Alex Beddows, a Senior Environment Artist at Respawn Entertainment, explains how he shifted his mindset and planned his career, including a game-changing portfolio review that made him re-think how to present himself in the industry. Ask yourself, where do you want to work and why?
Alex is an environment artist with nearly 10 years of experience in varying sectors of the game industry, from mobile to AAA, on titles including Returnal, Scavengers, and Godfall. He also worked at ArtStation as a consultant. Alex currently resides at Respawn Entertainment as a Senior Environment Artist. As well as being an artist, Alex hosts the ‘Game Dev Discussion’ podcast dedicated to the games industry, where he speaks with people from all aspects of games with a strong focus on environment art.