compose of creating 3D assets that will create the world that the player will explore and placing them together in the engine.

An environmental artist earns an average salary of $46,000 (2011) for less than 3 years experience which less than a programming job. With more years experience and a promotion of an Art Director role can earn an average of $107,000 which is a big difference.

facts have been found in this article on the salaries of game devs: http://gamedeveloper.texterity.com/gamedeveloper/fall2011cg#pg27

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