Alex Beddows
Expert Environment Artist
Alex is an Environment artist with nearly 10 years of experience in varying sectors of the game industry, from mobile to AAA.
Alex originally got his foot in the door working on serious games dedicated to creating educational content using game technology, and now resides as an Expert Environment Artist at That’s No Moon. Previously he was a Senior Environment Artist at Respawn Entertainment and The Initiative, and before that has also led teams as both Lead and Principle Environment Artist at outsourcing studios working on titles such as Returnal and Scavengers before moving in-house at Counterplay Games to release Godfall on the PS5.
As well as being an artist, Alex also hosts ‘Game Dev Discussion’, a podcast dedicated to the games industry where he speaks with people from about their journey as developers. Although the podcast has a focus towards the art fields, he also invites people from many different job families to share their stories.
He also previously worked at ArtStation as a consultant, running and refining the learning platform to make sure the content is both high quality and accessible to a wide variety of artists.
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Game Dev Discussion
Environment Art Mentorship
This mentorship includes 5 hours of one-on-one training, custom-tailored to suit the mentee’s specific needs. We will build a development plan together in order to level up your skills and help achieve your goals.
We can cover various aspects of Environment Art creation, from planning, scoping and reference gathering, modular mesh and texture workflows, material authoring workflow, through world-building, scene polishing, and final render techniques.
The mentorship is designed to help break through plateaus, build confidence, increase technical aptitude, and provide a clear path of continued growth and success.
Learning Focus
Environment Art creation in Unreal Engine
Modular Art techniques
Material Authoring
Environmental storytelling
ZBrush | Substance Suite | Speedtree | Maya | Marmoset
Final rendering and presentation
