Alec Chalmers
Bio
I am both a Game Artist and a Concept Artist working in the games industry, and am Senior Lecturer in Comic and Concept Art at Leeds Arts University. I also wrote and designed the MA Worldbuilding course at Leeds Arts, the only course of its kind in the world.
I have worked as a Concept Artist on multiple titles, both remote and in-person, some of which are still unannounced an under NDA. I worked at the game studio Just Add Water where I worked on multiple titles such as 'Ice Age: Scratt's Nutty Adventure' and 'Sniper Elite VR', predominantly as a 3D Game Artist, but also engaging with many other aspects of the development process.
I have a vested interest in helping shape and improve the world of game education not only through my roles as an educator but by being an external examiner for games-related courses at a variety of institutions. I am external examiner at Warwickshire College for their Foundation Degree in Games Art, Futureworks in Salford on their BA (Hons) degree in Game Art and Birmingham City University on the MA Video Game Development course. These courses provide me with an overview of how game art education is developing across the sector.
