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Technical Artists and Directors, Scripting, Plugins, Pipeline, Games, Animation, VFX

News and info for Technical Artists/Technical Directors working in the game, animation and vfx industry. Tools, workflows, software and results.

12k subscribers89 posts / mo in Sep 202668 authors / mosince 2014

r/TechnicalArtist has 12k members. It gets about 89 posts a month from 68 people. Top topics: Game and Art Industry Jobs & Careers, Shader Tutorials and Tips and Animation Career Navigation.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+66%since May 2026
Oct 202612k
Growing12k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Mar 2014)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+394%vs Sep 2025 · +130% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202689
BusierPeaked at 117 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/TechnicalArtist

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Game and Art Industry Jobs & Careers37%
  2. Shader Tutorials and Tips2.1%
  3. Animation Career Navigation1.2%
  4. Storyboarding Jobs and Portfolios0.9%
  5. Lighting & Post Processing0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Superhivemarket
  2. Unity
  3. LinkedIn
  4. itch

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