Graphic designer

Theatrical lighting is one of the most important aspects of the theater industry. Without light, the stage would simply not be able to be seen. From using the sun in ancient Greece to lights that are automatic, tremendous strides have been made in the stage lighting industry. There are many people who have been at the forefront of innovation, and their steps forward can still be seen today. These modern lights and light accessories can be used to put different psychological effects onto the…

My personal philanthropic goals are to donate my design skills to my community. I want to create my own design firm and provide volunteer work through my business, a growing number of young designers are attracted to humanitarian work, like myself. The practice of architecture and design can be a huge component to advertising my personal skills. The greatest asset to an ID (Interior Design) is the individual skill sets they have, so no one has the same skills that you do. Relating back to…

games and that’s when I made up my mind to become a video game designer. So I used to play video games every time I had nothing to do. GTA V, Counterstrike: GO, Call of Duty, FIFA 15, etc. Games that I got attached to a…

Any marketplace is hugely dynamic, changing with time and continuing to grow with the consumer base. As such, these changes are not always good. Take the video gaming industry, for example. Game companies are beginning to push the purchase of Downloadable Content, or DLC, onto their consumers. This is drastically changing the market. While some sales are boosted, others have seen a steadier decrease in both desirability and success with gamers. Although traditionally used to expand a game’s…

are males (Harwell). Despite the large scale of male employment, female employment has increased from 2005, increasing from 12% to 20%. However only 3% of those women are game developers, or programmers, and 11% are game designers. Nuukster’s (a gaming company) chief executive David Engel has gone through many female applications while hiring but almost all of them were from artist, zero from programmers (Burrows). Like wise, some companies such as Electronic Arts Incorporated…

Violent role-playing games are a hotly disputed subject within the close-knit communities of parents, educators, and video game designers. Parents argue that they are degrading for their children and educators tend to lean towards the angle that their students do not benefit from the influence of games with violence in them, or ban elementary-school level children from pretending to fight during recess because of, they claim, safety reasons. However, these types of games are educational and…

In today’s society women are used as sexual being and people use it as a selling technique. Cultivation theory is now a big part of today’s society, not only because of television but also because of social media, video game and everything in-between. As this paper will try and show that video games may have some affect on how the women. As society progresses the video game should as well, so society, men and women alike should see the women population as a human being not something to be won.…

What is a game? “A physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other,” is the definition of a game by Merriam-Webster. (Game) Games have been around since humans have walked this earth. Violent games have been played for a very long time too. Romans had gladiatorial games. The most popular game in the world today is soccer. In America, American football is the best-known game that most Americans watch. Like football, Video games…

Lighting designer, Kevin Adams, and Scenic designer, David Korins, executed the structure of this musical in a simplistic yet creative way. My favorite element of the set design was the grand wall of distinctive lights located at the back of the stage. These lights could change color…

In the past few years, the video game industry and gaming community has faced harsh criticism and backlash in response to the deeply rooted sexism that is apparent within industry practices and throughout the community. The proverbial “no-girls-allowed-sign” that looms over the video game industry has made it abundantly clear that the only way to combat the misogynistic and exclusionary attitudes that are so pervasive in gaming culture is for more women to become included in the industry. Gaming…