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Our guest this week is Paul Richards

Paul has worked in the gaming industry for many many years. With a variety of triple A titles under his belt like Darksiders, Halo and currently Fortnite, Paul has a wealth of information to offer. He also has a charismatic and engaging manner of teaching others to find their own way. The teaching material he has collected in various locations around the internet have become sacred text for those seeking knowledge about the philosophy and techniques of design.

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/paul.richards.921

Autodestruct.com - http://www.autodestruct.com/

Autodestruct Blog - https://autodestructdigital.blogspot.com/

ArtStation - https://www.artstation.com/autodestruct

Babelab - https://babelab.blogspot.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/PaulaRockhard

PLEASE NOTE: At one point in the conversation Paul refers to J.C. Leyendecker being the understudy of Norman Rockwell when it was in fact the other way round. Paul brought this mistake to our attention and wanted a correction to be noted.

Other points of interest from the conversation

Konstantin Stanislovsky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Stanislavski

Jim Woodring - https://www.jimwoodring.com/

John Cleese lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g

SCP Foundation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation

Whang! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jdnIP2u5hCJpVZ-TuDrCg