Contextual Studies - Guest Lecture: Stef Bow

Our first guest lecturer for contextual studies is Stef Bow, an junior 3D artist for Sport Interactive (which is run by SEGA), which she works on Football Manager.

I quite enjoyed her lecture, it was fascinating to hear how she was originally was a teacher with a degree in philosophy. However, after not wanting to be a teacher no more, she went on to a MA course in games design to follow her passion, she's also a self taught environment artist.

She was quite determined and motivated to get into the game industry, when she went for the job at Sports Interactive, she beat 299 other applicants to get the job. But what made her stand out to her employers was the fact she use to be a teacher.

The advice she gave us regarding our portfolios is quite valuable: She states that for our portfolio it's important to have quality, not quantity. Also, it's important to keep our portfolios up-to-date and have an online one.

   


(Image from:www.mobygames.com)