How is the game modeler paid?

At present, there are many people who switch to game modeling, and the novices are full, but it is still difficult for the company to recruit people with development experience. It is impossible to expect to enter a big company after a few months of self-study. Now the company recruits people who can work directly and really master the technology.

For example, your target annual salary is 10-20W. Then you need to master the most basic skills such as MAX, MAYA, Zbrush and substancepainter. As long as you practice hard, the monthly salary 1W+ is still very simple; But if your target annual salary is 30-50w, you need to master more than that in software. Search for the keyword "modeler"+"annual salary of 350,000-500,000" on the recruitment website. The search results are basically data model analysts and language model engineers, which means that no company can recruit modelers with a monthly salary of 35K+.

Therefore, we should consider more advanced positions than modelers. Models generally have two job-hopping directions, one is beauty, the other is technical art, the other is art and the other is technology. The main beauty needs a strong artistic foundation and aesthetic ability, and the technical art needs a strong programming ability and graphic knowledge. These two skills take a long time to master.

Generally speaking, game modeling mainly has the following main employment directions:

1. Game model:

It is an important work in the early stage of film and television animation major. With the script and settings, the model is the most important link. Commonly used software: MAYA and DsMAX, among which MAYA performs better in character model and animation, and Max performs better in architectural model. Choose one according to your own situation.

2. Game animation:

After the model is bound with bones, it can be animated, which is an important link to make the model really move. It needs a lot of energy and frame-by-frame pictures, and some action details need to be demonstrated by animators and producers in person to perfectly show the details of an action. Commonly used software: ZBRUSH, MAYA and MAYA perform very well in three-dimensional animation, and can be directly animated after modeling.

3. Game special effects:

At present, the application of special effects in the game field is not as good as that in film and television. If you learn, it is suggested to develop in the direction of film and television special effects. Commonly used software: AE, special effects and post-synthesis performed well. Want to finish self-study, but the efficiency is too low, and everyone is lazy. It is recommended to study in classes.

4. Game art:

The game industry is the only industry with a mature profit model in the Internet industry. Going to several large recruitment websites to browse the positions in the direction of the Internet, we can see that the recruitment positions of game companies are the most, covering the positions of game production, game art design, game planning, game operation, game program development and so on. There is no doubt that game talents are the kind of talents with the largest demand and the biggest talent gap on the Internet. Because the profit level of game companies is relatively high, the game profession is also very good in terms of salary and treatment.

5. Film and television animation:

This is easy to understand, that is, to participate in the production of some cartoons and film special effects. The animated film industry, especially 3D animation, has developed very rapidly in the world. Although there is still a big gap between animation and foreign countries, the country is vigorously supporting the animation culture industry, which is worth looking forward to.