Andrew Gahan

I started in the games industry in 1992 as a junior artist for Digital Image Design. They came to my college and after seeing my graphic design work, offered me a summer job making games.

I jumped at the chance and without any portfolio or experience at all, and started training on my first game. I progressed to Senior Artist developing flight simulators and military training systems until the studio was bought by Infogrammes around 1998.

I became Lead Artist when Infogrammes sold the studio to Rage, I then left, and then became Art Director at a small start-up called Lightning Interactive. I switched again to join my old friends from Digital Image Design at Evolution Studios.

I progressed through the ranks again at Evolution studios becoming Art Manager on some of the later World Rally Championship games on PlayStation 2 and then to Producer/Outsource Manager. I went on to be Senior Development Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and delivered 3 titles in the MotorStorm series on PlayStation 3 including MotorStorm, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and the newly announced MotorStorm: Apocalypse - including all the downloadable content.

I now own and run The Pixel Bullies, which is an Outsource and Game Development studio in the North West of England.

I’ve written 3dsmax Modeling for Games (2008) Focal Press, and I edited Game Art Complete (2008) Focal Press. I also founded www.3d-for-games.com and www.3d-for-games.com/forum which has now grown into an extremely friendly and vibrant 3D community where everyone helps out with any 3D related issues and showcases their work.

Specific help and support is give to anyone who registers and logs in. I’ve also just completed the Max in Minutes and Maya in Minutes video tutorials for Focal Press, be sure to check them out to help you master the software in short bite-size videos. http://www.focalpress.com/eresources.aspx

I also give lots of readers the opportunity to work with me on new projects and get the valuable experience they need to get the job of their dreams.

I'm also currently the Executive Producer on a short animation called Mila - www.MilaFilm.com which is in the early stages of production.

If you’re interested, here is the list of games I have helped to develop…

Robocop 3 (Amiga)

TFX (PC)

Inferno (PC)

EF2000 (PC)

F22 – Air Dominance Fighter (PC)

Total Air War (PC)

Wargasm (PC)

GTC Africa (PS2)

World Rally Championship (PS2)

WRC II Extreme (PS2)

WRC 3 (PS2)

WRC 4 (PS2)

WRC 5 - Rally Evolved (PS2)

MotorStorm (PS3)

Pursuit Force 2 (PS2)

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3)

Pacific Rift DLC (PS3)

MotorStorm Apocalypse (PS3)