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Welcome to the Blogs, Guides and Crash-Courses of John “TheWingless” Burnett, video game Art Director,  UI Designer (EA, Activision, id Software, Microsoft), and international UX Mentor. I love writing about tech, User Interface, Web3, NFTs, Culture, and well… really anything worth talking about. Check back often, as many blogs are updated with new art and content all the time!

The Number One Midjourney Guide and Tutorial for Beginners, Midjourney Blog Art
05/19/2023

The #1 Guide to Getting started with Midjourney & AI Art

Example of game Wireframe UI UX, Wasteland 3 RPG blog cover
03/07/2023

How do you make a Video Game UI UX Wireframe Example – Wasteland 3 RPG Inventory Screen

A CRASH-COURSE IN VIDEO GAME UI ART & UX DESIGN FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS PART 2: PRESENTING WORK
05/14/2022

A crash-course in getting into video game UI and UX design for absolute beginners, Part 2 – Presenting Your Work

6 Job Killing MIstakes in your UI UX design Portfolio art
05/08/2022

6 Job-killing Mistakes You Are Making in your Game UI UX Design Portfolio

11/12/2021

How to find your first video game UI UX Design Job Opportunity

Blog Cover Game UI UX Design Course cover dark souls inventory
07/26/2021

10 Simple ways to Improve your Videogame Inventory Screen

Google's Most Asked Videogame UX UI Design Questions Answered thumb
07/09/2021

Google’s 15 Most Asked Videogame UX UI Design Questions, Answered

videogame UX Wireframe examples cover
07/01/2021

How Do You Make a Videogame UI UX Wireframe, Part 1 – How to Get Started

GAME UI DESIGN COURSE Metroid Prime cover thumb
06/22/2021

10 Easy Ways to Practice Video Game UI Design on your Own

Game UI Design Course doom helmet
06/08/2021

A CRASH-COURSE IN VIDEO GAME UI & UX DESIGN FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS – PART 1

7 Obvious Beginner Mistakes in your videogame HUD cover
05/12/2021

7 Obvious Beginner Mistakes in your Video Game’s HUD (from a UI UX Art Director)

The 13 Green, Yellow and Red Flags when interviewing for a UI UX job thumb
03/24/2021

The 13 Green, Yellow and Red Flags to look out for when interviewing for UI UX jobs

Questions an Art Director would ask about your Portfolio
02/07/2021

The 10 questions a UI UX Design Art Director Asks Before Hiring You (from an Art Director)

What really happens in a UI UX Design job application & interview for gaming thumb
11/24/2020

What Really Happens in a UI UX Design Interview for Video Games

UI UX Design Art Blog 7 Obvious design mistakes on your project
11/05/2020

The 7 Obvious UI UX Design mistakes on your project

How To Break into the Video Game Industry Through UI UX Design cover
11/02/2020

Breaking into the video game industry through UI UX Design – FAQ

The Saboteur User Interface
10/15/2020

How to make the jump from vanilla / corporate UI UX Design to video game UI UX Design

Learn UI and UX video game design in the covid19 age screen
07/27/2020

How to learn video game User Interface Art and User Experience Design on your own in the Covid19 age

07/13/2020

The top 10 best video game soundtracks of 2010-2020 that you don’t know about

video game UI artist UX designer crash course blog
06/23/2020

A crash-course in getting into video game UI and UX design for absolute beginners

05/14/2020

The Lighthouse – The difference between homage and theft

UX designer John Burnett Blog VR mistakes in UI thumb
02/21/2020

The 10 mistakes I see everyone make in their Virtual Reality user interfaces

John Burnett UX Design Play Original Doom in Virtual Reality
02/14/2020

How to play the original 1993 Doom in Virtual Reality & play the most immersive mods & maps

UX Designer cover letter featured
02/06/2020

How I got into the video game industry – or – the shortest story ever told

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