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Emily Harrison - SFASX Winner Character Art

SFASX Character Art Winner 2020 : Emily Harrison

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

Congratulations to Emily Harrison from Teesside University, our Character Art winner of Search For A Star 2020! Emily reached the final interview after scoring highly across all criteria in the project stage with her Kid character, as well as achieving the highest Creative score across the challenges. Working her way up through Sumo Digital Rising […]

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SFASX Search For A Star Finals

The Search For A Star Finals 2020

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 James Bowers 0

For our tenth anniversary we’re taking the final stage of Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star online! We’ll be announcing the winners of SFASX live on Monday 27th April at 6pm (17:00 UTC) in a livestreamed event. As well as the winners, we will highlight this year’s participants, projects and game studio […]

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SFASX | THE FINALISTS

SFASX | The Finalists

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with over 260 games projects created by students from across the UK and Europe. We’re now reaching the final stage of the challenges, and are pleased to reveal our finalists! These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the course of […]

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SFASX Games Character Art Projects

Games Character Art Projects | SFASX

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Dan Dudley 0

In yet another record-breaking year, we received 49 project submissions for Character Art across both Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star! The standard of quality also reached a new high, with excellent & inventive characters created across both tiers, including Beccy Collins’ Overwatch-inspired JetPack Cat, Pearse McKenna’s Alien Explorer, Madelaine Kendall-Murray’s sinister […]

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The Essential Tool To Help You Get Your First Role In The Games Industry

The Essential Tool To Help You Get Your First Role In The Games Industry

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Rachel Frost 0

So, you’re at University studying 3D Character or Environment Art, VFX, Animation, Programming, Comp Sci or Game Design, right? You might not be thinking about it just yet, especially not in your first or second year, but you’re going to be hoping to get your first role in the games industry pretty soon aren’t you? You’ll […]

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Get In The Game - 3D Character Artist

Get In The Game : 3D Character Artist

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Dan Dudley 0

We take a look at what a games character artist does & what it takes to get a graduate or junior role in character art, from understanding the basic role, to industry expectations and what to include in your portfolio.

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Search For A Star 2018 Games Character Art Directory

Stage 2 Character Art Projects | Search For A Star 2018

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Dan Dudley 0

For the 2018 challenge, students were asked to create a character to an industry brief, presented in a set of emotive poses. Unlike previous years, everyone was given creative control of the concept, theme, style & story of their artwork, allowing more freedom of expression. As a result, we’ve ended up with an amazing range […]

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Search For A Star Jake Missing 1

Search for a Star stage one assessors revealed!

November 9, 2017January 16, 2018 Joey Relton 0

With the second challenge of Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star now open, and the first challenge still well underway, we’re excited to announce the industry professionals who are providing individually tailored feedback on our art students’ first challenge portfolio submissions. We’ve been blown away by just how many industry professionals have […]

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Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 opens for registration to find top student developers!

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Joey Relton 0

It’s that time of the year once again – Sumo Digital Rising Star and Search for a Star 2018 is open for registration! We’re on the search for talented student programmers, animators and character, environment and VFX artists who are looking to show off their skills. Top UK studios including Sumo Digital, Playground Games, nDreams […]

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