BA5 and my first thoughts on the unit
Today was my first day back to university
after the Christmas holidays and it felt great to finally be heading back in
lessons as I felt very demotivated to complete any sketches over the break
which I am still really kicking myself about. Luckily I came out of the lecture
today feeling inspired and excited due to our new brief as it just sounds
fantastic.
This BA5 project is a brand new brief that
hasn't been completed before by any previous year groups and our class is the
first to give it a whirl which puts a bit of pressure on our year to do well.
Over the period of six weeks we will be give two different 'Art Tests' that we
will have to complete and hand in at deadline. Originally I was freaking myself
out a bit as I thought that, from the name, it would be a written exam about
the history of art of something along those lines but my fear was soon
extinguished when we were given a proper description of what we would be doing.
An Art Test is a type of brief that is given to interviewees in the induction
process of applying for a job in the game industry at a certain company. It is
a test that can be made up of many different parts and range in difficulty and
specifications depending on which company you apply for. It is essentially
testing the candidates to see if they are up to the standard they are looking
for. It is a very important 'test' to take as is shows the employer things such
as the artists art style, speed at which they work, ability to follow a brief
etcetera to make sure they hire the correct candidate and that there is now
plagiarism used. This is a very daunting process that artists must go through
when applying for a job and many of them are unprepared for this hurdle but our
course leader, Marie Claire, decided that this is something we MUST be prepared
for in the future and thought she should give us a nudge in right direction and
hopefully the upper hand against other candidates.
So there are around sixteen different art
tests to choose from in BA5 and all of them are completely different and cater
to different types of art specifications and styles which is a hell of a lot
choice when it comes to choosing which one you want to do. Eight of have been
created by the tutors of our course and the last eight have been created by different
existing companies, ranging in size. For example one will be from the global
and successful media company, Sony. And on top of this we were told that
members of the companies will most likely be coming in to look at our work in
person which is very nerve racking to think about. From the large choice we
will be given to choose from we will be asked to pick something we feel
confident in doing and choosing an area that we would focus on in the future so
I was very excited to hear that there will be a 2D character concept art test
that we can choose. I am really looking forward to reading that brief through
and seeing weather it is from one of the larger companies or not. If it is a
brief from Sony Picture Animations from example I would be extremely excited to
complete it but also terrified of letting someone from the company assessing my
work!
Overall I am really looking forward to the
briefing we will receive tomorrow as it will be going through everything in far
more detail and we will also be allowed to discuss which our tutors would our
preferred artistic area is and will be allowed to read the tests through. I
already know that I want to complete one of the 2D tests as it is the area I
want to go into if I am employed by a company in the future so I am really
interested to see what the specifications will be for the character concept
one.
But with all this excitement for the new
brief, there comes a huge bunch of nerves. I am a little worried about
completing two different art tests in a period of six weeks, it seems to be a Deja
vu of BA4 when we were given a huge amount of work which managed to stress
everyone out a lose track of what we were meant to be doing which is something
I really don't want to happen again. Also since I managed to get scrape a first
for BA4 which I was really pleased with, I know have the pressure of keeping my
grade at a similar level and work even harder to get a higher grade which is
going to be really tricky for this brief as we have just so much to do and the
whole area is completely new to us. Our course leader even said that this brief
is very difficult and will be a challenge for us to complete but, negativity
aside I am enthusiastic to work hard on this project and try my best to get
another good grade and learn a lot about this process.
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