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Job CV

Personal details	Sophie Stephenson D.O.B 13/10/1992 sophie13_stephenson@msn.com 22 Goodwood Avenue Tyne and Wear Dunston NE8 4YE Gateshead 07583019849
Profile	I am currently a student completing my degree in animation based in Newcastle college. To support my fees and life I am looking for a job based in the area of Newcastle close to my education so it is easy to reach in time. I am a hard working, enthusiastic worker with a great attitude towards everything that I do. I have experience working in retail, using tills and company computer software. I’m very determined and always aim to do my best in whatever task I am given. I believe that I can be a good addition to any group as I can easily get on with others and can adapt to different situations quickly. I’m a great team worker and always help support my colleagues; however this doesn’t mean I depend on them and I’m an adamant worker on my own and can work without support. I’m very happy, friendly and easy to get along with and always aim to make a working environment comfortable and enjoyable to be in. I would love another job to further my working experience
Skills and achievements	I ranked 3rd out of 2000 students in the UK Schools Memory Championships. This shows my ability to remember a great deal and not forget important details. I am punctual and never late or absent unless it is absolutely necessary. I am organized and keep great time management skills. I'm very creative and intelligent and good at solving problems in a logical manner. I have also held a speech for MPs at the Houses of Parliament for Aim Higher. This shows my ability to speak in public or in front of a group. Also it signifies my ability to be a confident person in front of others.
Education	Joseph Swan School 2004 - 2009 Gateshead GCSE's : Art & Design Double Award - A*, A* English Language and Literature - B BTEC ICT - D, D, D, D *(BTEC D, Distinction = A) Science - B Maths - C History - B Religious B Joseph Swan School 2009 - 2010 Gateshead A levels Art - C History - B Critical Thinking - C English Language - C English Literature - C Newcastle college 2011-2012 foundation diploma and art and design Result : pass Newcastle college 2012-2015 Honours degree First year Result achieved in first year of degree : Pass
Interests Hours of Availability	I enjoy anything to do with art and drawing. I’ve taken up this as my career path at university and have accomplished what would be a lot in this field of work. I have experience selling my illustrations at events and have had my own stall at a convention. I’m a really creative person and imaginative. My secondary hobby is fixing computers. As a result I’m very adept in hardware and software design in computing and find computers more then easy to use and manage as I’m regular at fixing them. . Also as I am in full-time education I am required to go into college according to my schedule My schedule is as follows Monday : Free Tuesday : 9:00 am – 4:00 pm - though I can leave earlier at 2:30 – 3:00 Wednesday : 9:00 am – 12:00pm Thursday : Free Friday : 9:00am – 4:00 pm – Usually dismissed at 3:00pm    I am free to work any hours on a weekend and during holidays. My tutor is fully supportive of a job role in my life and has agreed to allow an hour leeway to leave college for a job. Also furthermore i end college on the 26th of April.
References	Previous Manager Grainger Games Fenwick’s Store Manager Gwyneth Griffiths 01912325100 Redirects to Fenwick’s switch board ask for Grainger games in toys department Experience at Grainger games I was a Christmas temporary at Grainger games in Fenwick’s. Here I gained much store experience and was put under a lot of pressure of the Christmas demand. I gained experience with trouble customer and dealt with situations in a calm professional way. I was also at times put under the duty of managing deliveries and filing and ordering game discs. This was a key part of the job because this exercise kept the shop running at optimal efficiency. Also I always arrived early and was never late. I also took many cover hours and worked full days. My customer handling and attitude towards people was impeccable and I never relayed a negative attitude to customers and aimed to be as helpful as I could be.

Year Two Animation - Final Year Evaluation

Year Two Animation - Final Year Evaluation

As a final review and look back of this academic year i feel that this year has been a huge step forward to me as a studying student learning animation skills but also as an artist myself working for personal progression outside of academic learning. this year i have further progressed my skills as a traditional artist, learning how to draw anatomy more accurately, also as a digital artist and animator. i have done this by using programs I'm more unfamiliar with and taking a step back from programs i use a lot such as Photoshop.

I would say my furthest advancement program wise this year was adobe after effects. Its the program i most get frustrated at because i find it's interface to be very cumbersome and cluttered unlike its partners Photoshop and illustrator. i knew that i couldn't just ignore the program as it would be a huge weakness in my skill set and that problems would arise later when given potential work that required knowledge in use of that program.

At the end of this academic year i can say that i defiantly feel more confident in using after effects because i was able to experiment and develop my skills using the program in several of my modules this year. in each separate use of the program i learned different skills in different uses of the feature. i learned how to deform visuals using puppet point, i learned how to stabilise footage using the stabilisation features and i also learned how to create overlay and filter features that i would be used to using in Photoshop. all of the skills i got to learn this year and from knowing very little to begin with i feel that these advancements have changed my attitude towards the use of the program. usually i would avoid it at all costs and rather use cinema 4D to animate scenes i now feel confident enough to create an animation in adobe after effects and knew enough to great a successful animation to meet a task or brief set to me.

I feel that it has been very important to me that I have been able to develop my skills in adobe after effects. I feel that if I had not learned as much as I have now that I would have failed multiple modules or gotten a lot lower marks. Three of my modules this year were after effects based and these were bigger module of the year such as our animated short and two live briefs for Loop de Loop and DCM pictures. Two of these project being live briefs means I also had a time plan to work in and a dead set deadline that would not have any leeway. I know from my own observations in the past academic year that I highly got frustrated by after effects because i did not understand the tool and interface. Knowing this and that these projects would happen sooner or later I made sure that in my personal animation project based on my own characters would be the best opportunity to create a stage where I could learn as much as I can about the project before the live brief based projects came about.

During my animated short creation I used as many different effects and set up that I could. I created scenes that were made from one image but the character seem to travel from one place to another. I developed and imported in hand drawn pose to pose run cycles which taught me the base knowledge of the after effects time line and how that was composed together and how it functioned. After this I created a different type of setting that was built up from different layers to show background depth and had my character interactions happen on different layers so they were able to interact with the environment. I further supplemented my knowledge of the different capabilities of the program by trying various filters and variations on asset setting such as different blurs, opacity and movement key frames.

All of these skills and advancement in knowledge greatly helped my future module. I feel that if I had not learned this before hand that I would have been stuck learning this half way through my live brief and I would have lost valuable production time and quality of work. This also let me focus in learning from my live briefs and gaining experience as a professional artist. If I had to learn after effects during this time i don’t think I would have gotten the working experience that I did during this time.

Live briefs and competitions allowed me to experience and understand what the artist working community will be like and what I will be expected to do and achieve when handling a brief from a client. I understand now how to stick to guidelines and what the entail and what will happen if I do not follow them. Also how to plan out my time and where I should focus and dedicate the most time to. I know where my skills in these tasks lye and how I can apply this to generate my work in a more effective manner that will improve my quality of work for not only myself and the client.

Although my greatest advancement this year has been improving my mindset and preparing me for freelance artist work it has made me realise some important this for myself and let me realise what I really want to do and how i want to progress. During this time I have seen how competitive the artist world is and for me there is a greater need for a more stable and definite working environment. Due to this I had the self realisation that I want to teach art. Im glad that I have thought of this now and I can start preparing to apply for teacher training and a student teacher placement. Whilst I have learned a lot skills based wise this year this is the greatest thing for me to have realised and learned because before hand I didn't know exactly where I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to be involved with art but I didn’t know exactly how. Now that I know where I wanted to be I can say in this evaluation that the most important part of my personal and professional development this year was my own personal realisation of career choice.

Module 8 Evaluation - Work Based Learning

Module 8 Evaluation - Work Based Learning 

For my work based learning module i have created a series of different pieces of work that show and supplement my progression and development towards creating a set of skill that further support towards my role as a working artist. these include setting up production pieces that support me taking on animation briefs. Production work includes a script, storyboards, and a proposal to what i will produce and achieve throughout the brief and planning of work, time and budget management. To put this work into effect I also created a live brief in which i would use this skill to show my progression as a commercial artist.

For my script based work i planned out each scene for my lion and mouse animation. this involved writing down and spoken words, background noise, scene changes, actions and narration. this had to be done in chronological order and followed a narrative which would later transpire into my actual animation for that module. I found that creating a script greatly improved animation production rate as I had a guideline to follow when creating visuals. this meant that there was no making things up as I go along and i had a set out plan of what i had to create visuals wise and all the directions and actions were written down by me. This prevented me from adding unnecessary scenes or accidentally missing scenes out. i feel that this improved by work based ethic and i will use this again in future animation production as it seems to be a great aspect that supplements my work rate.

After firstly creating my script for the animation i needed then to create some visuals to support it in pre-production. this was achieved by creating a series of storyboards that mapped out the basic visuals of each scene that transitioned the story from one section to another that the scenes were close enough together that you could string the story together. I decided to create these in a traditional media rather then creating a digital version. I feel that in my work personally that i prefer all of my pre-production notes and development to be in traditional media because i feel more comfortable in expressing myself in drawing by hand. I feel sometimes that basic ideas become too refined when created digitally because you have more means and ways to edit them.

After creating the majority of my planning and the means to understand what my animation will contain and require to be created for it I began writing down my proposal and treatment that will explain what i have to achieve, how I will achieve it, what i will create, how i will create it, what means and needs i will need to do this and the relevant costs and materials in including time frames that i will need to sustain and attend to during production.

The proposal was also supported by development and reference images of my character. This showed that I already had something to work from and a way to sustain my work and build it up from previous ideas and practical work. This allowed me to further map out my proposal and treatment by documenting where I would get my visuals from and where my animation was progressing from. This showed accurate time planning as I based out my project focus areas based on what I had to create and what had already created. This also let me know what I had not created yet and what would be most time consuming and how I should apply myself to this accordingly. These skkills will be important for future client work as it prepares me for a more successful way to go about a working ethic and how I should go about non-academic based live briefs in order to approach them at an appropriate level.

This treatment also explains why i am creating the animation and my ideas and concept behind it and what i, the client and the audience will gain from it and how i want to convey to those audiences. This self written proposal also explains what the criteria for failure and success was and i attended to all of these requires and fulfilled all of the appropriate and relative requirements that allowed me to achieve my goal.

I feel that my written proposal was successful in being informative to everyone and that anybody would be able to understand and follow it and understand the train of thought in it. Also that if anyone was given my proposal as a task for them they would be able to follow the route and plans in it and would also achieve the requirements to pass. I found writing this very difficult as Ive never written such a highly detailed plan before if it were even for myself or not. I feel i gain a lot of experience writing out a brief for myself and now understand them more and what they are asking of me when given them in the future. its also a good way of writing out a plan for personal tasks and achievements that i may wan to make in my own time or if i start doing more competitions freelance.

I was later able to apply my abilities in writing self proposals by setting up my own live task brief for my work based learning live brief task. In this task I was required to write my own time plan, purpose and achievement criteria that would allow me to pass and succeed in the brief. Mine was slightly different from others as other live briefs and competitions came with a deadline and outline for people to follow. As this was simply booking a slot at a stall at a convention I had to apply my own requirements and task outline and form a standard of completion and success. I felt that my previous knowledge that I gained from writing my proposal and treatment for my animated short help supplement this task and gave me some ground knowledge to work up from.

Personal development in skill was showed in the illustrations I developed and created for this task. I feel that when looking back on this task I seen a definite improvement from my digital painting at the start of the academic year to now. I feel that my final products created for my final outcome are to a very high standard for my skill level and im happy that I was able to achieve this throughout this task as because of the short time frame I could of easily rushed it and produce a lesser standard of work. This builds my confidence as a artist and lets me know that I am improving and getting better with each module I complete. However one point that I feel that was made prominent to me is that I do a lot of fan based artwork and I feel that I need to leave that area of focus and work towards more self generated ideas and concepts.

I feel that this year was more heavily based on attaining the correct sections of criteria given to us and was more strict on us following exactly what they wanted us to do. Whilst frustrating at time being taken away from some creative freedom I feel that it has also been an important lesson for us because we need to understand that this will happen a lot and we should learn how to combat tasks like this and approach them in a professional manner instead of just refusing to do it and this will only lower our reputation as artists. I've enjoyed my work based learning module and feel I’ve gotten a lot of experience form it that will prepare me for future work.

Creative CV

Progression - Job Oppourtunities - Art Teacher

Progression - Job Opportunities - Art Teacher

Thinking about my personal development and progression in my field i decided to research more upon potential job opportunities and career paths. one that has become very interesting to me and a strong choice is to become an art teacher. there is a range of reasons i would want to do this job, the most prominent being security and rate of pay. i feel that although no job is 100% secure that being a teacher would be more secure financially then being a freelance artist. As a freelancer work may never come about for months however when looking into being a teacher i saw over 20 listings on Newcastle City Council website asking for art teachers. This become immediately appealing to me and only progressed even further when i seen that the wages are also very well paying. 

I guess that i am looking at this job as a way of not fulfilling my personal want but just being able to live comfortable, while it would be the dream job to create art all the time and sell is for X amounts, its very hard to climb up to that point and it may never happen. With a job as an art teacher i can have that comfort of knowing I'm able to get work as a permanent member of staff or as a supply teacher and furthermore whilst doing this i can create artwork in my own time and still attend to that dream of being a successful freelance artist.

To go about achieving this position and title i would first have to complete my full honours degree which would be my third year at college or university. After this i would then go into one of two route of becoming a teacher. the first route is at a university where i study to become a teacher in a non-working role where i receive a small grant to cover the year. the second option is a GPT where i  would be employed as a member of student staff at a school or college and work with an art teacher and i would be classed as working for the school and cover my costs by being paid by the school. Whilst it was all good and informative reading online about this i felt it would be batter to understand how to go about this by asking an actual teacher. I had the ease and bonus of having friends who are or were teachers. I asked them about how they liked their jobs and what they went through to get there. i understand its hard work and takes a lot of time up but after hearing their opinions i feel that it would for me be very rewarding personally and materialistically. 

Teacher training research 2014

Sunderland University

This initial teacher training course equips you to share your passion for English with young people and inspire them to fulfil their potential. English is a core subject in the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 so there will always be a need for effective and committed English teachers.

The course prepares you for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), which is an essential qualification for teaching in state-maintained schools. The Government is offering scholarships to attract more graduates into teaching, and so students training to become English teachers in 2014/15 can access  up to £9,000 in Government bursaries. 

The course has two strands. The first strand is based at the University and provides a solid grounding in theory and practical issues. The second strand is based in partner schools where you will undertake practical teaching experience. A high proportion of our trainees subsequently obtain teaching posts in schools where they have completed successful placements.

The University of Sunderland is one of only 25 ‘outstanding’ teacher-training institutions in the UK, according to Ofsted. So you can be confident that our courses are excellent preparation for a satisfying and rewarding career.

The 2011 Ofsted report on our secondary provision rated Sunderland as ‘outstanding’ for attainment of trainees, capacity to fulfil the potential of trainees, and effective and efficient use of resources.

The Ofsted report on our secondary phase also included the following comments: “all aspects of training are highly coherent”; “there is a very high level of commitment from all staff”; “strong attention is paid to individual needs”.

In addition to Government bursaries, students on this course are also eligible for many of the University of Sunderland scholarships. Full details of the Sunderland scholarships available to you  can be found on the Entry requirements tab of this course.

Northumbria University

Secondary Education: Art, Craft and Design PGCE

COURSE INFORMATION (2014 ENTRY)

1 year full-time

Health and Life Sciences

Coach Lane Campus

This specialist programme is structured to develop the required skills, knowledge, understanding, personal and professional standards necessary to teach pupils Art, Craft and Design  at Key Stage 3 and 4, as well as opportunities to experience planning and teaching at post 16 education levels.

Teaching is a diverse, creative and dynamic profession and the design of the programme reflects this. A strong foundation of experiential learning in the school environment is complemented by a comprehensive support system of mentoring and guidance in Professional Practice Placements. Students underpin this practice with theory and academic research opportunities and are encouraged to experiment with a variety of teaching styles and strategies, to achieve high professional standards, as well as to continue to develop expertise in the skills and techniques needed to be an excellent art, craft and design teacher and practitioner.

Through partnerships with Primary and Secondary schools, museums, galleries, community groups and artists from a broad spectrum of disciplines we offer trainees the opportunity to gain a PGCE in Secondary Art and Design with Qualified Teacher Status.

The Partnerships in the Programme
At Northumbria University we have a strong ethos of working with partners in the artistic community to give our trainee teachers a strong flavour of the opportunities available to support them during and beyond studying for a PGCE with us.

Secondary Schools
Our partner schools located throughout this large region are diverse, with enthusiastic and highly professional staff, who offer exciting and supportive environments to gain training experience.

Primary Schools
We enjoy partnerships with Primary Schools who have a particular strength in Art, Craft and Design education to enable trainees to place their chosen specialist age group in context.

Museums and Galleries
We run projects with the Shipley Art Gallery which holds the North East’s Contemporary Craft Collection. Trainees have the opportunity to develop their subject knowledge, work with community groups and develop relationships with arts organisations, artists, curators and museum educationalists. We have strong links with the new BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art with the resulting partnership being one which aims to push traditional boundaries, explore and experiment with ideas and new initiatives, use BALTIC’s resources and design new ways of integrating Contemporary Art in education. This innovative partnership creates a unique focus for trainees studying with Northumbria University.

University Based Programmes
The components offered through partnerships are complemented with lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials held at Coach Lane Campus and in some placement schools.

A programme of professional studies is offered by a range of highly professional and experienced lecturers, their aim being to develop trainees understanding of educational policy and procedures, teaching and learning theory and practice and planning, assessment and evaluation procedures. More subject specific approaches are explored through curriculum studies session. Through a highly successful timetable of workshops programmed in placement schools, trainees expand their subject knowledge and address any skills gaps that they may initially have.

Please Note: we do not accept deferred applications
for this programme

LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS

Students are assessed against the Teachers’ Standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status. Professional practice is undertaken and assessed in two different schools within the North East region. In addition, assignments, projects and a professional portfolio provide further evidence of suitability to enter the teaching profession. Two of the four modules are assessed at Masters level to gain a Postgraduate Certificate and 60 credit towards a Masters qualification.

CAREERS

The majority of students enter the teaching profession as secondary school teachers; a small number find employment in such areas as further education and arts administration. An excellent reputation as a training programme has resulted in our trainees being highly employable. To date all our trainees have found employment. As part of the training an in depth programme of support has been designed to carefully prepare trainees for the application procedure and interview process.

FUNDING

You may be eligible for a training bursary. More information can be found by visiting the National College for Teaching and Leaderships website http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into- teaching .

OTHER INFO

Northumbria University is committed to providing an environment in which all prospective and existing students and staff are treated fairly and with respect. We acknowledge the unique contribution that all individuals can make and it is the responsibility of the University, as far as it is reasonably practicable, to ensure that no one is treated less favourably in terms of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, trade union activity or any other inappropriate or irrelevant criteria or distinction.

Here is an example of an application form that i found that inspired me further to potentially take on this job role. I feel that with the appropriate training i can otherwise fulfill all the other requirements of being knowledgeable enough to teach and be passionate about my subject area.

Schools

St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Gretna Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 7PX

Teacher of Art
Ref:  ST775(e)
Full time
MPS/UPS £21,804 - £37,124 per annum, depending on relevant teaching experience.
This school has 'Academy' status and you will not be directly employed by Newcastle City Council.

St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
Gretna Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 7PX
Tel: 0191 2744510
Fax: 0191 2742545
email: admin@st-cuthbertshigh.newcastle.sch.uk
website: www.st-cuthbertshigh.newcastle.sch.uk

Full time as in accordance with Teachers Pay and Conditions Document

Required from 1 September 2014

The successful candidate will be passionate about the subject, dedicated, enthusiastic about learning and teaching and be able to inspire and ignite the minds of inquisitive, aspirational students.

This is an opportunity to set down your footprint as a teacher and develop your leadership skills.

Application forms and further information are available by following the link on our website for submission by 9am on 6 May 2014.

Interviews will be held on 8 May 2014.

Please note that we cannot accept applications by CV.

The Board of Governors and the Diocese are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Permanent
Closing Date:  06 May 2014

Progression - Universities/College - Final year of Degree

For further progression into the study of animation and illustration i have decided to continue with my education at Newcastle College and advance to my third year of study in the Creative Industries. To peruse this continuation i applied for an interview with the team leaders at the department where the third year students study. After applying to the course i was rewarded with an interview to apply for my third year and to have an an opportunity to demonstrate my abilities by creating a portfolio of artwork. 

Upon creating my portfolio i did not just select my own preferred artwork but instead a ranged theme or work that demonstrated abilities expressed in character creation, 3D animation, character reference sheets, traditional media and digital paintings all in different styles and focuses. I felt that this was an important feature to include in my portfolio as i did not want to seem to only have one skill set in illustration but prove myself to be a wide ranged artist that's keen on trying new things and producing a vast variety of work. This way of constructing my portfolio was successful and after my interview i was given a placement on the course. this placement is conditional and my requirement to fulfil in to pass my current year in animation. to do this i will upkeep my current level of work or more and complete all of my work until my final hand in and hopefully achieve the pass rate it am required to advance.

Weekly Reflection - Personal Work

Weekly Reflection - Personal Work

In the past week i have been creating artwork for my live brief project, NCL-Con Convention, in my weekly review of work i have selected on of my favourite pieces that i have created this week.

the piece that i have created is based on Hayao Miyazaki's character from his Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. The reason i selected this charcer and film is becuase it is a well known film amoungst the genral target audiance i am aiming for in anime fans. Studio Ghibli films make it in cinema's all across the wrold and Studio Ghibli's film Spirited Away winning an osccar in 2001. So this shows its mass popularity and its reputation as an amazing series of films, becoming so well known that they now work with Disney to create their films. Company director Hayao Miyazaki has such enthusiasm and decication to his animations that he has come out of retirment 4 times just to create more films.

Not only have i decided to create a Mononoke basedp iece of artwork becuase i'm knowlgable pf its popularity but als these films are lose to me as an artist. Visuals and charcters foundi n these films have always inspired me to create more and more artwork of this i just imagine up and have fun when creating my  charcters and make them how i want them to be no matter how weird they are.

In this piece of artwork i chose a totally new methods of digital painting. i normally create my artwork in grey scale first to work out the lighting and shadows in the piece. however sometimes i feel that no matter how much i layer up color it always somehow seems dull. so as an experiment i decided to paint all of this on one layer straight in color. whilst i had less control of lighting and colors i found it to create an interesting effect in my work where i feel that more natural lighting and shading tones and colors shone through in my work. looking at specific parts in the painting if we look at the fur around her neck and back, there is a wide variety of shades and colors in the shadows and i just feel that this is more visually pleasing then using the Rembrandt technique of painting in grey scale first as i feel it can dulled the image overall and maybe even making coloring too easy ? maybe its better with experimental mistakes.

I'm very happy with the overall outcome and i feel I've made personal progress as an artist and finding my own styles and techniques as this has been a total change to my normal drawing style and ways in method.

Job Research - Progression - Illustrator

Illustrator

Santa Monica

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Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played online PC game in the world, over 67 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.
We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.
That's where you come in.
As Illustrator, you’ll put stylus to Cintiq and create the splash art that represents the essence of a champion to millions of players every time they select a champ or load into a game. You’ll use your artistic eye and keen understanding of dynamic lighting, form and color to tell concise and evocative stories with your deft brushwork. Working in close collaboration with a team of talented and dedicated illustrators, concept artists, writers, animators and game developers, you’ll define and illustrate each champion’s unique place in the world of League of Legends.

You are:

• Artistic and experienced: with your artistic eye and keen understanding of dynamic lighting, form and color you would fit right in on museum walls; but unlike Van Gogh and Co., you’re more comfortable collaborating than hiding in a garret, and thrive on giving and receiving constructive, creative feedback
• Anatomically correct: you have advanced understanding of human and animal anatomy, but aren’t afraid to stretch the limits; exaggerated, stylized proportions feel perfectly balanced in your hands, and superheroes line up outside your studio hoping to be drawn in one of your staggeringly dynamic poses
• Productive and motivated: you believe artist’s block is for amateurs and you’re motivated to create nothing less than AAA splash at all times; you make creative decisions and drive projects forward and on time without ever sacrificing quality
• Genre-bending: you have cat-like reflexes for chasing a great yarn, whether in contemporary comic books or ancient mythology; you’re a versatile visualizer, capable of capturing a range of archetypes from fuzzy little scouts to ferocious void monsters
• A player-focused gamer: as an experienced League of Legends player yourself, gaming is as much a part of your artistic palette as painting tools you use; though your art's awesomeness commands attention, but you'd never let it upstage the holistic player experience

You will:

• Create key splash art for champions that tell their story through evocative, dynamic compositions
• Work collaboratively with your team, providing and receiving extensive feedback, as well as working with artists in other disciplines to create cohesive and awesome champions
• Manage and art direct outsourced art projects
• Create promotional art for various League of Legends projects and events
• Challenge conventions of video game art, initiate and spearhead new projects, and paint visually awesome experiences for players

Artist - WhiteFoxClub

Inspirational Artist

i really enjoy the unusual stylization in the linework of this piece of artwork. its a reoccurring theme amongst her artwork. the linework is very delicate and faint yet holds some strength amongst the image because of its unusual and sporadic change in forms from sharp edgy lines to circles and curls in shapes. furthermore the waif delicacy in the lines is further prominent by the anatomy of the hands, they seem to be almost broken and withered. i cannot decide weather or not i like this feature to her artwork.

judging from the changing gradient of the linework throughout this image i can only presume that she has used a screen or overlay filter on top of her linework layer. this means that she could have done all of the linework in one solid color then later on by using this feature she can freely alter her line color without disturbing the rest of the artwork.

i think what i enjoy the most about this piece is the very simplistic coloring of the artwork. it seems to be complicated but that just the shaded linework, the background coloring is practically just block color accompanied by a texture layer that takes the plainness away

i think one of the main reasons i enjoy this artwork is because its visuals are very close to that of Japanese artist yoshitaka amano, and Ive always followed and enjoyed his work, though his would be the traditional version compared to this digital piece.

S.W.O.T Analysis - Little Mermaid Digital Painting

 S.W.O.T Analysis - Little Mermaid Digital Painting

i decided to evaluate some of my own digital work from my personal pieces in a s.w.o.t format to see how different my approach to the work style is.

 

My strengths approaching this piece is instantly my knowledge on digital painting at it being one of my strongest areas of work. this means i am confident and able to approach the piece of work quite easily knowing what tools to use to create the desired outcome i want to achieve. my secondary strength in this piece would be my use of research on female anatomy. this makes sketching out the piece quite simple as the basic shapes of the body are easily formed and recognized as i work. 

weaknesses found in this piece is the drawing of creatures and background. i do not often draw creatures nor do i often draw backgrounds and i think that the difference in the level of painting of the female character is highly distinguisable to that of the rest of the image. the illustration of her looks far more confident and experianced to the odd positioning of the background. i feel that this piece highlights my weakness in this area and should be improved upon for further works.

I took this piece as an oppourtunity to see where my strengths and weaknesses are inside of digital painting. digital pianting is my strongest area and i feel that i shouldnt let certain aspects of it fall behind and i should level my skills all round. i took this as an oppourtunity as a self progress evaluation.

there was no real threat to this piece other then abandoning it half way through. sometimes when creating backgrounds i feel i have ruined a piece of artwork and give up on it. the only real threat to my personal work is self doubt.

Artist Research - Freelancer/digital painter - Sakimi Chan - Art Stores

 

Artist Research - Freelancer/digital painter - Sakimi Chan

Looking at the Artist Store


Looking at a non-commercial artist i decided to review one of my personal favourite blog based artists Sakimi Chan. Sakimi ( pen name ) is a Canadian based artist who rather then work for big companies or illustrate for books etc, rather opens internet based art store where they take commission fees from her for everything she sells. there are several online stores that use this function such as StoreEnvy, Society6 and deviant art. Since these site print the artwork for her this removes all of the postal work for her and she can just focus on creating multitudes of artwork to upload and sell.

this is one of the reasons i have been following this artist for some time now as i also wish to use this fucnction and have tried to in the past. i have two different views on this fuction of selling artwork. one is that we remove and need to do anything past creating the artwork. all of the hard chore is done for us. i see this as a positive becuase it gives the artist more time to focus on creating and also it coversthe cost of printing in the ocmmision fee meaning the artist dosen't have to find a printer then pay for postage too. one negitive point to thisi can see is that it removes the experiance of selling a poster to someone infront of you becuase theres no need to. i however, who have held stores at ocnventions, feel that this is a very important part of the process of getting to know and talk to your audiance face to face and discuss what they feel and think about your artwork. so im undecided if i like online print stores or not.

As for Sakimi's artwork I've been following it for the past few years and i really enjoy her mix of realism with cartoonism. though the skin texture and lighting and shading is all very realistic and the faces have that look of realism we can identify an underlying hint of cartoonism that makes the characters stand out more and have more of a visual presence on screen. Sakimi's works mainly contain the theme of transforming well known cartoon and film characters into her own rendition wether that involves remodeling them completely or just redrawing their basic design in her own style.

S.W.O.T - Live Brief Convention

S.W.O.T - Live Brief Convention

Following the completion of my live brief project i have evaluated the outcome based on my strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and the threats that came with them.

the strength for my live brief was defiantly in my knowledge of my target audience. to complete my task i had to develop artwork and print them out to take to an animation convention and to try and sell them to attendees at this convention. by knowing my target audience i was able to successfully select a certain category of artwork that i should spend my time developing to sell. i think that this was the most important strength to have as my entire stall could have failed if i created something unsuitable that nobody would buy.

my weaknesses would fall into pricing my prints. i find difficulty putting a lot of value onto my pieces because i critique my own work very harshly and had complains from people thinking mywork was too cheap. to combat this at my next convention i will try placing my prices slightly higher then what i normally do. i think this is related to my past problem of being too harsh on my own work generally not just as a product.

opportunities were to gain publicity and get interest in my work. this was notable when people asked for my web address or email. secondary oppourtunities to this was to make some sales on prints and gain profit in money. due to the size of the event i was lucky to break even.

threats to this project was cost of printing, not getting enough work completed and any external threats to the event out of my control that could of ended up with it being cancelled or delayed.

Weekly Reflection - Enhancing Old Artwork - Convention Oppourtunity

Weekly Reflection - Enhancing Old Artwork

Convention Opportunity

After completing my live brief project of the convention artwork creation stall i decided to reflect upon the opportunity i took towards my personal work. The first image below is an old watercolour painting i done last year for a convention in march. the painting is very old and outside my current stylisation of work. taking this as an opportunity to review and test the effects of digital manipulation i created two filter altered editions of my painting. the reason i created two was because i could not decide which eventual over casting colour i wanted on my piece.

To compare the differences between these two pieces, though very minutes, i think they vastly change the image when viewed from after. the image to the left contains a stronger magenta overlay cast over the image whereas the image to the right contains more speckled effect on the dragon's mane and has an overall yellow overlay cast onto the image. i couldn't decide which version of the image look better so to gather an outside view upon the image i took all three version to the convention. 

after gathering a response at the convention and seeing which edition people bought the over all winner was the far right yellow cast digitally modified painting. however i was surprised that any people at all picked up the original edition but someone commented that they liked the darker tones and it gave the image a stronger edge in contrast.

Although at this event the Yellow cast was the more popular edition i plan to test this again in June at my stall at sunny con 3.