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Podcast interviews with game art professionals primarily focused on how to break into the game art industry. Game Art Co. - http://gameartco.com

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  1. Break Into Game Art with Environment Artist Sergei Panin

    04/29/2022

    Break Into Game Art with Environment Artist Sergei Panin

    In this podcast Nick Sweetman interviews Sergei Panin a 3d environment artist currently working at Remedy entertainment. Sergei's latest releases include Remedy's Crossfire and he is now working on the highly anticipated Alan Wake 2. Sergei's Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/leoluch Thumbnail Fox character by Rayner Alencar

    42 min
  2. Break Into the Art Industry with Character Designer Yo__Qwick

    04/06/2022

    Break Into the Art Industry with Character Designer Yo__Qwick

    Nick Sweetman interviews 2D Character Designer Alfred Achiampong (aka Yo__Qwick) on how to stand out as a freelancer when targeting your work at the entertainment industry. Alfred's clients include the concept art studio Mooncolony, 9B collective, Supercell , Suncreature, Triggerfish animation & Portfolio Entertainment. Full Video podcast here: https://youtu.be/MiPzNkHbAl4 Alfred's Instagram: www.instagram.com/yo__qwick Alfred's Artstation: www.artstation.com/alfredachiampong Podcast character thumbnail by Alfred Achiampong

    37 min
  3. Break Into Game Art with Digital Artist AngryMikko

    02/27/2022

    Break Into Game Art with Digital Artist AngryMikko

    In this podcast Nick Sweetman meets Mikko Eerola (aka AngryMikko) a freelance Digital Artist, with 10 years experience as a concept artist in the games company Housemarque in Finland. Mikko's game credits include classic games such as Outland & Resogun. Full Video podcast here: https://youtu.be/wO18EBWflvs Mikko's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angrymikko/ Game Art Co. Mascot by Rayner Alencar

    40 min
  4. Break Into Game Art with Art Director Charlotta Tiuri

    01/23/2022

    Break Into Game Art with Art Director Charlotta Tiuri

    In this episode we meet Charlotta Tiuri the Art Director of Frozenbyte in Finland. Charlotta specializes in both 3D Character and environment art and has worked on Trine 3 & 4, Nine Parchments & Shadwen. Charlotta has worked over 10 years in the games industry starting her career at Trip Hawkins (EA Founder) company Digital Chocolate. Full video podcast here: https://youtu.be/An4Go7dotoM Charlotta's Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/charlotta Game Art Co. mascot character by Rayner Alencar

    26 min
  5. Break Into Game Art with Art Director Kshiraj Telang

    11/25/2021

    Break Into Game Art with Art Director Kshiraj Telang

    In this podcast we meet Kshiraj Telang currently working as an Art Director at Moon Active. Kshiraj has been working in games for 16+ years and during his career has also worked at King in Barcelona and Rovio in Helsinki as an Art Director. Full video interview here: https://youtu.be/_CUB_nMLhr0 Kshiraj's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kshiraj * Episode thumbnail image by Kshiraj Telang.

    25 min
  6. Transform Your Portfolio with Tatu Petersen-Jessen from Rovio

    10/01/2018

    Transform Your Portfolio with Tatu Petersen-Jessen from Rovio

    Tatu Petersen-Jessen the global studio art director at Rovio gives his personal view on what he looks for in a game artists portfolio. A seasoned game industry professional with a creative and artistic background Tatu has worked in different creative and management roles in more than 40 published games from AAA to mobile.

    17 min
  7. Break Into Game Producing with Tommi Koivisto From Rovio

    09/04/2018

    Break Into Game Producing with Tommi Koivisto From Rovio

    After years of software development and technology consulting Tommi Koivisto decided to change his career path and break into the Games industry by joining Rovio Entertainment. Starting as a project manager at Rovio cloud services, he moved to Rovio PMO, changed to a game producer at Rovio Stars, and currently works as a senior producer / product lead at Puzzle Studio.

    22 min
  8. Breaking into Game Art with Ilkka Leino from Supercell

    08/29/2018

    Breaking into Game Art with Ilkka Leino from Supercell

    Game Artist Ilkka Leino talks about his personal view on how to structure your portfolio to break into the game art industry. Ilkka works at Supercell one of the worlds most successful mobile games companies. Supercell was crowned the world’s top mobile games company in PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Developer list 2017. *This interview was recorded over the phone so quality is variable. Illustration by Maureen Lukito.

    14 min
  9. Interview with Assassin's creed: origins writer Anne Toole

    08/15/2018

    Interview with Assassin's creed: origins writer Anne Toole

    Writers Guild Award-winner Anne Toole is a creative writer whose credits include video games, webseries, animation, television drama, comics, and short fiction. With a penchant for telling stories with a light tone and a dark underbelly, she prefers writing contemporary mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, horror and the occasional romance. She most recently wrote CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS for ASSASSIN’S CREED: ORIGINS and won a Writers Guild Award for her work on HORIZON ZERO DAWN. Interview arranged by the Helsinki Games Factory. Note: This is a live interview - the Q&A section at the end has variable audio quality. Thanks to: Meela Leino, Greg Pellechi, Harri Pulsa, Hebert Ernesto de Souza and Phillip White for question submissions. Illustration by Alessandro Chirico

    23 min
  10. Break Into Games Programming with Alberto Alonso & Ville-Kalle Arponen

    08/13/2018

    Break Into Games Programming with Alberto Alonso & Ville-Kalle Arponen

    In this episode we discuss game programming and ways to break into the industry as a coder. We are joined by Ville-Kalle Arponen founder of Quicksave and Alberto Alonso founder of Action-Reaction Games. Ville-Kalle has over ten years of game development experience in programming, design & management. Alberto Alonso is a natural born C++ programmer and software designer who has been programming for over six years in the games industry. -Illustration by Alessandro Chirico

    38 min
  11. Entrepreneurship in Games with Elina Arponen & Olesja Marjalaakso

    08/13/2018

    Entrepreneurship in Games with Elina Arponen & Olesja Marjalaakso

    In this episode we discuss advice for starting up your own games company, building a team and tips for getting company funding. We are joined by Elina Aponen CEO and co founder of Quicksave Interactive and Olesja Marjalaakso founder and CEO of Polka Dot Studios. Elina has been in the games industry since 2005 and Quicksave is her second company venture. Olesja has been working in games since 2006 and founded Polka Dot Studios in 2016 a mobile games company that blends women’s fashion with mobile games Thanks to Harri Pulsa, Nguyễn Lê Đức Anh & Retu Hämäläinen for submitting questions. Podcast Illustration by Alessandro Chirico

    40 min
  12. Game Design Tips & Tricks with Arash Sammander & Emyl Merzoud

    08/07/2018

    Game Design Tips & Tricks with Arash Sammander & Emyl Merzoud

    In this episode we discuss tips and tricks for learning game design and how to make sure your first job application shines out from the crowd. We are joined by game designers Arash John Sammander & Emyl Merzoud. Arash is lead designer at Rockway, game design & art teacher. Arash has also worked at Digital Chocolate as a game designer and is now a design consultant for the industry. Emyl Merzoud is lead game designer at Polko Dot Studios and has previously worked at Digital Chocolate and Rovio as a game designer on Angry Birds. -Illustration by Rayner Alencar

    1h 17m
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