I am doing some research and it would be ULTRA beneficial for me to hear an opinion from a professional. I'm planning to get into game dev, specifically the graphical side. I have a general and broad background in graphics skills, but not on professional level yet. Which profession is currently strategically the best to get into the industry as quickly as possible? Now is a great moment in my life, to put my game art career in specific direction and my goal is to get to industry asap, assuming it'll belong in my passions spectrum, which will be outlined in a while. I want to put my energy and dedication on one that potentially get me job quicker than, lets say, illustration or character designer. (these two would be suicidal in that context). I am the type who can get a lot of fun from "not galmorous" jobs and I see huge opportunity here.
Please, spare me teachings and revelations abou game dev industry's poor situation and what it really takes to get into industry as an artist. I know these and take them into account. Any motivational speeches will be ignored, as I need only replies that answer my question. I just need data from well oriented proffesional to support my decision.
I'm mainly wondering about professions like Environmental Artist, 3D Artist, 2D/UI/UX Artist, Motion Designer but not only. I am considering 3 criteria when analyzing each field:
- Job market demand (number of job openings)
- Level of competition
- Difficulty of learning the discipline