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Activision Blizzard

Computer games company

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Alley Cats Films

Alleycats is a Derry based multi award winning TV and film production company, with offices in London and Belfast. We make a range of programming for the likes of the BBC, C4, and RTE, as well as selling internationally. We’ve just finished Helluva Tour, the biggest Advertiser Funded Project that C4 have ever undertaken, and are currently in production on a number of films, including Documentary Feature Project Children.

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Alex Synge / The First 47

The First 47 is the studio of Irish graphic designer and artist Alex Synge. The studio specialises in design for print, web and visual identity for a wide range of clients in the cultural, commercial and academic fields. As an artist, he has exhibited work in Dublin, London, Glasgow, Milan, New York, Chicago and LA. His work has been featured in publications such as Semi-Permanent and Faesthetic, as well as online on Booooooom, It’s Nice That and The Fox is Black. He also proudly runs collaborative illustration project Keep Sketch and is a founding member of the 100 Archive.

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Andrew McCracken

UI/UX Designer

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Aoife Ni Thuama Keogh

Product Designer, mainly working on digital products across multiple airlines. In addition to her product design role Aoife co-owns an online magazine store called Iris

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C McKeown Copywriting & Editorial Services

A writer and editor with a broad range of skills and interests, Cormac specialises in explaining complicated subjects in straightforward language. His experience in the field began in 2001 with subediting shifts for the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror. Later, he spent five years as an editor and lexicographer at HarperCollins Publishers, where he was latterly head of content for English dictionaries, and five years as a financial copywriter at Martin Currie in Edinburgh. Since going freelance in 2014, Cormac has continued to focus on the financial-services sector but equally welcomes the opportunity to produce clear, engaging copy for clients in other industries.

Cecilia Gialdini

Research, writing and publishing

Cormac Rea

Writing & Freelance Content Coordination. Independent screenwriter and author and freelance content coordinator

Eoin O’Shea

Eoin O’Shea is a a Chartered Architectural Technologist and runs his CIAT Chartered Practice called PIM Smart.

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IOLabs LTD

Design, Manufacture & Programming of Electronic Muscial Insutruments

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Jobs 4 Students

Jobs 4 Students is a free weekly newsletter which helps over 10,000 students find jobs around campus, internships, graduate jobs and student news along the way.

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Joe Laverty Photography

Joe Laverty is a Belfast based architectural photographer, who’s understanding of the built environment and ability to capture the essence of space and place has seen him photograph Architecture & Interiors for a number of leading architects across the UK & Ireland.
A portrait photographer as well, Joe is a regular contributor to Freckle Magazine and The Thin Air and has portrait work published in the national press.

Joe also runs the portrait series ‘Humans of the Camino’.

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Magnetised

Magnetised is an internet design and technology company focussed on delivering beautiful solutions to difficult problems.

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Malachy McKenna

Enablement Architect (Learning Designer)

Me, Him and Her Design Agency

Creative Director at Me, Him & Her Design Agency.

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Nina Couser Art

Nina creates original acrylic landscape paintings to sell both in person and online

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Stéphanie Heckman

Stéphanie Heckman is a creative professional with an academic background in liberal arts psychology, anthropology, sociology, and an MSc degree in strategic leadership for sustainable development. She works internationally as an independent graphic recorder, visual facilitator and illustrator.

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Wednesday Workspace. Working from our Hill St studios today. A lovely cosy oasis of calm away from all the Christmas hustle and bustle 

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Last chance to sign up to attend our Autumn creative talks and meetup tomorrow evening at 8pm in our Malone studios 

Just a few tickets left:

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/
Join us for a drink and to meet and hear from some amazing local creatives at our Autumn meet this Wednesday

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/
Our next Blick Animation Club event is on Sat 2nd December in our Malone Studios

These mini animation master classes by Can Do Academy are a great introduction for children to the colourful world of Lego animation!

The workshop will allow participants to make a complete animated Lego film on an iPad, using sound effects, visual effects, titles and lots of imagination!

Your child will learn to use special iPad apps and they will receive a copy of their film at the end of the session! They can bring their own Lego characters or use the ones supplied by us.

More info at candoacademy.co.uk

Please note that these workshops are suitable for children aged 7+

Event Date(s): December 2, 2023

Event Time: 2pm – 4pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RY

Cost: £17 + Booking Fee

Book through our website (link in profile)
Here's the first exercise from our new resources for creatives section on our website for anyone who missed it last week and wants to spend sometime reflecting on their creative idea and what they hope to experience and achieve!

Developing and Defining Your Creative Idea Exercise: Getting To Know Yourself

The first exercise on our new resources for creatives section on our website is a lovely activity for a Sunday afternoon or evening.

Perfect for some gentle reflection it's all about getting to know yourself to help you to define and develop your creative idea.

Better understanding yourself as a person, what drives and motivates you, your hopes and dreams, strengths and weaknesses, will help you define your creative idea. It will steer you to an idea that makes you happy and fulfilled and fits with your life, your goals and your aspirations.

Below are some prompts for you to explore to help you make the right decisions for you. Not just the easy or expected choices, but ones that really make you come alive and help you create the life that you really want.

- Are you living the life that you want?
- If not, what do you need to change?
- What is your dream life and lifestyle?
- Are you earning the money you need to live your dream life?
- What do you think are your strengths?
- What do you think you could work on?
- What skills would you like to develop?
- How would you like to challenge yourself?
- How would you like to challenge yourself?
- What would you most like to achieve in life?
- What do you most like to do?
- What makes you come alive?
- If you were to look back on your life, what would you most regret not doing?

You can also download the exercise as a PDF or Word document from our website (link in profile)
Here's another reminder of our Creative Roundup of upcoming events, opportunities, funding and support for creatives

Full listings including links on our blog: https://blickstudios.org/blog/11591/ or find the link in our profile
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Autumn get-together for creatives to gain inspiration and connect with other like-minded creatives

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An informal Autumn get-together for creatives in Belfast. Featuring 2 local creatives sharing their creative journeys and talking about perfectionism and their creative work. They will each share their creative journeys and talk about how they deal with perfectionism and explore the role of perfectionim within their creative practice and how they have learnt to move past perfectionism to bring their creative ideas to life.

Speakers to be announced shortly!

Event Date(s): November 22, 2023

Event Time: 8.00pm

Location: Blick Shared Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

Cost: Free

Book tickets on our website (link in profile) or visit: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/#booking
Delighted and relieved to have recently finished our updated website and made it live. It took a while to put together all the copy, but we are really pleased with the end result and the options it gives us for sharing content now and in the future. Making our website a useful resource for creatives starting out as well as for promoting our organisation and the services we offer.

https://blickstudios.org/