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April's desired role: Character concept artistTRANSCRIPT
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aprilhoangblog.blogspot.co.uk (changed from Tumblr)
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Industry ResearchDesired Job Role- Character Concept ArtistInterested in Games/animated film industry(mainly adventure and fantasy genre) Companies: Square Enix japanese video game developers BONES (studio) japanese animation
I am really inspired by japanese modern styled art
Character concept artist- Games Artist or Production designer (Animation)Involves Art, 2D computer animation, 2D drawn animation, 3D computer animation
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Job Role- Character Concept ArtistTo carry out character concept design and then to show art director where criticism will be made where it is most likely areas that you may need to make change until it is successful.This job is similar to graphic/product designers; producing a range of designs and only developing it until it has been approved.Before developing stage, designs should not have a lot of time consumed into fine detail in case the art director does not approve.
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Skill SetThe main skillset required for career path is that it would be useful to have comic book art and/or storyboarding skills (with mood/lighting) as a concept artist.Companies would typically demand to see an art portfolio that should demonstrate a range of work, originality of style; the ability to draw from life, knowledge of anatomy and architecture, the ability to convey facial expressions and emotions, composition and perspective etc.
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Strength and Weakness of skills setStrengths: experience in software design programs/tools - and using wacom tablet facial drawings with features/details shading and highlights Communication in design
Weaknesses: backgrounds (environmental concept) animating with clean detailed drawings some perspective views (extreme angles) not having many contacts from industries
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CV-layout influence
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My previous CV before currentMost recent:Need to fix fontswith Indesign(on 2nd, 1st is clearer)up-to-date withprofile detailsand save as pdf.
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Business card influence ideas
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My Business card idea
I am going to attempt to make a business card sleeves where my main original character illustration would be coloured behind the contact details inside and the front (sleeve) would have my logo cutout.
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Logo design-Early stageDesign influence, original character- Huskyshaped A into a husky tailStarted as a logo for my hobby for drawing.Logo created using Wacom tablet and a software program similar to photoshop with pen pressure sensitivity
http://akyliahuskii.deviantart.com/ - uploaded hobby (mainly fan-art) artwork
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Logo design
Font type: Blacked out middle of the A tomake the tail shape look morenoticeableFrom Bitmap to Vector Diagram using Adobe IllustratorFont type to match my design style
social media purposes
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Square Enixs character designer-Video game Final Fantasy
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BONES studio - Anime (japanese animated film)Fullmetal alchemist and Black Butler- aka Kuroshitsuji
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Concept artist- Kekai Kotaki(not japanese styled game)(portfolio) Character concept artist in the games industry
Their (game companies) ExperienceArenaNet, Bungie, National Geographic, Wizards
of the Coast, Tor Books, Blur, DC Comics, Valiant
Entertainment, Applibot Inc, Harebrained
Schemes, Fantasy Flight Games, Paizo, Phoenix
Age, ROBOT Communications, ImagineFX,
Macmillan, Fantom Print, Eclipse Publishing,
Ballistic Publishing, Brilliance Audio, K2
Snowboarding
http://www.kekaiart.com
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Screenshots of pervious bloghttp://aprilhuski.tumblr.com/
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WHAT I NEED TO DO NEXT. Develop my drawing (character) designs Update blog with best work Create Business card Screengrabs my work process (access to software
programs used) (most work currently saved as png files or software file)
Buy a domain name once I have all the project work= best work gathered- online portfolio (currently-http://aprilhuski.weebly.com/)
(Done most now and bought domain name- aprilhoangart.com)