[ubuntu-art] New member

[Niklas Weidel]

Thanks for the welcome!

Yes, I have plenty of print experience as it was what I was doing at the
advertising agency. It's fun, but i prefer digital; it's soooo much nicer
not to have to work in 2gb photoshop high resolution documents.. =)

UI designing at DICE is usually done with freelancers though, I've been
talking with the guy behind Battlefield and he also freelances for ad
agencies such as Ogilvy; year-round positions as UI designers are rare and
few inbetween in the business, sadly. It's a whole science, but mostly game
companies just hires a good graphic artists that "knows the genre".. :/

Or, hires a UI company like scaleform then, I suppose. =) That sounds really
nice! Where are they located?

I'm not much of an IRC'er (I got bored of it around, uh, '97) but perhaps
I'll renew my passion. Might give it a shot!

May I ask what the top prios are for the art team right now? What are you
guys focusing on - I guess it's a bunch of work for next release?

Cheers
/Niklas

2006/6/22, Michiel Sikma <michiel at thingmajig.org>:
>
> Hi Niklas!
>
> Welcome to the Artwork team. It's great to have someone around with
> experience in graphics. Do you also have experience in print work?
>
> I hope that you will succeed at getting a job as UI designer at DICE.
> I too would like to be part of a game studio sometime, although right
> now I'm just biding my time as graphic designer and web programmer.
> Maybe you've ever heard of Scaleform? It's also a UI company which
> does mostly work for game studios (programming and artwork). If only
> my friend who works there could get me in...
>
> Some useful links:
> - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork - the wiki page for the artwork team.
> - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Team/GetInvolved - page with useful
> information for getting started with Ubuntu artwork.
>
> I also hope you'll frequent the IRC channel. Things are sometimes a
> little quiet in there...
>
> Have fun!
>
> Michiel
>
> Op 22-jun-2006, om 17:54 heeft Niklas Weidel het volgende geschreven:
>
> > Cheers all.
> >
> > I don't mean to spam the list, but I'd like to present myself
> > quickly to you all since I joined this team just now. :)
> >
> > I'm a fairly new, recently-converted, Ubuntu-user so my knowledge
> > of the linux world is, well, pretty basic. But, I've spent 5 years
> > as a professional IT consultant and technician (mainly Windows 2k-
> > XP and OS8-OSX) so I'm learning quickly.
> >
> > More viable here is that I also have had a career in an advertising
> > agency as graphics artist and layouter, and have diplomas in
> > digital graphics. I have also been running my own business with a
> > friend since 1997, designing websites, intranets, doing filmwork etc.
> >
> > Currently, I quit my job as an IT drone (cheer for me!) to pursue
> > more rewarding things, so I'm studying at Hyper Island School of
> > New Media at the moment, a 2 year education in project management
> > and with a focus on digital media. Right now I'm on one of the
> > internship periods, and the last three months I've been sitting in
> > a huge media consultancy firm (Carat / Aegis Media) and will work
> > there over the summer.
> >
> > But I have a great urge to do more graphics works, or at least help
> > others with it, and seeing as I've just fallen in love with Ubuntu
> > I'd like to contribute in any way I can. I believe the Ubuntu
> > project is an important and vital step for the desktop OS-market.
> > And I *so* love making UI's, and my next internship will be at DICE
> > (you know, the guys behind the Battlefield games) where I'll pester
> > the UI designer a good deal. I guess it's my secret fetish. :)
> >
> > And to end off with the basic ASL; 26yr old swedish dude with
> > beard, glasses and a crappy laptop.
> >
> > Cheers all
> > /Niklas
> > --
> > ubuntu-art mailing list
> > ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
>
>
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