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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Feb 23

Over the years, I’ve been asked by mentees, colleagues, and students how to become a better environment artist— Since this is a more nuanced and personal process, I thought summarizing my thoughts in a blog post would be the most helpful approach.

www.artstation.com/blogs/alexbe...

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Sierra Division @sierradivision.bsky.social · Feb 5

🎞️The recording of our Discord Event "How to Break Into the Game Industry in 2025" featuring
@beddows.bsky.social is now available on YouTube. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTXJ...

Breaking Into The Games Industry in 2025: Environment Artists

YouTube video by Sierra Division

www.youtube.com

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Sierra Division @sierradivision.bsky.social · Jan 21

Looking forward to our Discord Fireside Chat with @beddows.bsky.social tomorrow! If you’re not already following him, be sure to do so and explore his amazing work at beddowsdesign.com.
Don’t miss it!

Alex J Beddows - Artist x Director

Alex's artistic vision draws inspiration from the realms of cinematography and photography. Departing from realism, he embraces naturalism to capture subjects and the world as perceived by our own eye...

beddowsdesign.com

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Jan 17

Really excited to be hosted by @sierradivision.bsky.social for a talk, going to be a fun one !

Sierra Division @sierradivision.bsky.social · Jan 17

Excited to announce our first event of the year!

Joined by @beddows.bsky.social, Expert Environment Artist at That's No Moon, we will be discussing how Environment Artists can break into the Games Industry in 2025.

Happening live on Discord Jan 22.

discord.com/events/12371...

See you there!

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Jan 17

long time no see ;)

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Jan 17

Really excited to be hosted by @sierradivision.bsky.social for a talk, going to be a fun one !

Sierra Division @sierradivision.bsky.social · Jan 17

Excited to announce our first event of the year!

Joined by @beddows.bsky.social, Expert Environment Artist at That's No Moon, we will be discussing how Environment Artists can break into the Games Industry in 2025.

Happening live on Discord Jan 22.

discord.com/events/12371...

See you there!

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Jan 12

Bartenders have the most fun !

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Jan 2

Date Night

Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Dec 28

When we are back in I’ll give you the inside scoop

Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Dec 28

223 pages of writing over the Christmas period = a really bad first draft.

2025 goal, get a not so bad second draft

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Dec 12

Was in LA last week, here are some shots from red rock canyon !

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Dec 4

Red rock canyon scan trip

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Dec 2

My mentee just dropped their project, check out this beautiful work, Manuel killed it !

artstation.com/artwork/mAWq3a

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Nov 30

anamorphic bliss at formby beach

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Nov 28

A great example of a very above average action movie

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Nov 27

new artists are very transactional / cynical with discord , ease of access means they join, dump their work for crit and never engage again and complain it’s not good anymore.

When i first joined dinusty it was to be part of the community, hang in voice and make friends, you gotta put a bit back in

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Nov 27

I am unfortunatly seeing a lot resort to paid mentorships, i enjoy mentoring and love doing it but so often i ask my mentees where there feedback loop is and its non existant, not sure if its lack of awareness of places like discord or discomfort being vocal in those spaces..

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Alex Beddows @beddows.bsky.social · Nov 27

I have no idea what to do with this platform, Insta is where my photography lives, ArtStation is where my game art lives, twitter was just a dumping ground for whatever..

Is there anything people actually would want from me on here, what would be interesting or useful ?