Y1 S1 T1 - Set Up Your Blog And Introduce Yourself.

I feel like I’ve always been extremely lucky in life, since the age of 5 I picked up a PlayStation controller and nervous as I was I didn’t lose a life I am still almost that same way today at that same time I picked up a pencil and started doodling, detailing everything but worried I’d do it wrong and have to try again. Like applying for University I wasn’t sure if I would be good enough to get on a good gaming course, but I was lucky enough to end up on the only Skill Set accredited Game Art course in England. I’m Lewis, I come from Hull, it is a real hellhole though, it’s the 2^nd worse place to live in England. I come from one of the biggest housing estates in Europe and where education is very poor to, so I haven’t done to bad right? I am the first person in my entire family to go to University, sometimes I feel like the difference between me and the rest of them is that they all give up, but I don’t, I want to prove them wrong and that I can do it, that following my path in life wasn’t a mistake.

Games are the only thing I’ve ever had, I had always found myself quite good at Art though and in this new developing world, good Art skills are essential to enter the industry, but I’d have never thought that back in the day, but combining the two seemed like a dream come true when I found out about the course. All I ever thought was that Games were made by Game Designers, but there’s actually a whole team of people with different job roles, I’d love to one day see my name pop up on the ending credits when I complete a game. Jobs in the industry require a lot of skill in not just drawing but 3D skills to that go far beyond a basic understanding. I’ve never been too interested in anything 3D but a part of the course is to learn and understand which I have adapted to quite well so far and hope I can get better although one thing that concerns me is that technology is developing and getting better, but this isn’t a Skill Set course for nothing as Michael said: “This isn’t a Mickey Mouse course!”.

http://www.gamesrecruit.co.uk/GameArtistJobs.aspx

I was sure of what my dream job was by the time I was around 8, making Games of course, although once I found out about this new Game Art course I couldn’t decide whether to apply for Game Design or Game Art course, I understand that a Game Designer needs to be good at understanding 3D programs and have a good basic drawing ability but one thing that puts me off is the fact that you need to be able to make up stories etc and English is my weakest of subjects. I hope by the end of this course I will have gained enough confidence to progress to Game Design because I definitely do need a bit more inspiration and creativity, however if something comes up and I’m offered a job then we’ll see what happens. Expertise in 2D and 3D and having a good team attitude are all key in the real world job roles and this course has exactly that! When I tell people what I am studying, they just think I’m playing games or they pause for a second to think ‘what is that?’ no one thinks about how they are made much and I think that’s a massive example of how most people consider Art and design subjects not as popular. By the end of this year I hope to have improved in my drawing ability and get to grips more with the 3D software.  

I am here to chase a dream, one that lies within the gaming industry, at the moment I am probably rock bottom of the group in the first year of how good I am in 2D and 3D, I find it quite depressing how when I look on sites like Deviant Art or ConceptArt.org you find all these made up images that people have done with dark gloomy looking settings and castles, mist and women with...well find out for yourself, it’s so cliché, like watching Lock, stock and two smoking barrels, everything is just about money, guns, girls and respect ALL THE TIME! And that kind of world doesn’t seem nice to live in. I am very lucky to be here and it would be stupid for anyone, let alone me to throw it all away now.


Nintendo are my favorite game company of all time, when you look at the big bright beautiful colours of the games they produce such as Mario, Pokemon or Sonic etc on the shelves of game stores, it makes you forget about all the horrible stuff, you feel like a child in a candy store and when you play them it feels like there's nothing you can't do while having fun, what ever happened to the simple happy games we used to play? I just hate all these new ones for Xbox and PlayStation that just keep trying so hard to be as realistic as possible. I am very lucky to be here and it would be stupid for anyone, let alone me to throw it all away now when it is closer than ever for my biggest dream ever to one day to work at Nintendo and I know I can do it because I really want to...