Feb 14How I sold my First NFT (and how you can, too!)The NFT craze is a baffling phenomenon to even the most seasoned Futurist. Digital art is selling for millions, and a New Wave Gold Rush is well underway. …Nft10 min read
Feb 7Six Strategies for Buying & Investing in NFTs Like a Real Art CollectorThe act of buying, selling and cherishing art goes as far back farther than the cave paintings. We’ve been making and trading art ever since, but this epoch, there’s a new wrinkle: NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. …Nft7 min read
Jan 24How to Make, Mint and Sell NFTs for beginners, a Crash Course for ArtistsBlockchain technology, crypto economics, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have taken the world by storm. And like all novel technologies, NFTs are a blend of the poorly explained and the poorly understood — of miracle fortunes and ambusher grifts. As a sold NFT Artist and a Senior developer in the Blockchain…Nft8 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jun 28, 20219 ways to practice videogame UI Design, from an art directorWant to become a videogame UI Artist and have no idea how to practice your craft? Try these 9 easy ideas. — I’ve been Mentoring video game UI UX Design for years and the most common anxiety is, “I don’t know how to get started.” — a perfectly reasonable question for an imperfectly opaque Industry. But what do you do after you “get started”? What should you read, design, study to continue…UI5 min read
Published in Bootcamp·May 24, 20217 obvious beginner mistakes with your game’s HUD (from a UI UX Art Director)A video game interface has an immediate and lasting impact on gameplay, production, and the bottom-line. So… where are all the guides and best-practices for the most important Art in the entire game? Shouldn’t there be a primer somewhere? Some kind of shorthand? Mistake #1 — You’re putting way too much information on the screen If you are adding more confusion than…Game Development7 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Mar 31, 2021The 13 Green, Yellow and Red Flags when Interviewing for UI UX JobsThe Interview ends and you end the Zoom call. The sensation of centipedes crawling all over your career seizes you, and you shudder as you wrap your arms around yourself. Something definitely wasn’t right with that Company. The Interview ends and you end the Zoom call. A tide of relief…UI5 min read
Feb 11, 20215 Things an Art Director Thinks About Your PortfolioAs an Art Director and Mentor, I’ve seen almost a hundred portfolios from Designers I’ve had to either veto, approve or build up one piece at a time with a mentee. I honestly think Portfolio design is what spooks junior designers the most. …UX7 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Nov 25, 2020What really happens in a design interview in the video games industrySo you’re taking your shot at a job in the video game Industry as a UI UX Designer. You’ve got a portfolio (kinda), a resume (ish) and more than enough furlonged freetime to apply to dozens of game companies the world over. …UX9 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Oct 29, 202010 questions art directors ask themselves about your UI/UX design portfolio before they hire youFrom an Art Director. — As an Art Director and Mentor, I’ve seen probably a hundred Portfolios from Designers I’ve had to either veto or build up. I honestly think what spooks students and junior designers the most about Portfolio design is they’ll just… never know. …UX8 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Oct 15, 2020A guide to help you make the jump from corporate to video game UX designerWhether you’ve taken a few online classes, have a few years of print under your belt or just always have had Hoop Dreams™ to be in the Video Game Industry — you’re… probably really confused right now. At least that’s the impression I get when students tell me what it’s…UI7 min read
