Personal Development (Tutorials, Walk through s , Techniques, Books)

http://idrawgirls.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/idrawgirls

This is one people I am following who Uploads many tutorials and helpful ways of achieving images and effects.
He is both a Digital and Traditional artist. Who mainly creates scenes and character concepts.
I find his tutorials on you tube extremely helpful because of his commentary which explains why he is doing it and ways to go about it.
His website/blog has lots of helpful things from hot and cold colours to shadowing and getting metallic textures.
I also find his art quite inspirational and makes me want to keep improving on my work.


http://www.artbyfeng.com/index.html

This is a website which is so easy to get inspiration from , and also look at a diversity in work.
He also has a you tube channel which regularly gets updated with new work, and helps me to understand the design process and new methods for achieving images.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL

Example of Portfolios.

This is an example of a digital portfolio which I liked .

http://liam887.carbonmade.com/

Things I like about this portfolio.
Well firstly i like the lay out , its simple easy to navigate. Clearly labelled.
Instantly shows a variety of work and with the thumbnail a quick glance at his work , which draws me in  to want to look at it more.
Their is a smaller  wording which says  "work" and "About" at the top which although slightly hard too see and don't stand out(although this could be a bonus not attracting attention away from work.)
This gives a summary of what he is , what he does and what he is into. Helpful if you want freelance work or someone is possibly head hunting.

Uni Courses

Bournemouth Uni
Interesting courses

http://onlineservices.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-degree/software-development-for-animation-games-effects/bsc-hons/1082/

http://onlineservices.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-degree/computer-visualisation-animation/ba-hons/32/

http://onlineservices.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-degree/games-technology/bsc-hons/550/


How ever need a B in maths .

Plymouth college of art

Game design course

Things to Improve

Skills which require improvement.

• English writing skills

Improving this will greatly benefit me in general , But more importantly allow me to write up exactly what I mean so group work becomes easier. Also this will make it easier to write up briefs and annotate design work .

• Speed of which I work

This cannot be instantly improved but practice makes perfect. Working on this will

• Creating an inspiration board/ environment

This is something i'm very interested in developing, This p

• Spotting mistakes 
• Critical analysis of my work

Strengths

• Basic 3D work
• Ability to brain storm
• Writing down idea's and quick sketch's 
• Developing ideas and previous work

Job Descriptions + Employing requirements