IMFA #7: Personal Branding Tips for Game Artists

Here's a video that's related to internet marketing so I'll tag it under the series.

The speaker is Jeff Parrott, a game industry environment artist with more than 10 years of experience. In this talk, he covers the importance of personal branding and how you can market yourself more effectively, build a better website, and in general just give your work more visibility.

My suggestion when watching or listening to the video is to take down notes on what you can do to improve yourself or your website.

There's a lot of useful information. I'll write some articles to elaborate on some of the topics mentioned.

Elgin Park by Michael Paul Smith

Elgin Park is a fictitious mid 20th century American town created by Michael Paul Smith using miniatures and models. I saw Michael's amazing photos many years ago and now he has a photo book coming up called just that, Elgin Park.

Check out this documentary shot by Danny Yourd to see what goes behind the scenes.

Stop-motion animator Dillon Markey modifies Nintendo Power Glove into an animation tool

I love the enthusiasm of Dillon Markey. He's a stop-motion animator who has worked on Robot Chicken, PES and other shorts.

To improve his productivity when it comes to animating stop motion, which is incredibly laborious, he has modified a Nintendo Power Glove into something that helps with his work. Watch the video to find out how it works.

Via Booooooom.com