Artist: Yoji Shinkawa – Metal Gear Series

Yoji Shinkawa, the artist behind the Metal Gear Solid series, is one of my favorite artists, his artwork is very suggestive as he works with black and white, he leaves your eye to fill in the gaps, alot like my other favorite artist, Frank Miller, who I found out was one of Shinkawa’s influences. Although he’s developed his own style, which can be noticed anywhere.

When he adds colour to his artwork, ( I think its watercolour ) it really gives it a whole new feel and makes it come together in an even more interesting way. He’s a fantastic artist. Check him out at the following links.

http://www.creativeuncut.com/profile_shinkawa.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoji_Shinkawa

Also check these pieces of his work.

Job: DICE – EA/Battlefield Developers

Dice which is an EA company, Based in Sweden are now recruiting, they are looking for a programmer to train up, so if your really interested in getting into the industry as a programmer, this is a great opportunity.

They are also working on a game at the moment that’s a Free-2-play shooter based on their Battlefield titles, using the Vietnam engine, which could mean you don’t need a recent gamer rig to play it.

Anyway, http://www.dice.se/

And click on Work at Dice on the flash screen, and you can apply for the job by sending a CV or contacting the number provided.

A Greeting

Hi internet people, my name is Stuart Herrington and I’m hoping to get into the gaming industry.

This Blog is basically about the gaming industry, games, developers and getting into the industry, as I give my 2 cents on the industry and i will try and find out the best information for people wanting to get into the industry, and hopefully find out information like, what to study, the best courses at university, and what job roles the gaming industry contains.

I’m going to learn alot from you, and everyone around here, and hopefully I will try my best to give information on what Im currently doing to get into the industry and also what you can be doing to get into the industry.

Im currently a college student studying Art and Design, im doing a special course which focuses on getting people into University, this is a great start.

With anything you must know what industry you want to get into, as well as what role you want in that industry.

I will also talk about Developers and what they are doing that’ so good, and  why they are valued as a company.

And other things I will touch on is what kind of things we will have to produce to get heard by the industry and to get noticed.