Concept Art for Games with Stephen Downey
ScreenWorks Podcast
English - October 14, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBTV & Film Business Careers careers film animation gaming vfx northern ireland screen industries Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Stephen began his career as a freelance comic artist 15 years ago, creating his own work and showing it at comic conventions. His networking paid off and he got hired to draw for comics Torchwood, How to Train Your Dragon and Flash Gordon.
He continued to network and got work drawing storyboards for Halo: Nightfall and Krypton as well as working with movie studios to create apps used to promote their films.
Stephen also has his own games company Outsider Games and has 2 playable games - Jennifer Wilde & Wailing Heights. Which you can get via the app store!
Listen to what Stephen has to say about growing up and finding his niche.