Q-ED Talks/Panels

Q-ED: Entertainment & Design
   Sessions
        Q-Con: Entertainment & Design

   In association with    Digital Circle

What is Q-ED?

A series of lightning talks, workshops and panels taking place all day Saturday of Q-Con XX, presented by professional and semi-pro artists and games designers. Q-ED lets you meet the people behind the things you love, and discover what is getting them really excited about games design and art right now.
Some of this year's guest speakers have already been confirmed below.
Guests are subject to availability.


Speakers

Tanya Roberts
Freelance Comic Artist

@enolianslave
An awesome comics artist, Tanya is currently lead artist for Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the UK. Tanya trained as an animator, and she will be tearing apart characters and comic creation with an audience.

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Andrea Magnorsky
Batcat Games

@batcatgames
Andrea is both an evangelist for the Irish games industry the awesome MonoGame tools. BatCat's release of P-3 last year is followed this year by a brand new action-adventure set in feudal Japan.

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Caspian & Alli
Puppy Games

@puppygames
Regular Steam and indie game followers will know Puppy Games for fantastic neo-retro arcade games and off-beat humour - if you haven't played one their games... you really need to!

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Owen Harris
Bitsmith Games

@bitsmithgames
Bitsmith Games already have a success under their belt with Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan, and Owen is hard at work on two new games, which he will hopefully be able to show some more of.

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Eva Widermann
Freelance Illustrator

Facebook: EvaWidermannArt
Eva is a renowned RPG and videogame illustrator, having provided covers and illustrations for Wizards Of The Coast, Privateer Press, Paizo, White Wolf, and NCSoft, among others.

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Greg Maguire
InLifeSize

@greenboots
Professor of Animation at University of Ulster, and head of InLifeSize game studio, Greg Maguire has a track record of working on graphics for blockbusters such as Avatar and I Am Legend.

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Sophie Tynan
LARP NI

Sophie brings years of experience as a costumer and LARPer to the new LARP NI group she has helped set up, to build the LARP scene in Northern Ireland.

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Paul Holden
Freelance Comic Artist

@pauljholden
Paul is a regular artist for 2000AD and Judge Dredd. He will be exploring the tools available to comics artists in Manga Studio, and how to get the best results.

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Brendan & Tina
Brain + Nerd

@predestination_
Following a fantastically successful Kickstarter campaign, the guys behind Predestination will be returning to provide some tips and insights on their crowd-funding and collaborations.

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More guests will be confirmed over the coming weeks...


How to find Q-ED @ Q-Con

Talks/Panels

This year's Q-ED talks will be taking place in the Enterprise Centre. There will be limited seating available - talks will be between 20 and 30 minutes long. The schedule will be available during Q-Con, and published in your con-guide.

Demonstrations

Game studios will be demonstrating their latest games and upcoming titles in the Indie Arcade, hosted in the The Space on the first floor - feel free to stop by and talk to the developers and try out the games on show.

 


I'm interested in taking part in Q-ED!

We'd love to hear from you! Please email info@q-con.org.uk with a brief overview of who you are and what you'd like to present at Q-ED

 

More details still to come!