Workplace opportunities

I absolutely love playfish games, I just think for quick fun quirky little games they are brilliant, the games are simple, fun and most importantly for them- addictive! I must admit I spend alot of time on pet society because of it's simplicity, the online community aspect, so these games are also sociable, they are very innovative and adaptable, for example new material is constantly being added and new ideas are always being put into place, so it's not like they just leave it to go stale.
They have really cute graphics which is a main attraction for me, I hate the games with ugly graphics, (me personally) and find I am drawn to stuff that has that bubbly rounded illustrator/flash look to it.

Here are some pictures of my personal area in pet society:






To apply for work with them you must go to their job page on the play fish website, there is no other way of applying or contacting them , it must be done via an online form. They want games developers, art leaders and people to work in their creative team.

www.playfish.com/?page=jobs

more business cards

business cards

final major/test video

file:///Users/KellyCantrell/FINAL/walking.html

final major project/little big planet

Here is a little big planet video that someone has made in the style of mirrors edge, I wish I'd got into this sooner, then I would already know what I was doing and could just get on with it! but now I have to learn how to do it, buy extra content etc and get it all made in 3 weeks! But from what I've figured, it's no harder than second life and it looks much better! I just need to get myself some extra content, work out how to record it, and add my own voice-over!

final major project

Was looking at this video on facebook as some inspiration for my final major project, as I am working on a poem with my daughter that depicts the journey of a child going from A to B and all the dangers that might be present, whether in the childs head or a reality. And I need an animation to go with this, although I can't draw to save my life, it never looks how I want it or as professional and neat as it should be. I was thinking of perhaps building the scene on little big planet? I wonder if I can do this for my final major? I will have to find out.

Final Major Project

Final Major Project

This video has been in my head for quite some time, I stumbled on this guy whilst researching for my last project, and found this video very interesting, for one it is a self portrait and it involves a journey. I like the use of internal monologue, and had been thinking of having my character in this new project do that, with my daughter providing the voice-over.

Except the backgrounds and characters therin will have a "Ghibli" feel to them, I have been thinking about the black blobby bad guys in "Howls moving castle" and "No face" from "spirited away" as a basis for the bad characters in my film.

Letter to a freelance writer

Hi there Ian, my name is Kelly Cantrell, and I am studying Digital media at Leeds college of art and design. Your probably wondering why I am contacting you then? well as part of my final year work I have to present a business plan on how I would get myself started as a freelance artist, where I would get funding from and who my market is and all that sort of stuff. My strength throughout all of my projects has been my ability to write a narrative or come up with plenty of ideas, and my tutors have always told me that "I am a writer", in fact I have known this all my life, even as a child I would write short stories and poems, and I would always go WAY over the specified amount of words! because I just love to write! I blog, write film reviews and short stories- in fact if I didn't write I think I would go insane! I can't imagine living a life in which I did not write! Anyway sorry to waffle on there, I am actually writing you to see if you have any advice you could give me on starting out in the industry? I want to write narratives for gaming, film, TV & Radio, childrens books, interactive content, reviews, magazine articles, in fact any thing that needs writing I want to do it! I got a distinction in creative writing last year and that was kind of my turning point, I am still interested in digital media and animation but I feel my core skill is the writing element involved so want to pursue this are although I do not have a writing degree or any english based qualifications- would this hinder me? and can you set up as a freelance writer if you are in debt? I mean who would give me a business loan or funding? do you still need a regular job alongside your writing career, or can you earn enough to live on just from writing? Any advice, tips and guidance you can give me would be very much appreciated when you have the time. Thanks very much for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you soon, Yours Kindly, Kelly Cantrell. http://kellybruce.blogspot.com/