Is college neede to become a concept artist for video games,movies,media ?and if

Question:Concept art is one of the most difficult areas to get into in the games industry. Most concept artists start in layout, animation, painting, modeling, or storyboarding and work their way up.
To be a concept artist you need exceptional skills in perspective, digital and traditional forms of painting, color theory, design, composition, object drawing, ect ect. You need to understand the mediums your working in. A concept artist working on a 3d game for example has a very different set of restrictions then one working on a flash game.
Experience is the most important thing in the concept game. You need a very good portfolio. It's definatly possible to get into the industry without college, but there are not many people who can, and the ones who do usually start in another area and work up to it.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Concept art is one of the most difficult areas to get into in the games industry. Most concept artists start in layout, animation, painting, modeling, or storyboarding and work their way up.
To be a concept artist you need exceptional skills in perspective, digital and traditional forms of painting, color theory, design, composition, object drawing, ect ect. You need to understand the mediums your working in. A concept artist working on a 3d game for example has a very different set of restrictions then one working on a flash game.
Experience is the most important thing in the concept game. You need a very good portfolio. It's definatly possible to get into the industry without college, but there are not many people who can, and the ones who do usually start in another area and work up to it.

yes because video game creators actors and actress must all have a degree

I did some research on the net about becoming a video game design, and most of the sites I saw recommended having a college degree in something, if only because it gives you a more well-rounded base to work from. Experience seems to be, however, more important in the long run. I'd suggest building a strong portfolio to show potential employers, but a college degree can't hurt you.

You will likely need some art courses. You will need some experience with graphics programming so you should get some computer skills in how to write small programs. Nothing real fancy there though.
And you could start practicing drawing.
Here are some free programs for drawing that are pretty good.

Gimp is about like Photoshop. a good place to start.
http://www.gimp.org/

Inkscape is a vector graphics program. It is different in how it works. It will make an image of any size for you. It is a bit harder to get used to than Gimp is.
http://www.inkscape.org/

And finally here is Blender. Blender is a full bore 3D drawing tool. It is much, much more complicated than the other two.
It is very powerful though.
http://www.blender.org/

These tools all privide free tutorials to help you use the programs and they all have forums to discuss problems.
You will also find Blender has a gallery to show off its work.

Please take a look at the sites, and with time you might actually learn how to program a game, as well as draw the images for them.