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Grooveholmes

www.joshball.com

About Me

www.joshball.com
I am passionate about everything I do. A Game Developer now living in Austin Texas, my position here could best be described as Demiurge/Sr. Environment Artist at Midway Games. We make fly next-gen games. I feel fortunate everyday that I have this opportunity to work with such an experienced and talented group of industry vets who worked on games that gave me much inspiration as I was growing up.
My Duties at work are primarily involved with modeling and texturing and all things environmental that a player would encounter in the game. I'm also responsible for managing and to some extent art directing the outsourcing efforts from off-site.
When not chained to the computer I take advantage of Austins hills and bike about 16 miles every other day or so. It's been good to me, helping me drop over 110 lbs last year. Something I never thought to be remotely possible.


^Crayon Eater by: James Jean!

My Interests

Toppling governments and making video games that you all want to play ... www.joshball.com

I'd like to meet:

The punk motherfucker who gave the letter w a bad name.

Music:

Super Numeri, Dj Food, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Roots Manuva, Boards of Canada, ween, tosca, kruder and dorfmeister, thievery corporation, The Postal Service, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030, Amon Tobin, Miles Davis.. erm more soon.

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Venture Brothers, Dexter, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Little Britain, The Office (....the BBC version ftw), The daily show. Most stuff on IFC, including Samurai Saturdays

Books:

Currently Reading: Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (scary shit)
Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion Kurt Vonnegut: Player Piano, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Sirens of Titan, Galapagos, Man Without A Country. Phillip K. Dick: A Scanner Darkly, The Man In The High Castle, Confessions Of A Crap Artist, Lies Inc, Eye in the Sky, Simulacra, The Zap Gun, Galactic Pot Healer. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: The Rum Diary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Kingdom of Fear-Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, Hey Rube-Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness, Hell's Angels Terry Pratchett: Diskworld Books Brave New World, 1984, Kalle Lasn-Culture Jam, Catch 22, Joseph Campbell-The Power of Myth, Ishmael, The Story Of B ...more after i dig throught what i've got.

Heroes:

http://www.wiu.edu/users/rjh103/Hunter%20S.%20Thompson.jpg

My Blog

moleskine sketch

I cracked open a fresh sketchbook, here's an Ingres study..
Posted by Grooveholmes on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:09:00 PST

futbol.

I found some time to paint this weekend..
Posted by Grooveholmes on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:35:00 PST

Environment painting (city night)...

Recent digital environment painting...
Posted by Grooveholmes on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:33:00 PST

Pirate Treasure.

I call this pic Pirate Treasure.More updates to come..
Posted by Grooveholmes on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:43:00 PST

Environmental Study...

I'm working on a few environment studies to bump up the quality of that shit. Here's the latest:
Posted by Grooveholmes on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:51:00 PST