How to land your first job in game art

Atomhawk game art career advice; people stand and look at a computer screen
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How to get your dream job in game art? You could start at game art, design and production studio Atomhawk, which remains one of the UK industry's best kept secrets. Despite working on some of the biggest video game franchises, from Helldivers 2 to Halo and the recently released Still Wakes The Deep, few new artists name-check Atomhawk as the place they want to work, but they should.

"From the amount of awards we've won, and we've been around for 15 years, I think we're the best kept secret in the UK," laughs studio director Darren Yeomans as we catch-up following his talk at The VFX Festival, adding, "it's ridiculous."

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Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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