Escape Studios Industry Beginner's Guide 2022 2022 | Page 18

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GAME ART

SIMON FENTON

Job title at Escape Studios : Dean / Director of Interactive and Real Time
Industry experience : 28 + years
Teaching : 15 + years
Top companies Include : Bits Studios , Sony Computer Entertainment
CV includes : Senior lead role on Total NBA ’ 97 , This is Football , Getaway , Black Monday , Kinetic , Kinetic Combat and Sony Playstation Home . Created bespoke courses for Rare , Big Big Studios and the BBC
Speciality : Art direction , Environment Design and creation using Maya , Zbrush , Substance Painter , Photoshop , Unreal Engine 4 and Speed Tree
Favourite software : Unreal Favourite game : Skyrim Favourite TV show : Supernatural
There is nothing quite like the thrill of creating some artwork and then seeing it in the game and playable .
DID YOU KNOW ?
There are 2.6 billion gamers worldwide . 72 % of them are over the age of 18 . 45 % of them are women .
Simon Fenton , Dean / Director of Interactive and Real Time at Escape Studios

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