{"id":56534,"date":"2026-02-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=56534"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:24:01","slug":"out-of-100-artists-98-were-basically-there-to-mass-produce-japanese-devs-discuss-harsh-reality-of-working-as-an-in-house-game-illustrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/out-of-100-artists-98-were-basically-there-to-mass-produce-japanese-devs-discuss-harsh-reality-of-working-as-an-in-house-game-illustrator\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOut of 100 artists, 98 were basically there to mass-produce.\u201d Japanese\u00a0devs\u00a0discuss harsh reality of working as an in-house game illustrator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s\u00a0been\u00a0ongoing discourse\u00a0among Japanese industry professionals and freelancers\u00a0this week\u00a0about\u00a0how difficult it is to get hired by\u00a0game companies, prompted by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/game-designers-who-ask-for-ideas-programmers-who-dont-know-c-cyberconnect2-ceo-on-the-top-reasons-why-aspiring-game-devs-fail-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an upcoming publication on the topic<\/a>. Amidst the\u00a0discussion,\u00a0one\u00a0artist\u00a0shared the \u201charsh reality\u201d they\u00a0witnessed\u00a0when working at a major domestic developer, garnering\u00a0a lot of surprised\u00a0and\u00a0disheartened\u00a0reactions on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noriba, who now works as a manga author,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MangaNoriba\/status\/2018295945000329408?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on February 2,<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWhen I used to work at a major game company, I remember thinking how brutal it was to be an illustrator. There were about 100 illustrators, but there were only 2 lead artists among them, and the remaining 98 people were&nbsp;essentially there&nbsp;to mass-produce art based on the two leads\u2019 work.&nbsp;Incidentally, one of the two lead artists was a freshly graduated new hire&nbsp;who\u2019d&nbsp;only joined the company a few months prior. They were&nbsp;insanely talented.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\uff08\u539f\u753b\uff09\u306f\u6b8b\u9177\u3060\u306a\u3068\u601d\u3063\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u4ee5\u524d\u5927\u624b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30e1\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u306b\u52e4\u3081\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3068\u304d\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3002100\u4eba\u3050\u3089\u3044\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\uff08\u539f\u753b\uff09\u304c\u3044\u305f\u304c\u3001\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9\u304c2\u4eba\u3044\u3066\u3001\u6b8b\u308a\u306e98\u4eba\u3050\u3089\u3044\u306f\u305d\u306e2\u4eba\u306e\u7d75\u3092\u91cf\u7523\u3059\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306e\u5b58\u5728\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002\u3061\u306a\u307f\u306b\u305d\u306e2\u4eba\u306e\u3046\u30611\u4eba\u306f\u3001\u6570\u30f6\u6708\u524d\u306b\u5165\u793e\u3057\u305f\u3001\u9b3c\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u7d75\u304c\u4e0a\u624b\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u306e\u308a\u3070\u3000web\u6f2b\u753b\u300e\u9ad8\u5bae\u30a6\u30a9\u30fc\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u300f (@MangaNoriba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MangaNoriba\/status\/2018295945000329408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Noriba&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MangaNoriba\/status\/2018717223024484512?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a>&nbsp;that their&nbsp;post&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;meant to mock the&nbsp;\u201c98 artists\u201d&nbsp;or diminish the type of work they were doing&nbsp;by any means.&nbsp;On the contrary,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MangaNoriba\/status\/2018486044749127801?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they say<\/a>&nbsp;that even these artists&nbsp;were \u201cthe cream of the crop, who\u2019d beaten out thousands of applicants\u201d&nbsp;to join the company. The implication is that&nbsp;competition in the industry is so intense&nbsp;that&nbsp;even the most skilled artists&nbsp;have slim chances of landing&nbsp;positions that&nbsp;will&nbsp;grant&nbsp;them&nbsp;creative\/stylistic&nbsp;authority. Additionally,&nbsp;since&nbsp;assets like experience and mileage&nbsp;can easily be&nbsp;trumped by&nbsp;the&nbsp;raw skills&nbsp;of a newcomer,&nbsp;simply powering through the less glamorous work&nbsp;does not guarantee&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;eventually \u201cget there.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, a&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;illustrator who describes themselves as \u201ca subcontractor&nbsp;positioned even lower than those 98 artists\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kimiori_mentor\/status\/2018534859095023752?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared&nbsp;some interesting insights<\/a>&nbsp;in response to&nbsp;Noriba\u2019s&nbsp;post, offering a more optimistic outlook.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf\u00a0seeing this story made you feel hesitant\u00a0about\u00a0becoming a company-employed illustrator, listen to this first,\u201d\u00a0they said.\u00a0The artist, who goes by\u00a0Kimiori,\u00a0explains that there are major benefits to seeking work at companies\u00a0as an artist,\u00a0even if (or especially if) you plan to go freelance at some point.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u79c1\u306f\u3053\u306e98\u4eba\u306e\u3055\u3089\u306b\u4e0b\u8acb\u3051\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u4ed6\u4eba\u306e\u7d75\u3092\u91cf\u7523\u3055\u305b\u3089\u308c\u308b\u306a\u3093\u3066\u2026\u5e95\u8fba\u306e\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3067\u53ef\u54c0\u60f3\u2026\u3068\u601d\u308f\u308c\u305f\u306e\u304b\u3082\u77e5\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u3001\u4e00\u6982\u306b\u305d\u3046\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<br><br>\u5f15\u7528\u306e\u30dd\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u898b\u3066\u4f1a\u793e\u54e1\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u3078\u306e\u5c31\u8077\u3092\u8e8a\u8e87\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u4eba\u306f\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u5f85\u3063\u3066\uff01\uff01\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aP1APgTPfJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/aP1APgTPfJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u304d\u307f\u304a\u308a\uff20\u7d75\u5e2b\u5c02\u5c5e\u30e1\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc (@kimiori_mentor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimiori_mentor\/status\/2018534859095023752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;has to do with establishing connections&nbsp;in the industry.&nbsp;Kimiori&nbsp;explains that when game&nbsp;companies look&nbsp;for&nbsp;freelancers to hire, they will&nbsp;first and foremost&nbsp;contact former employees&nbsp;who went solo. If that fails,&nbsp;they\u2019ll&nbsp;ask&nbsp;other companies for referrals. Only if these two channels fail will they look elsewhere for new candidates. \u201cFormer employees understand the workflow, and there\u2019s already&nbsp;trust established, so&nbsp;they&#8217;re&nbsp;a&nbsp;reassuring&nbsp;option,\u201d&nbsp;they comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor example, even if you want to work on, say, Pok\u00e9mon projects, aside from hiring famous artists for publicity purposes, most outsourcing will go to former employees. (They do hold contests, but these are also part of advertising campaigns and not regular commissions.)\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on this experience,&nbsp;Kimiori&nbsp;advises aspiring artists to&nbsp;look for work at companies&nbsp;whose&nbsp;projects they wish to work on,&nbsp;regardless of&nbsp;whether&nbsp;they&nbsp;get assigned more menial types of work or projects&nbsp;they\u2019re&nbsp;not fond of. \u201cYou\u2019ll still have a much better chance than a freelancer with no connections.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<a href=\"Related: 89% of Japanese artists consider generative AI \u201ca serious threat\u201d to their livelihood, large-scale survey shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> 89% of Japanese artists consider generative AI \u201ca serious threat\u201d to their livelihood, large-scale survey shows\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendos-hiring-exam-is-so-brutal-they-dont-even-need-to-filter-by-academic-background-says-guy-who-couldnt-get-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo\u2019s hiring exam in Japan is so brutal they don\u2019t even need to filter by academic background, says guy who couldn\u2019t get in\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former game developer&#8217;s comments about what it looked like to work for a major Japanese game company was disheartening for many aspiring  artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":56546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-56534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-development","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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