French web/graphic designer, based in Lille (north of France). Fond of video games, CG graphics and animation.

Art Direction / Concept artist with professional experience of providing visual development for AAA next-gen games,and Movies concept art.

I have been a sculptor since I was a child.

Art Director at the game developer Bioware in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Since 2004, I've worked as a concept artist on Jade Empire, the Mass Effect trilogy, and the Dragon Age series. I created a personal project called Tellurion, which is an attempt to tell a story entirely through visuals. You can check it out in my portfolio. Otherwise, I'm just having fun drawing. (by the way: I am not taking commissions, but thank you to those who've asked)

Character artist

2020- Current Senior Character Artist at Riot Games - Valorant 2019 -2020 Senior Character Artist at 343 industries - Halo Infinite 2015 -2019 Character Artist at Bungie - Destiny 2015 Character artist at Microsoft 2014-2015 Character art intern at ArenaNet - Guild Wars 2 2014 3D artist at Carbon Games - AirMech

My name is ZheLong Xu, I was born in JingDeZhen, a small but famous town in China, which place had thousands of years history for making porcelain. They call it "Porcelain Town". After graduating JingDeZhen ceramic institute, I became a 3d artist since 2001. At that time I was founded The Shanghai MagicStone images studio with my best friend. And now, I love using 3d softwares like ZBrush and Substance painter everyday when I was first exposed in 2009. Hope you like my works:) Email: xuzhelong@163.com Personal interviews: Artstation:https://magazine.artstation.com/2017/02/zhelong-xu/ Adobe:https://store.substance3d.com/blog/back-source-part-two-zhelong-xu Luxion:https://www.keyshot.com/zhelong-xu Mybook： https://magazine.substance3d.com/yechawood-the-art-of-zhelong-xu-on-sale-now/

Hi guys! I'm a digital artist who makes digital paintings and character designs. I've worked on Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn, done a lot of character design for LEGO, and concept art for various clients and projects ranging from games, animation, and toy designs.

North Front is a boutique creative studio specializing in concept design, visual development, illustration and key art.

Hi! I'm a freelance sculptor and character artist based in Madrid (Spain) (Worked for clients like Pinkman.tv with Blur and Netflix, Blur Studio, Ironhead, Prime1 and others. Previously I also worked for the videogames industry at IO Interactive and The Creative Assembly. I also teach on a University here (CEU San Pablo) and sometimes at Animum Online School

lllustrator and concept designer

Lead Character Artist at Blur Studio Experience in game and film character/creature modeling and texturing, F.A.C.S blendshapes, cartoon blendshapes, creature finaling/shot scupting. IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3843817/ Moby Games: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/magdalena-dadela/credits/developerId,301150/

matte painting/concept art

Concept Artist 2D/3D, Art Director at Umeshu Lovers sylvain.sarrailh@gmail.com Recent Customers : Electronic Art, Guerrilla Games, Illumination Entertainment, Rocksteady, Golden Wolf, Amplitude, Sony Picture Animation, Ubi Soft, Dreamworks, Ankama, Outfit7, Ivory Tower, Occulus Rift, Insomniac Games, Proletariat Inc, Psyop.tv, Owlient, Osom Game, The Architects Republic, Ready at Dawn, NoBrain, West Studio.

Digital Sculptor & Modeller for film, games and cinematics. Services: Low/High Poly Modelling (organic and hard surface) Texturing Digital Sculpting Resurfacing (Retopology & Scan Data) Shading Uv Mapping 3D Digital Concepting Blendshapes Digital Sculpting/Maquette creation for Concepting and/or 3d Printing https://www.linkedin.com/in/peturarnorsson

N-iX Game & VR Studio started out as a separate unit of N-iX in 2012. Currently, our studio has over 120 passionate game development professionals, as a part of 1000 people company and is focused on providing services to our clients, that includes 2D/3D Art Production, Animation, Co-development & Full-Cycle Game Development, and VR Solutions Design. Art Production Our talented artists are covering all stages of Art Production: UI/UX solutions, 2D illustrations and concept art, 3D environments and props, character design and animations, highly realistic art and PBR assets. Also, we have an OptiTrack motion capture studio in-house and able to deliver animations of any complexity. Full-Cycle Game Development Our team has experience in all areas of the industry, starting from mobile games to AAA-quality blockbusters and VR arcades. We offer creative brainstorming, game porting, fast prototyping and turnkey game production. Our studio focuses on successful long-term cooperation and delivering the best quality projects on the market. VR Solutions Design We are specialized in custom-tailored 3D Virtual Reality solutions. Our virtual environments are powered by game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine 4. On several projects, we combined VR with motion platforms and other custom hardware for even more immersive experiences. Platforms: Apple / Android / Windows / Steam / PS4 / XBox VR/AR Expertise: HTC Vive / Oculus Rift / Playstation VR / Samsung Gear VR / Google Daydream / Microsoft Hololens

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http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com https://www.thejimporium.com Capcom has decided to embarrass Street Fighter V with ads, or "sponsored content" as they're calling it. Today, let's talk about that, give a brief history of product placement and ads in games, before having a bit of a whinge about the potential future of ad-support videogame garbage. #StreetFighter #Capcom #Ads #Jimquisition #JimSterling __ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsterling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimsterling0 Jim’s Big Ego (No Relation): http://bigego.com/ Bandcamp of the Sax Dragon - https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com Nathan Hanover - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8L7n7l11PJM6FFcI6Ju8A

http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com https://www.thejimporium.com Videogame publishers are greedy, exploitative predators for which no amount of money will ever be enough. While we know and loathe this, it is also by design that they are the way they are. Layoffs, cutbacks, excessive monetization, it's all part of a system built on unsustainable, short-sighted growth. Now we're in the endgame, where we find out there IS no endgame. But let's start with Buzzfeed... __ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsterling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimsterling0 Jim’s Big Ego (No Relation): http://bigego.com/ Bandcamp of the Sax Dragon - https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com Nathan Hanover - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8L7n7l11PJM6FFcI6Ju8A

http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com http://sharkrobot.com/collections/Jimquisition-merch Green Man Gaming believes it can formulate an hourly price for its games, but this "Average Cost Per Hour" nonsense is... well, nonsense! __ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsterling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimsterling0 Jim’s Big Ego (No Relation): http://bigego.com/ Bandcamp of the Sax Dragon - https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com Nathan Hanover - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8L7n7l11PJM6FFcI6Ju8A

http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com http://sharkrobot.com/collections/Jimquisition-merch There is a constant problem plaguing the game industry, if its spokespeople are to be believed. Games cost $60, and that price doesn't work anymore! Weirdly enough, The Jimquisition agrees with this assessment. "AAA" games should indeed not cost $60 anymore, and they most certainly have outgrown it. Loot Box Spiderhead in thumbnail by the talented Jude White!

http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com http://sharkrobot.com/collections/Jimquisition-merch I'm often told that videogames have be a mess of greed-fueled bollocks because the $60 price tag never raised along with inflation. This is crap. It's a myth. Games stopped costing $60 a long time ago. __ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsterling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimsterling0 Bandcamp of the Sax Dragon - https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com

http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.twitch.tv/jimsterling Even though it never surprises me, it always disappoints me to see games media pundits fall over themselves to repeat corporate propaganda in defense of corporate garbage. The arrival of the PS5 and Xbox Series X has been used as an excuse to finally raise game prices... after years of using fixed game prices as an excuse to fill their games with predatory monetization. I wonder how they'll justify their microtransactions now! At any rate, the obligatory chorus of apologists are backing up the decision with one heck of an argument. The exact same argument they've been using to justify publisher nastiness for years and years and years. #PS5 #XboxSeriesX #AAA #NextGen #Money #DemonsSouls #COD #Activision #Ubisoft #GameJournalism #JimSterling #Jimquisition __ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsterling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimsterling0 Bandcamp of the Sax Dragon - https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com Nathan Hanover - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8L7n7l11PJM6FFcI6Ju8A

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateGAME Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow There's a wide array of people that play games in general, but why do the games themselves not reflect this? Games frequently portray extreme versions of bodies, especially female ones, that don't represent this wide audience. Games like Dragon's Crown, Dead or Alive, and Bayonetta are standout examples of this trend, but the way it has spread through almost all games is troubling. Is it sexism? Game design? Both? Join Jamin in this week's episode of Game/Show as he asks why do games have such exaggerated body types? Further Reading: Character Shapes http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/185676/the_aesthetics_of_game_art_and_.php?print=1 Animator Stats http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=10567 Animations https://twitter.com/GameAnim/status/476749073928560640/photo/1 How Women Perceive Men http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015311000407 The Perfect Man http://hellogiggles.com/perfect-man-study/ Overwatch's Zarya http://www.themarysue.com/overwatch-zarya-yes-good/ ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ ASSET LINKS: 1:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOz0BUoGa3U 1:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-S7wQx_hvs 3:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSJETowuik 3:04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeYOLIgx60 3:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp0zJZu0a4 4:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2jI3y1gTP0 5:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rTum-rcpoY 6:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbKFPQQGL5w ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ COMMENT LINKS: Con Wren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Df_xIXlhM&lc=z12ecrvhvmmtf3moa04cfdkbgvbygz4j2c0 SashaSexyfur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Df_xIXlhM&lc=z135hzky1ta2eney504cinfowwevfpjyu2g Joseph Cain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Df_xIXlhM&lc=z135hzky1ta2eney504cinfowwevfpjyu2g Jess Bennett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Df_xIXlhM&lc=z12echf5bvvfzh1tm23wxtzqlmunwlzec Camo Rovak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Df_xIXlhM&lc=z13dgrbagvuluffpw04cc53wukqwfnhylgg ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ MUSIC: "Oh Damn!" by CJVSO https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn "Digital Sonar" by Brink "Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw "After Hours" "Lakes" by Chooga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0 "Beautiful Days" by Extan https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days "Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion "Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue "Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec https://archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme "Sleet" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet "Toaster" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster "Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d "Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Run" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Fame" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo "Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------ Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) And regarding my glasses: http://youtu.be/WbV_KT1iGao?t=7m32s

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateGAME What do you think about the show? We're dying for feedback. Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow WE LOVE GAME DEALS! But have you ever considered how the means in which you acquire games affects how you play them? What if all the wonderful sales from Steam and Humble Bundle were actually making you want to play games less. But the deals are also so good, does it matter? Join Jamin as he dives in to the magical world of game discounts! LINKS http://conversionxl.com/pricing-experiments-you-might-not-know-but-can-learn-from/ http://freakonomics.com/2010/07/20/how-to-maximize-pay-what-you-wish-pricing/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_value http://consumerist.com/2014/10/16/the-costco-effect-science-says-we-choose-less-variety-when-buying-in-bulk/ ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------ :26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgw :57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSDtx01sibI 1:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2tk8TJarQ 3:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFCRh-anfRg 4:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCau-vzve4 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------ COMMENTS Daniel Bentley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-MNP0itT4&google_comment_id=z12nfpnhbviqjlqt222exhrauujpxf4fp TheDominitri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-MNP0itT4&google_comment_id=z124txajdlbith52q23wi1lbnmmodxoe2 Garet Rooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-MNP0itT4&google_comment_id=z13mtxnqbvm4cndlz23zfnpzwnezc5nmm Ddiaboloer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-MNP0itT4&google_comment_id=z124jbqpqru4xn4sl23ogbtoxxqneho4x04 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------ MUSIC: "Oh Damn!" by CJVSO https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj... "Digital Sonar" by Brink "Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr... "After Hours" "Lakes" by Chooga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns... "Beautiful Days" by Extan https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut... "Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f... "Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue "Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec https://archive.org/details/escala19_... "Sleet" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet "Toaster" by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster "Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New... "Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... "Run" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... "Fame" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... "Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------ Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) And regarding my glasses: http://youtu.be/WbV_KT1iGao?t=7m32s

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This episode examines how female sidekicks and companions in games are often designed to function as glorified gatekeepers, helpless burdens, and ego boosters, a pattern that works to reinforce oppressive notions about women as the ones in need of protection and men as the ones in control, who take action and do the protecting. We then feature some games with relationships that subvert traditional power fantasy mechanics, putting players on something closer to equal footing with their AI companions as they offer examples of what real communication, compromise, and mutual support in games might look like. Full transcript for this episode: http://wp.me/p7K8cI-aLy ABOUT THE SERIES The Tropes vs Women in Video Games project aims to examine the plot devices and patterns most often associated with female characters in gaming from a systemic, big picture perspective. This series will include critical analysis of many beloved games and characters, but remember that it is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of it’s more problematic or pernicious aspects. This video series is created by Anita Sarkeesian and the project was funded by 6968 awesome backers on Kickstarter.com GAMES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE Bioshock Infinite (2013) Ico (2001) Resident Evil 4 (2005) The Last of Us (2013) Prince of Persia (2008) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) The Legend of Zela: Ocarina of Time (1998) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (2006) OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) Blast corps (1997) Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (2007) Killzone 2 (2009) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) Gears of War 3 (2011) Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) Tomb Raider (2013) Gears of War 4 (2016) One Night Stand (2016) The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014) The Last Guardian (2016) Help make the media more feminist: http://www.feministfrequency.com/donate NEW WEBSITE: http://feministfrequency.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/femfreq Twitter: http://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram: http://instagram.com/femfreq Tumblr: http://femfreq.tumblr.com

This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered clichés in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the popularization and development of the medium itself. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must then be rescued by a male character, usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist's quest. Watch Damsel in Distress Part 2: http://youtu.be/toa_vH6xGqs Watch Damsel in Distress Part 3: http://youtu.be/LjImnqH_KwM Links and full transcript available at: http://www.feministfrequency.com/2013/03/damsel-in-distress-part-1/ 183 TOTAL GAMES SHOWN IN THE 3 PART MINI-SIRES 64 GAMES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: Those with spoilers are marked with an asterisk (*) Dinosaur Planet (circa 2000) Star Fox Adventures (2002) Donkey Kong (1981) Sheriff (1979) Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) My Hero (1986) Kung-Fu Master (1984) Haunted Castle (1998) Adventures of Lolo (1989) The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1989) Joe & Mac (1991) Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (1991) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) Mario Sports Mix (2011) Wizards & Warriors (1987) Violent storm (1993) Spinmaster (1993) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) * Splatterhouse (1988) Phelios (1988) Arabian Fight (1992) Rise of the Dragon (1990) Super Adventure Island (1992) Toki (1989) Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) Final Fight (1989) Time Crisis II (1998) Final Fantasy (1987) Altered Beast (1998) Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (1999) Crash Bandicoot (1996) Kid Icarus (1986) The Legend of Zelda (1986) Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (1987) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) * The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (2003) The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005) * The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) * The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) Vigilante (1998) Prince of Persia (1992) GoldenEye 007 (1997) Metal Gear Solid (1998) Star Fox Adventures (2002) Metal Gear (1990) New Super Mario Bros Wii (2009) Sonic CD (1993) Karateka (1984) Karateka (2012) Prince of Persia (1989) Prince of Persia Classic (2007) Dragon's Lair (1983) Donkey Kong (1994) Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010) Double Dragon (1987) Double Dragon Neon (2012) Many more examples of the Damsel in Distress on our Tumblr: http://tropesversuswomen.tumblr.com FAIR USE The multimedia clips included in this video constitute a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Tropes vs Women in Video Games project aims to examine the plot devices and patterns most often associated with female characters in gaming from a systemic, big picture perspective. This series will include critical analysis of many beloved games and characters, but remember that it is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of it's more problematic or pernicious aspects. This video series is created by Anita Sarkeesian and the project was funded by 6968 awesome backers on Kickstarter.com COMMENTS: Sadly, we have been forced to close comments on YouTube due to continued harassment of this channel but please feel free to post and share this video with your own social media networks to facilitate discussions. Credits Director: Anita Sarkeesian Producer: Jonathan McIntosh Writers: Anita Sarkeesian & Jonathan McIntosh Motion Graphics: Black Math Intro Music: Matt Joynt & Nathan Sandberg