In early 2018, by the gamma data, future worries, pixel seeds tripartite cooperation released a report on "2017 China Game Salary Survey talent", the report analyzes confirmed that the dimension of the post game practitioners, categories, regions, etc. game into the gold industry, the average monthly salary of over a million, leading cultural industry!
The development of the game industry
At present, the Chinese game industry has entered a phase of rapid development, in 2017 the Chinese game market, the actual sales revenue of approximately 203.61 billion, an increase of 23.0%.
After several years of rapid growth, the demand for talent in the game industry is also rising, indirectly led to the practitioners salary growth.
The report shows that in 2017, the average monthly salary game industry practitioners more than $ 10,000 in a leading position in the culture media class industry. 
Gamma data in this research found that game design positions in most companies is more scarce jobs, more than half of the salary for these jobs demand a monthly salary of enterprises provided over 10,000, the original artist's salary in the industry remains high. 
The original artist advantage
Besides a good salary, what other advantages does the original artist?
√ talent in great demand
Whether online, or hand tour page tour, you need to play this part of the original painting, so imagine the original artist is a shortage of talent in today's gaming industry, the original painting is currently the country's only 360,000 people, with the vigorous development of the game industry, next 3--5 years, the original painting talent gap will reach 1.5 million.
√ irreplaceable strong
For an original artist, the painting tool is just the expression of ideas, they have infinite creativity, aesthetic avant-garde, extensive knowledge and designer's way of thinking. Their creation often determines the overall style of the work, which doomed the original artist is not easily replaced.
√ broad space for development
Popularity of smart phones of different ages, gender, ethnicity, income groups have become gamers, we can say, the game market is almost unlimited, so the game is not only the original artist will be sought after in recent years, the next 10 years there is still a large space for development.
Employment direction of the original artist
In fact, the original artist is a great professional, a wide range of employment, retirement feed their families do outsourcing, hired as the "son of the storm," Mr. Wang Wei is so, in the year of Blizzard Entertainment gaming industry pioneer, has left some Chinese artist story.
For the future of the original artist who, with several major sub recommend the following career planning direction for you:
1, a game development company
工作内容包括场景原画、角色原画、宣传原画等岗位，这是比较常见的就业去向。
国内的一、二线游戏公司，不管是端游、手游还是页游收入都很稳定，项目收益较好一般还会有项目奖金。
如果个人意识比较优秀，晋升也会比较快。通常是初级原画师-原画师-组长-主美-艺术总监这样一个晋升流程，如果懂得策划又有技术意识能玩转引擎，成为制作人也不是不可能的。
2、外包制作公司
在外包公司一般是根据个人专业能力多劳多得，实力和效率跟薪酬成正比，绩效至上，工作强度比较大，但也正是由于这样的压力驱使，自身水平也会提升比较快。
如果有意进入外包公司，一定要选择一家能接到的项目种类比较丰富，制作难度在自身所能驾驭的范围之上，能够有经验丰富的项目负责人或组长带领你一起攻克难关的公司。
3、自由画师
自己在家接外包，有稳定的各种外单资源，长期与各种外包编辑、发包人有频繁的工作往来。这样的自由SOHO职业人，除了游戏原画、卡牌、宣传海报、同人绘本等，能力强的画师还会接影视概念设计之类的高端项目外包。
4、开班教学
当水平和能力足够高的时候，现如今很多原画大师们会自己开班或者加盟其他教育机构成为老师，他们历经商业锤炼，有很高的职业素质和个人修养，专业水平大多数都远远超过国内的大学专业教师。
5、影视概念设计
影视概念设计就是将剧本中虚幻的想法转变成视觉形象，剧组开机之前会根据各种导演的要求制作分镜头或者前期概念图，这在电影拍摄的前期设计环节至关重要。
典型的概念设计工作通常是以创造力为核心，设计偏重于幻想类和科幻类的电影视觉内容。
6、动画概念设计
动画概念设计分2D跟3D，主要是负责动画内角色和场景的前期概念设计，和游戏原画设计师差不多。
目前在我国有超过3.5亿的青少年动漫读者和观众，是全*球大的动漫目标的消费市场，发展潜力很大。
结语
总体来说，选择原画师的工作可能会有些辛苦，但是这个行业能带给你的物质收获与职业发展是其他行业无法比拟的。
Most people are for childhood dream came to this industry, with a brush to create a dream world, to create beauty and happiness as a goal to realize the value of life to pursue, it is a very happy thing.