What guidelines do video game artists need to follow to succeed? Volition manager Self-Ballard draws from his experience to suggest three key traits of the best game art creators.3. You can only grow so much through school and work. The best artists hone their skills outside of school and outside of work. They keep creating even when they’re not “on the clock.”

Game Artists: The Three Cardinal Rules »

The Game Career Guide does it again! They’ve released all the data for their yearly salary survey for the past three years, all in one place.

Average Salaries for Artists and Animators with Three or Fewer Years Experience

Year   Average Salary
2005  $45,675
2006  $42,672
2007  $43,657

Full data available at their site »

I’m not sure I agree with them all, but PopPhoto.com has declared the 100 best album covers of all time.

100 Best Album Covers »

New and astonishing artwork is submitted to our instructors every week by our extremely talented students. We thought it was time to update the gallery!

DArTT Student Gallery Updated »

Jarrell Goh does some amazing work creating art out of only type. Don’t believe me? Look closer. Much closer:

Typography Art by Jarrell Goh » [via Why Me?]

Don’t forget, our students are encouraged to post their work in the DArTT Flickr pool. Above image is a digital painting – NOT a photograph – by Tanya Brown, Video Game Art & Illustration student. (See Full-Size)

Everybody is by now familiar with the fun doodles up on Google’s homepage whenever there’s an event worth commemorating. They’ve taken it further and asked students from K-12 in the US to design a logo around the theme, “What if…?”

The result is 40 finalists from ages 5 to 18 with a surprising amount of finesse and talent. One of my favourites above is by Texas student Victoria Flores, in the grade 10-12 category, but I recommend viewing every single one of the 40 finalist images.

Doodle 4 Google Regional Finalists »

Lovely, sometimes disturbing illustration and artwork by Raphaël in Brussels, Belgium.

My Dead Pony –>

My favourite artist is working on a Tarot deck. I know what I’ll be buying myself for my birthday in 2009!

Stephanie Pui-Mun Law’s In-Progress Tarot deck –>

Marian Bantjes is a genius illustrator in Canada. This is a link to her “design influences” chart, which must be seen to be appreciated.

Design Influences –>