Omar Awediah, Character Art Lead at Sucker Punch productions on the importance of critiques

Omar Awediah is the Character Art Lead at Sucker Punch Productions and a mentor at Vertex school. Before that he was a character art lead at Amazon game studios and Obsidian entertainment and Cloud imperium games.

Have a listen to our chat taped live at the Yellow Jacket Social Club in Austin, TX and his home in Seattle.

Omar gives us a glimpse into many aspects of his life as an artist creating characters for a major studio. You get to hear all about Omar's journey in art from being an intern all the way to a character art lead. He talks about how to be a better artist with critiques, and how important it is to the creative process.

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Learn more about Omar: https://www.artstation.com/thatguyomar

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