- The document is a personal statement from Amy Brockbank discussing her dream job in the games industry doing concept art, animation, or 3D modelling. - She aims to get a university degree to improve her chances of entering the industry and gain experience in her spare time through courses and experimenting with digital art techniques. - Amy has experience using software like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Game Maker through art and design courses, and knowledge of Microsoft Office software from an IT course.

1. AmyBrockbank
Personal Statement
My dreamjobwouldbe workinginthe gamesindustry,eitherdoingconceptart,animationor3D
modelling. Myaimis to move ontouniversityaftercollegetogeta degree whichwill improvemy
chancesof gettingintothe industry.Iwill alsoworkongettingasmuch experience asIcan inmy
spare time.
Overthe past fewyears,Ihave done quite a few art courses,suchas GCSE Art, ASLevel Artand AS
Level GraphicDesign,soI believe thatIhave some experience inthisarea,especiallywhenusing
Adobe PhotoshopandAdobe Illustrator.Ialsoworkedonexperimentingwithdifferentdigital art
techniquesinmy spare time,usingagraphicstablethookeduptomy laptop,usingdifferent
programmestoo,suchas Manga StudioDebut4.
I alsospentmy time doingaBTEC IT course inhighschool,as well ascarryingon that subjectintoan
AS Level incollege,whichmeansthatIhave a bitof experience whendealingwithsoftware suchas
MicrosoftWord, MicrosoftPowerPoint,MicrosoftPublisherandMicrosoftExcel,soI have
knowledge inbeingable toputdocumentstogetherproperlyandquickly.
In highschool,Ialsospentsome time doinga BTEC performingartscourse,inwhichI didmusic.I
have some knowledgeof howtoplaythe drums,withthe knowledge of how toreadboth notation
and tab sheetmusic.
In mytime doingGamesDesignat college,Ialsohave abasic knowledgeof how toconstruct a game
inYoYo’s Game Makerengine,andconstructa 3D environmentinUnity.Thiscourse hasalsohelped
me to strengthenmyskillsinPhotoshopandIllustrator,too.
In summer2013, justafterI had lefthighschool,Itookpart inNCS,a programme whichallows
school leaversandpeople intheirfirstyearof collegetobuildconfidence andexperience life in
university,aspart of thiscourse,I didvoluntaryworkina highschool,workingwithyear6 students
aboutto transition intohighschool tohelpthemsettle intotheirsurroundingsandmeetnew people
before theirfirstday.Ididthispart of the course for 2 weeksaspart of a larger team.
Whenlookingatmy strengthsandweaknesses,Iwouldsaythatmy strengthslie in creativity,
honesty,ICT,literacyandtrustworthiness.However,Iwouldsaythatmy weaknesseslie in
teamwork,confidence,numeracyandpublicspeaking.Ifeel asthoughIneedtowork onmy
weaknesses,butIwouldsaythat myconfidence isgettingbetter,andalongwithit,myteamwork
skills,however,Idostruggle withpublicspeaking.Ifeel asthoughmystrengthsoutweighmy
weaknesses,andsuitwhere Iwanttobe inlife well.
In myspare time,Ihave had manydifferenthobbiesthatIhave takenin the past few years.One of
the thingsI like todo inmy spare time islisteningtomusicand playingmusic.Ihave previously
mentionedthatIhave knowledgeonhow toplaythe drums,and I didcarry that onin myspare
time.Ialso listentoa wide range of musicfroma varietyof genres,andlike tokeepmymindopen
towardsgenresImay not have heardbefore.
I alsolike toplaya wide range of videogamesinmyspare time.Ido have a preferencetowardsfirst-
person-shootersandactionRPGs,butI like tokeepmymindopentowardsgenresof gamesthat I

2. AmyBrockbank
may nothave playedbefore,especiallywithinindie gamesthatoftenoffernew,neverseenbefore
experiences.