Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join Autodesk Media & Entertainment for a live interactive session discussing diversity in design.

Agenda:
- Introduction: Hagen Deloss, Autodesk Community Engagement Specialist
- Topic One: The Advantages of Diversity and How to Foster it
-----Learn more about diversity in video game character design from Del Walker, Lucy Kyriakidou, and Shayleen Hulbert
- Topic Two: The Exceptional Minds program
-----Learn more about the Exceptional Minds organization here: exceptional-minds.org

Del Walker is a Principal Character Artist at Respawn Entertainment: drawingyourdreams.com
Lucy Kyriakidou is a Freelance Character Designer: lucydoesart.co.uk
Shayleen Hulbert is a Freelance Character Artist: shayleenhulbert.artstation.com

Join the AREA by Autodesk online community today: area.autodesk.com

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- Eloi: youtube.com/c/EloiAndaluzFull%C3%A0/videos
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- Shayleen: twitch.tv/shay_unidev
- Simply Robotix: simplyrobotix.com/podcast

Chapters:
00:00 – Start
03:00 - The Advantages of Diversity and How to Foster it
28:00 - Exceptional Minds Program