Alfie Manning

Hello! My name is Alfie Manning, and my work is an exploration of 2D and 3D art intended for video games, often in the form of small but expressive dioramas!

My goal with all my work is to have it be part of a story – I want there to be doodles and details and lines that give the impression of depth under the surface, that implore the viewer and player to explore the wider world. I want my finished pieces to be the tip of the iceberg, with the promise of more below. I place a lot of emphasis on pre-production, and consider how every part of my pieces would function both from a narrative and functional perspective, as part of a wider fictional universe and as part of a video game pipeline!

The awesome thing about games is that they are such a mixed media art form, comprised of so many different moving parts! There’s never just one way to tell a story, and there are so many ways to approach it. I’ve had a lot of fun in my time at UCA getting lost in that journey!