Tuesday, 2 November 2010 Blitz

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Blitz Krieg
The lecture from Blitz Game Studios by Jolyon Webb and Aaron Allport gave us the right information about the business which is a video game developer found in 1990 by Philip and Andrew Oliver. The information that the two men presented enabled us to gain information on what Blitz Game Studio and other similar business in this field look for in their staff.
The lecture involved talking about skill sets, what the industry and Blitz are looking when employing new staff for example; they want game artists with passion and grip which can bring them innovate. Webb and Allport also spoke about students having a fair chances of being employed compared to another candidate which may have more experience, however on the there hand they also spoke about how the environment artist are more likely to get employed due to the fact that this is a very specialized area and that there are only a few of these workers. During the lecture the two men also showed us what game art is really about?
The work shown was very inspiring and an eye opener to which levels we should be aiming to work towards and the awful work shown which seemed to be lacking imagination and skills. We got shown the drawing of a fox which was just disturbing and funny, it happened to be a professional portfolio work; which I myself and others found it hard to believe. As part of the lecture we also got shown other pictures and videos like; studio picture, 3D animation, manga, girls with a gun and some other images, which was very eye catchy and not disturbing as the fox.