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I've always loved science and art and over the last few years have worked to hone these skills for creature concept art

I just found it out last year 2021, in January! I think I realized it a little late but, I feel passionate about digital art, videogames, telling stories through art it's amazing. I am really keen on it!!

when covid hit i got infected and was left with long-term issues. I was no longer able to continue my career as a mechanical engineer, I saw this as a blessing in disguise as now I was able to follow my passion for games and wanted to build levels but fell in love with making the art to build the level.

When I discovered I love drawing and creating.

Hey there I love art and creating 3D projects and styles

I have been doing art since I was able to hold a pen, now Ive made a career of it

I am passionate about art and technology. I enjoy creating visually appealing art using the latest technology and software.

Both Games & Art have been my biggest passions in my life and it's been that way since the very beginning. I'm a self taught artist so a lot of things I had to find out on my own, it honestly took meeting my fiancé (who studies Game Design) to realise that there is opportunities for an artist like me to get into the Games Industry and even do University classes to further my knowledge. So much has happened since then, I'm even creating my own video game to show to publishers in the future.

When I was 12, staying home from school because I was sick and watching a rerun of Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. I started thinking about how someone has to have made all these character, so I did a bit of research and sure enough they had. It wasn't news to me that it wasn't real footage, I knew that, but I had never considered it as something someone does for a living. Realizing that working as a 3D artist was a possibility for me was one of the most exciting things I've experienced.

I was enticed by the VFX career path when I was watching Star Wars for the very first time and then began learning Maya afterward. However, I discovered later in life that a career in video game art also exists. As an avid gamer who has been playing video games since two years old, this realisation has motivated me to pursue a career in the video game industry ever since.

In Bastion you return to your home base, the one safe constant in the game, to find it invaded. Having just learned the horrible history behind what had been done to the people attacking me I couldn’t bring myself to fight them like the slew of mindless monsters I’d killed before. I put up my shield and let them throw themselves against it till there was none left. This was the first time a ‘simple’ game had effected me like this, I knew I wanted to be involved in creating works of playable art.

I first realized that I wanted to work in Game Development during late high school. I had just finished playing Dragon Age: Origins, watching the credits roll by when I saw "Lead Concept Artist: Matt Rhodes." I had loved art before that and always was eager to learn, but searching up what a concept artist was that day changed my whole perspective of the creative field. I became dedicated to drawing every day in a sketchbook, in hopes that one day I'll inspire someone as well.

Since I’m young

I realized I wanted to work to create concept art when I realized that there were very talented people behind the shows and movies I love, and I wanted to be one of them.

I'm learned a lot from my school which is THE ONE ACADEMY, I found out how fun of creating/ designing something from my mind. From my mind to design, it is really cool and fun.

Well , i had a friend who was great in art and he inspires me to create artworks so i started to learn art

Back when i was in high school, the academy of interactive entertainment worked with my school to offer a certificate 3 in screen and media. I decided to give it a shot and I have been loving it ever since.

I grew up in a family of art-and-culture-enthusiasts. Hence, I developed a love for the work done by the creative industry as a whole. However, it was only when I sat down to decide on my higher education that I narrowed down specifically on pursuing animation as a career. This was mostly due to my love of storytelling with special mention of the 2D animation works of Hayao Miyazaki followed by Disney.

I guess I already had a clue about working creatively, I'd always been really into art and drawing. I guess the idea really solidified itself for me when I came across AIE at a careers event in 2015. Then I watched How to Train Your Dragon and I knew that working on CG films and television was what I wanted to spend my life doing.

The first time I played Naughty Dog's The Last of Us I knew that I wanted to tell stories visually that would have an emotional impact on peoples lives, and the way that they think and perceive the world.

As a kid trying to find how the videogames are made.