A STUDENT who discovered her passion for character design at Priestley College has been named a ‘rising star’ in the computer games industry.
Faith Quick received the accolade after fulfilling a brief set by Grads for Games and standing out amongst around 400 other creative minds from across the country.
“I was surprised at how well I did, especially when I looked down the list and most of the other people were already at university,” said Faith.
“I always thought I might go into animation, but it was on the course at Priestley that I realised how much I loved character design.”
Grads in Games is an initiative that aims to help graduates become professionals in the computer game industry.
Judges in the competition looked at Faith’s work and agreed she was a ‘Rising Star in Character Art’.
Faith chose the word ‘metamorphosis’ from a list provided as her inspiration and created a human shapeshifter called ‘Lillian’ whose form changes into a dragon.
The former King’s Academy pupil drew on the hit animation How To Train Your Dragon for inspiration and the slightly cat-like design of Toothless.
As well as a look for the characters, she provided a detailed backstory of Lillian’s life and experiences that set up the gameplay.
“For the human design, I wanted to create a very childlike appearance to reflect her cute and bubbly personality,” said Faith.
“Then for the dragon designs I wanted to carry over the markings and characteristics of the human form. Overall I was happy with what I came up with.”
At Priestley, Faith studies Fine Art alongside Computer Game Design – a course that prepares young people for successful careers in the multibillion-dollar industry.
Next she is headed to Abertay University in Dundee to study Computer Game Design in greater depth.
“It’s well known for game design and I am really looking forward to the industry placement I will do as part of my course,” said Faith.
