Introduction to me

Hi I’m will Barry, originally from a town called Evesham in the county of Worcestershire and game art design is my chosen course. The reason why I decided to apply for this course was that I have always been fascinated with the artwork within games. It has been a huge influence to my artwork over the past 8 years. Coming from A level art, followed by a foundation art course, I was originally intending to go on to an illustration course, applying to two universities. however feeling that illustration didn't point me in the right direction of what I wanted to be doing career wise, I decided to apply for a third 'wild card' option of game art design at de Montfort, to which then I of course accepted. This course would definitely take me forward into a more desirable career. I have always aspired to one day become a concept artist for a major gaming company. I enjoy creating concepts for characters, settings etc and looking at the storytelling side to the artwork and thinking about the cinematography. A company I much admire is the Bethesda games studios, from footage of interviews from the developers in the company they discuss the process it takes to create a good quality game in terms of artwork and creativity, so you can tell how much care they take in their craft. My ideal job would be to work for a company similar to Bethesda as a concept artist. the requirement Bethesda look for in a concept artist is someone who has 'excellent traditional artistic skills with a strong grasp of composition, anatomy, colour  theory, perspective, lighting, environment, architectural, creature/character, costume and graphic design', something which I very much try to fulfil in all work that I produce. I learnt a lot of these ideas from my time in a level art which has helped me get to grasp with things such as lighting perspective etc. The job also requires good storytelling and writing skills, which is something I take into consideration when I am deciding what to draw/paint. A way in which I could improve this aspect of my work would be to spend time researching, whether it’s through watching films, reading books, basically just ways of gaining extended knowledge of good story telling through different media. Beyond video games my interests include films, history (particularly British history), and music (all music, any music, as long as it’s good music), these interests contribute to my work in a big way, I find myself producing  a whole cluster of new ideas and creations just from being inspired by a film or a piece of music. What I want to get from this course is first of all knowledge, better knowledge of the industry and games in general will certainly be a huge bonus when applying for jobs. Also improving my 3d work, as I haven’t had any experience working with programs like 3d max I want to make sure I am able to use it at least at a semi-professional level.