Education an Life: A Personal Statement

Darius Ray
Anticipated Major(s): Game Development
Personal Statement

How can good graphic design and animation skills help make a good game? I intend to become a game development major because im hoping that both of these skills will help me create good illustration for games. One of the most interesting things I like about this major is that it requires and improves the creativity and skills of prospective designers. Another thing that interests me is the wide range of technology that is available which can be used to create any game developers can think of. There are so many tools and programs available to design these games, and I want to learn to use them all.
I want to learn how to do animation and effects. Both 2D and 3D animation sound very interesting to me. Both of these fields can be a great asset to me when designing a game. Over the years I have seen very good animated cartoons, movies and shows and it got me interested in learning the way how cartoonist and animators come up with these amazing pieces of work. I hope to apply this area of digital art work into one my passions which is game design. I have also been thinking about level design as well. I have seen plenty of video games level throughout the history of gaming. The challenge and beauty graphic design are what make me so interested in wanting to make my own levels. With today’s new graphic engines I can create a level I always wanted make.
` I plan on working on beat-em up, rpg, mmo-rpg, and adventure type games. These are my favorite genre of games to work on. Role-playing games are big so I can create plenty of assets, monsters, and npc in these types of games. Adventure game project would work the same way creating obstacles that will challenge the player and create an open expansive areas to explore. So far I have started working on one project with the current game development club here at Bloomfield. We already have a character concept and idea, story board, sprites and now we are working on level design. I am currently using game maker to make with game with my team.
The job title(s) I am hoping to go after would be level design and character designer. These jobs sound interesting and exactly what I am hoping to do if I ever get into the game design industry. Another job would be 3D animator working and getting paid for 3D animation sound promising to me. So becoming a CAT major here at Bloomfield will help me better my skills as a game design major and will gain even more skills that I can use in my arsenal.

My Animation Project- The Curious Ball

This a my first animation piece down in CAT112. It was my first attempt at making an animation, especially using photoshop as an animation tool. I have always used photoshop for digital media and pictures, but now that i know how to use animation with photo i know have the a handy tool at my side when i do an animation project. It was all hand drawn from the head down and it was tedious at first but i finally got use to drawing frame by frame. In terms of editing it in finally cut there were some problems and issues that i had in terms of using effects and importing sound files but i manage to figure out a way using quicktime player to record and and create the correct file format for final cut.