The Road to Rebellion: How I got my job in the games industry

kierangoodson

Graduating from university, I found myself to be a small fish in the big and competitive game-dev pond. But I was determined to play. This is the story of how I went from having no environment art knowledge, to breaking into the industry at one of the top studios in the country.

https://www.artstation.com/kierangoodson/blog/0Kw8/the-road-to-rebellion

Alex_J

Nicely done. Rebellion is making some of my favorite AAA games. I'll be looking for your name in the credits of the next one.

kierangoodson

Thanks for your kind words Alex! Great to see you around here again

Eric Chadwick

Frontpaged, and congratulations Kieran! 

kierangoodson

Eric Chadwick said:

Frontpaged, and congratulations Kieran! 

Thank you so much Eric. I hope this brings a bit of inspiration and encouragement to all those students and graduates out there looking to burst into the industry. It can be a tough road, but a valuable learning process and a fulfilling one too. 

littleclaude

Thanks for the break down and best of luck for the future. I will pass your name on as I am going to be the external examiner for the next four years.  

TheGabmeister

Very inspiring blog post indeed. Thank you for sharing your experience.

kierangoodson

@littleclaude Thanks very much Claude. The work coming out of the University of Hertfordshire is incredibly impressive!

kierangoodson

@TheGabmeister Hey Gabe, thanks for taking the time to read!

mikhga

Great article and congrats on the job!

kierangoodson

@mikhga Thank you very much Mikael 

Vegel_Grady

Really inspiring post, I saw it in your Artstation blog ^^ I passing through a very difficult period of my life working hard on 3D characters. I want to work in the industry too, and thanks to you I've also found the Dinusty discord channel

kierangoodson

@Vegel_Grady Oh awesome. Great to see some more ArtStation users over here on Polycount. The Dinusty discord is more aimed towards Environment Art although I'm sure there may be people in there that can help you out. Keep plugging away at making your portfolio even better with solid critiques from industry artists and you'll get there!

Vegel_Grady

kierangoodson said:

@Vegel_Grady Oh awesome. Great to see some more ArtStation users over here on Polycount. The Dinusty discord is more aimed towards Environment Art although I'm sure there may be people in there that can help you out. Keep plugging away at making your portfolio even better with solid critiques from industry artists and you'll get there!

Thank you so much for your words! ^^ 

supersp3nce

Good post bro

kierangoodson

@supersp3nce Thanks man!

sacboi

Nice entertaining read, managed to get through it in amoungst various tasks at work.

Anyway all the best for a new start in June...show 'em how it's done

Cheers.

kierangoodson

sacboi said:

Nice entertaining read, managed to get through it in amoungst various tasks at work.

Anyway all the best for a new start in June...show 'em how it's done

Cheers.

Great stuff, thanks for taking the time to read. I hope it was entertaining enough to read through at work! 

Thanks very much, I'm counting down the days! 

Zi0

Nice breakdown, good read for people that are trying to get into this industry.

kierangoodson

Zi0 said:

Nice breakdown, good read for people that are trying to get into this industry.

Thanks again for reading Zio. I  posted the article on a whim and thought it would be cool to talk about my journey and many students and grads have resonated with it strongly. I've had a lot of people contact me to say it's been a good read or it's been inspiring. The reception has been humbling.