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How Skylander Changed the Visual Effects Industry
Image source: Toucharcade.com Technology has advanced so much that the line between digital and physical reality is slowly dissipating. You can easily transfer a physical object into digital space —...
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Blizzard Intern Marie Lazar Shares the Secrets of Success
Image source: Joystiq.com What does it take to be an artist at Blizzard, one of the top gaming companies on Earth? Artist Marie Lazar offered a sneak peek into this legendary company after her truly...
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What Led to the Creation of Blizzard’s Iconic Art Style?
Image source: Blizzard.com World of Warcraft. Love it or hate it, this MMORPG has had an absolutely tremendous impact on the world of video games. Largest among these, perhaps, is WoW’s iconic art...
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How Artistic Daily Quests Can Make You a Better Artist
Image source: S365.photobucket.com This post is going to be a little bit out there, so bear with me for a bit. A while ago I played World of Warcraft (I ain’t ashamed!) all the frickin’ time. WoW...
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4 Tips for Creating Art on the Go
Image source: Padgadget.com Inspiration can strike anywhere. You could get a brilliant idea when you’re out walking the dog, standing in line for your morning cup of joe, or sitting on the john. That’s...
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How to Design for the Consumer
Image source: Wikipedia.org You get to create a lot of neat things as a visual effects artist, but it comes with one catch: most of the time you create what other people want you to create. I mean,...
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How Myers-Briggs Can Make You a Better Artist
Image source: WordPress.com Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an official test that places you inside of 1 of 16 personality groups. There’s a bit of controversy surrounding the MBTI. Some people argue...
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4 Tips for Creating Truly Original Art
Image source: Allaboutwildlife.com Cave paintings have been traced back to 40,000 years ago. So, it goes without saying that mankind has been experimenting with art for a long time. At any given moment...
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Moving Backwards: Nintendo 2DS Attempts To Reduce Cost, Expand Market
Source: makeuseof.com Have you ever shared really, really exciting exciting news with someone, only to have them stare back at you with that confused dog look? Yeah, me neither. All of my news is cool...
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Brighton Digital Festival Is Exciting Development for Artists
How can you tell an art form has entered the mainstream? Is it a big feature in the New York Times? An exhibit at MOMA? James Franco deciding he can do that, too? None of the above. The real answer: it...
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Four iPad Apps for Creative Inspiration
Want an easy way to sharpen your visual effects skills? I can think of two ways: get your After Effects on and give yourself some Wolverine claws (get it? sharpen?) or just use your handy-dandy iPad...
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The Importance Of Aesthetic In New Video Games
Source: 3news.co.nz Remember the days when video game design consisted of one circle and a few rectangles? For most of the history of gaming, engineering has played a much larger part in the success of...
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Creative Conferences: Don’t Go It Alone!
There’s more to being a successful artist than a passionate point of view, a bit of training and a glass bedroom at MoMA. One of the most important aspects of a career in art is connecting with other...
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Imagine(er) Adapting The Disney Universe Into A Video Game
Source: fastcodedesign.com Video game design sometimes seems like an impossibility. How does it even happen? It’s thousands of hours of incredibly detailed work done by about a kazillion people, all...
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Find The Funny In Your Art
Looking for inspiration? Maybe a way to diversify your design portfolio? I mean, we all think orcs are cool, but not everyone can work for Blizzard despite what trillions of drawings on the internet...
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3D Designers Have to Wait on the Mac Pro
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the new iPhones that Apple announced last week. Actually, even most rock-dwellers probably heard about them – just because your house...
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Give Your Video Game Characters Realistic Emotions
Source: hexus.net There’s a cool new tool out there for video game designers. No, it’s not the Yankee driver. Last week, software developer Mixamo announced that they were partnering with computer...
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Get Inspired! How Designers Break Out Of Their Rut
I’m about to get kind of deep. Not The Abyss-level deep, but I’m definitely going at least as deep as Splash. Are you ready? Here it goes. Being creative is really hard. Whether you’re Michaelangelo or...
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Graphic Designers Use Art to Humanize Homelessness
Source: fastcodesign.com “With great power comes great responsibility.” That’s what my Uncle Ben once told me, just before he got shot by a burglar. If only I’d known how right he was before I got...
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Getting A Job at Google Isn’t Rocket Science, Just Preparation
Source: google.com I’m sure most of the readership of this blog found us through Google. I don’t really need to look at our stats to verify that; everyone has done a something search. I mean, it’s not...
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