Introduction

Hi, this is my introduction post to my new blog. My name's Sarah Arthur, and I've opened this blog up for the critical studies part of my Game Art course at De Montfort University. I'm originally from Peterborough, a small-ish city where I've lived my whole life. I've basically come here from completing A levels, although I was considering doing a foundation course in art if I didn't get into university. Moving was a bit weird, but I've started to settle into my new home now, although Leicester is a lot bigger than Peterborough, and full of a lot more traffic lights.

I was originally interested in more media orientated courses, such as media production, but became interested in concept art when seeing some for films. Art was also a big interest of mine, and I when I asked my University advisor about concept art courses there was a lot of game art courses listed. I researched the courses and decided that this course was what I wanted to do, and this was the place that I wanted to study at.

I hope by taking this course that I can work as a game artist. Ideally, I would like to work on landscapes, although I my opinion might change as I go through the course and my skills develop. I also enjoy character designing, and would like to have a career in designing and creating these types of things. During the course I hope through working hard I can learn some new skills to and develop old ones to achieve this goal.

I'm not sure what my dream job would be, but I mostly would like to be a concept artist. This is because at the moment I am more comfortable with 2D, and I really enjoy creating characters and locations . For example, a job like this one would be the type of thing I would want to do : http://www.system-uk.com/it-jobs/Environment-Artist-Games-Development-Singapore/ . This involves creating environments and objects they contain .However, this job is abroad and I am not sure I am prepared to move across the world. I am open to different options and what I want to do now will probably change as I go through the course and learn new things; I may find that by the end of the course I would rather work in a different position, such as 3D modeller and texture artist. 

I hope that I can develop my skills through taking this course. Although I have not had any experience with 3D software, through taking this course I'll learn to use it. The first lesson with 3d max was difficult but not impossible, and with time I'm sure I'll get better. It's a bit daunting at first though! Although I'm more used to drawing, already I think the first exercise of drawing the canal in single point perspective has improved how I draw. I will also continue drawing in my spare time to improve my skill.

My other interests include games, drawing, anime and manga (although I dislike drawing it), reading (mostly sci-fi, currently reading Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton) films and cooking. I also enjoy ice skating, although I don't think there is a rink in Leicester.