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We Have Added A New Illustration!

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:02:23 +0000

We at Hive Media have added another sample of our high quality illustrations. This sample is called “Lava Lamp” and is created using our painted-fantasy stylized technique.

Make sure to review the rest of our full Illustration portfolio!

Thank you for reviewing our new illustrations. If you are in need of illustration services, please contact us for a free consultation.

Hive Media Wishes Everyone A Happy New Year

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:07:17 +0000

We wish everyone a safe and happy new year!

Happy New Year!

We Have Added More of Our Amazing Logo Designs, Breath Taking Illustrations and Life Like 3D Designs

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:51:04 +0000

While pausing to take a breath in-between offering quick, cost effective services with great client support, we have added a great deal of work to our portfolio samples. Please review our newly added sample work throughout the website.

If you are in need of high quality graphic design, illustrations or 3D development, please contact us.

New Illustration Added: Insect Lord

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:35:26 +0000

Please review our latest edition in our Full Illustrations page.

Thank you.

Quick Guide: How to Draw Poses

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:59:10 +0000

Below we have added a great ‘quick guide’ on drawing poses as seen in ImagineFX issue 49. Please click on the image to enlarge it.

Hive Media to Attend gamescom Conference, Germany

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:12:33 +0000

Hive Media will be attending the gamescom conference located at Cologne, Germany on the 18th of August, 2010.

As we continue our commitment to game development and general IP design, we will be meeting with both the leaders of the game industry and the consumers who make the industry possible.

Other attendees include, xaitment, leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) software and Trinigy, creators of AAA video game engine solutions. Both have demonstration booths.

If you would like to schedule an appointment for a meet & greet, please contact us. We have limited spots open but we are sure we can find time for you and would like to discuss how Hive Media can aid with your development needs.

Hive Media Adds Additional Full Illustrations To Show Gallery

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:56:37 +0000

We at Hive Media have added additional full illustrations to show the exceptional talent which Hive Media has to offer. In addition to the images below you may also review our Full Illustration Show Gallery.

If you would like Hive Media to create amazing illustrations for you or your company, please contact us with details.

Bovarnick and Associates Interview Hive Media Founder, William Weaver

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:54:33 +0000

Law firm Bovarnick and Associates feature Hive Media by interviewing Hive Media Founder, William Weaver.

Client Featured: Hive Media

Will Weaver started on the road of entrepreneurship with a video game guide company. From this successful venture he expanded to a gaming computer company in order to sell equipment back to his original customers. Will moved on to found Hive Media, a media development company, as well as the DreamHappy Foundation, a children’s charity.

What is Hive Media’s mission?

William Weaver: “We are a multimedia company that develops web sites, iPhone applications, online games and print graphics. Our goal is to use a top talented global team of artists and programmers to provide our clients with exceptional work at affordable prices. We do this by scouring the globe for artists and programmers who have a proven track record and who work at reasonable rates.”

Why did you start it?

William Weaver: “I had a small group of artists from a previous venture. We noticed that there were many service companies which, in an attempt to offer the very lowest prices, were sacrificing quality. We believed we could find a balance of quality and affordability. By using very high end talent, mostly individuals in other nations, we are able to offer affordable rates while still maintaining the highest level of quality on the projects we complete.”

How was your first year in business?

William Weaver: “During our initial six months Hive Media grew slowly as we learned what our clients needed. We began to grow our brand, our samples and our client list, all of which can be reviewed on our website, HiveCorp.com. We have refined our service list and business model to what it is today. We did well our first year, despite going into business during what could arguably be called the peak of the bad economy. We have no debt and very little overhead. Our business model simply allows us to grow.”

What are your most memorable projects?

“Most of our projects are under non-disclosure agreements, which we take very seriously. One project we can mention was a video game for the xBox360. The company and financier came to Hive Media with a history, lore, and set of rules for their video game and had us create several game characters as well as the 3D world the consumer would play in. It was very exciting to see the project develop from ideas to concept art, then to complex illustrations, and eventually to a living 3D world with 3D characters.”

What is the project you are most proud of?

William Weaver: “We have developed several large projects. One which I remember fondly was creating designs for the Hard Rock Cafe’s American and Japanese line of very important signature shirts. While I cannot go into detail, our clients were very particular about creating designs that attracted a mass audience of consumers. We enjoyed being able to work closely with our client to create designs that would maximize revenue by appealing to a large demographic while still maintaining our clients unique brand.”

What are your goals over the next few years?

William Weaver: “Despite our success we still have a lot of room to grow. We wish to grow our client base, brand reach and business network. We also wish to expand our pool of talent to additional nations and open offices in those locations. The future looks promising and given time I believe our success will only grow due to our firm commitment to quality.”

Hive Media’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2010 Wrap Up

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:06:08 +0000

Hive Media attended the Game Developers Conference 2010 (GDC) and a great time was had. While wading through the nearly 20,000 GDC attendees, Hive Media was able to meet with a few of our existing clients and new clients which wish to use Hive Media’s amazing media services.

One of our partners, xaitment had a most excellent booth displaying their technologies. Xaitment is known for having the leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions in the video game industry. xaitment is one of Hive Media’s partners on a charity driven public game development project.

To further describe their solutions, xaitment’s website states, “xaitment engineers AI game tools that go far beyond pathfinding. Using xaitment’s modular and intuitive tools, game designers and programmers can easily give NPCs the brainpower to challenge even the most seasoned gamer.”.

Another exciting display was the Trinigy booth, were they were displaying their new, intense gaming engine, Trinigy 8. Hive Media may be becoming more familiar with this powerful game development package in the future. We will have more on that another that another time.

Trinigy’s website states, “Trinigy develops and sells the Vision Game Engine. Now in its eighth version, the mature game engine is carefully engineered to empower game developers with unrestrictive workflows, numerous middleware integrations, and the technical and creative freedom to transform imaginative ideas into immersive gameplay.

Used on 125+ projects, Trinigy’s game engine is the trusted solution of PC, console, serious, and casual game developers across the globe…”.

While we were very busy with our various meetings, we still had time to crawl the other booths at GDC.

The entire conference was exhausting, thrilling, educational, profitable and very fun. Hive Media will be sure to return to one of the best game conferences on the globe, next year!

Hive Media to Attend the Game Developers Conference, 2010

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:29:31 +0000

William Weaver, Founder and CEO of Hive Media will be attending the 2010 Game Developers Conference (GDC). Hive Media is interested in reaching out to potential clients and partners in the video game industry.

As we continue to aid in the development of games, our team members have been educated to use a multitude of software solutions, such as the BigWorld MMO engine, Unity game engine, xaitment AI packages and other technologies. Hive Media has had the opportunity to develop a variety of games on numerous platforms, such as the Xbox 360, Mac, PC (Windows), iPhone and Web. Our team is always excited to learn new technologies and platforms as we expand our horizons.

Throughout this year’s GDC, William will be booth crawling and looks forward to meeting a host of potential and current partners. He will also be attending the International Game Developers Association annual meeting at GDC and after-hours party at Jillian’s.

Although William has many meetings already in place, a number of meeting slots remain open to review future partnerships and opportunities. If you have an interest in setting up a meeting with William please feel free to use our contact form to set up a time and place and we’ll be more than happy to accommodate you.