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Is good drawing skill is needed to learn to be a game developer or software engineer?

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ankit.kumar010203
ankit.kumar010203 Original post #1
Mar 17, 2013 at 1:23 PM
I want to know that is good drawing skill is needed to be a game developer or software engineer?:-? ? If we want to make software then? Is software engineers in the world is master in drawing pictures? I want to be a game developer or software engineer so should I go for drawing class first before learning programming language:cry::cry: ?
guru_urug
Mar 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM
I want to know that is good drawing skill is needed to be a game developer or software engineer?:-? ? If we want to make software then? Is software engineers in the world is master in drawing pictures? I want to be a game developer or software engineer so should I go for drawing class first before learning programming language:cry::cry: ?

No. Not if you want to become a programmer or game developer(coding). But if you want to become a game designer(character design/level design) then YES, drawing skills are a must. As a software engineer or programmer, no drawing skills are required whatsoever. A general idea of aesthetics(eg: which background color for website) is needed when coding UI though, which is inbuilt in most people, handdrawing is never needed.
ankit.kumar010203
Mar 17, 2013 at 7:38 PM
One more question: Is good drawing skill is needed to learn to be a Web Designer or Web Developer?
G
Mar 29, 2013 at 7:29 PM
No.
But you will need to know HTML/CSS/Javascript
and Server side language + some database (for Developer)
or Photoshop (or similar tool for Designer)