Concept Specialties

These are the concept specialties as I understand them to be in the video game industry through self-study and a lot of independent research during multiple self-taught mentorships in 2023 – 2025.

The way I studied up on concept specialties first was through the articles that I was able to prompt ChatGPT Pro for in 2025. At that time, I did not have any industry artists to teach me direct on all of the concept specialties, so I did my best to learn from what I could do on my ChatGPT Pro account.

These are static articles, meaning that the video game industry has already changed since when I was studying these topics. That said, the concept specialties themselves still remain the same and have for years, so you should be able to learn fundamentals and principles with good encouragement from personal coaching and art mentoring.

Please keep your head on at all times, and remember that AI makes plenty of mistakes, sometimes frequently. If you doubt something, you are probably right. I will confirm that even before you click on a button, so please trust your own judgement. There is nothing that is unkind in these articles, as I trained ChatGPT Pro to present and “speak” — really write — in my tone of voice.

Some articles are quite friendly and informal, others more formal. If the formal ones scares you, just stick with the informal ones and vice-a-versa. Remember, as there really are no industry artists out there who specialize in every concept specialty for a job, especially in big AAA companies, it is important for you to learn for your IP if you want to draw, say, characters, when you specialize in vehicles, etc. Study to your heart’s content!

Love,

Sarah