What Does a Technical Artist Actually Do? | Senior Technical Artist: Victoria Lyons

In this episode, I sit down with Victoria Lyons (Senior Technical Artist) to talk about what technical art really is, how to break into the role, and how artists can start thinking more technically.We discussed:What a Technical Artist actually does day-to-dayHow to move from art → tech artLearning C++ and engine fundamentalsMentorship, workshops, and helping others level upBuilding confidence in both code and creativity_________________ Resources Mentioned ______________________Dev Pods: https://www.devpods.gg/ @TheCodingTrain (YouTube) @codebreakthrough (YouTube) @TechArtAid Applying for a Technical Artist JobIntroductory C++https://youtu.be/9Myk2vcK8s8?si=FfO_njX5ewAfdKqTUnreal Engine 5 Coursehttps://www.udemy.com/course/unreal-engine-5-the-ultimate-game-developer-course/?_________________ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ______________________- Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3VHRDYNMFJ3KW- Get one of the Courses: https://linktr.ee/jack.the.generalist/shop________________ Find Jack on These Links ______________________https://discord.gg/jC7YEsvwWphttps://www.instagram.com/jackthegeneralist/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-gutmann/_________________ Find The Guest on These Links ______________________Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-lyons-830026176/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/victorialyons Website: https://victorialartwork.wixsite.com/victoria-lyons Pixel Box Workshops: https://luma.com/Pixel-Box 1-on-1 Mentoring: https://calendly.com/victoria_lyons/tech-art-training ______________________ Timestamps ______________________00:00 – Intro 02:10 – What a Technical Artist actually does05:40 – Art vs Code09:15 – How Victoria broke into technical art14:30 – Learning C++19:20 – Getting comfortable inside the engine24:10 – Confidence & impostor syndrome29:45 – Mentorship & teaching others34:30 – Pixel Box workshops39:10 – Advice for aspiring Technical Artists44:20 – Portfolio & job applications49:15 – Recommended learning resources55:40 – Dev Pods & community learning______________________ Tags ______________________#technicalart #vfx #unreal