My Goals in life and where i want to go (week 21)

Well Ive always pursued what i enjoy in life, so this current time in my life reflects on what i want to do in my future as a game artist. However since Ive been studying on my Game Art course at university Ive seen the pros and cons of working within the creative industry such as game art.

Ive thoroughly enjoyed the art side of things, being able to explore my strength and weaknesses within my course. Ive found things to be alot harder than others in my first year. However as my first year is coming to an end soon I have found it a massive struggle trying to keep up with the work and enduring the massive learning curve Ive had to cope with since i started uni.

Theres things i wish i done before i came to uni that would of helped me more when i started, however hindsight is a beautiful thing. But yet i still try to take every day as it comes when it boils down to my uni course and my experiences. You can plan all you want in life but the best laid plans when they come into play can become FUBAR so you just have to roll with it.

After my course ends in the third year, I want to study the art i most enjoy and this is concept art (having the ability to come up with fresh new ideas). This mainly applies to the game industry however I've always wanted to be designing art for a company called Games Workshop. I love and especially enjoy the art works for their game called War hammer 40,000. As a child I wondered over the amazing art pieces and the spectacle that is WH40K. I was able to become indulged within the stories of this fantasy world and i still am today.

But like I said, i want to pursue my artist ability future and experiment more, Ive been looking at further education that studies concept art. A place on the web called ConceptArt.org runs a 2 year class in America that takes you on the journey of learning and creativity within concept art which I'm seriously thinking about taking after university. Hopefully this course may better myself in the field that i enjoy most. However again like i said above I like to take each day as it comes so I will see whats on offer when I finish my course, I don't what to set my sights to high but disappointment is only another stone to step over.

At the moment I'm really enjoying my course and uni, its taught me things i may not of know of, however its quickly come to me that its also a self teaching process you have to experience in able to get the fullest out of my course. You have to constantly be able to put a pencil to paper and come up with new ideas and then use different types of media (i.e. 3DsMAX or Photoshop) to get the right results.

So to conclude, where will I be in three years time once Ive finished uni? I don't know, but i know one thing for certain I will be doing something I enjoy.