Mentors

The mentors of The Gathering are skilled creative people who are available to help you within their fields of expertise. You can find mentors in the fields of programming, graphics and music production in the Creative Lounge every day.

The mentors can give you assistance on your own level, whether you are a beginner or already quite skilled yourself. Talking to the mentors can be a nice way to get introduced to the creative scene at The Gathering.

How to get help from a Mentor

There are a number of ways you can get in touch with the mentors:

• Visit the Creative Lounge while at The Gathering. Contact the Creative Helpdesk and explain what you want help with. The Creativia crew will then assign a mentor to you. If a suitable mentor is not available at the exact time you visit the lounge, they will get back to you whenever one gets available.
• Ask a question in The Gathering's Creative Forums. Mentors check this forum regularly to answer questions.
• Sign up for the First Demo Challenge program. In this program, mentors will follow up on your progress before and during TG.
• Send an email directly to a mentor

If you have any questions regarding the mentor arrangement, please contact demo@gathering.org.

How does one become a mentor?

The Creativia crew chooses the mentors from the most prominent participants from the creative scene at TG. If you want to be a mentor, send an application to demo@gathering.org explaining your skills and how enthusiastic you are about teaching others. Each mentor gets a free Creative Ticket to The Gathering in exchange for helping out our newcomers.

Programming Mentors

	Lorents Gravås aka Neuratix Age: 21 Demoscene groups: Nazareth Creations, Outracks Occupation: Student, Informatics, NTNU Field of expertise: C/C++, OpenGL, Frontend Can also help with: Gimp, tracked music, fScript Email: ostostost@gmail.com
	Michael Johansen aka MrClean Age: 24 Demoscene groups: TBA Occupation: Student, Informatics, NTNU Field of expertise: Java, Java Enterprise Can also help with: PHP, JavaScript, C#, Webdesign Email: michael@informatikk.org
	Thomas Austad aka Datsua Age: 36 Demoscene groups: PlayPsyCo Occupation: Graphics Driver Developer, ARM Field of expertise: C/C++, OpenGL, GLSL, OpenVG, Software Rendering, 64k Programming Can also help with: Smalltalk, LISP, PASCAL, Guitars, x86 assembly, PHP Email: datsua@gmail.com

Graphics Mentors

	Tina Alfredsen aka Griffsnuff Age: 21 Occupation: Student Field of expertise: Photoshop, Digital Painting Can also help with: Flash Animation Email: N/A
	Kim A. Strandli aka Strandli Age: 18 Occupation: Student Field of expertise: Autodesk 3DS Max, Autodesk Mudbox Can also help with: Webdesign Email: Kimstrandli@gmail.com
	Mia Aasbakken aka Zeila Age: 23 Demoscene groups: bitFlavour Occupation: Student in computer science, NTNU Field of expertise: Photoshop, Digital Painting Can also help with: C#, XNA, Java, 3ds max, Webdesign Email: zeila@bitflavour.net

Music Mentors

	Magnus Sørlie aka Kaktusen Age: 29 Demoscene groups: PlayPsyCo Occupation: Multimedia Producer Field of expertise: Music and sound production Can also help with: Business relations, systems development and administration Email: booking@miu-music.com
	Alexander Odden aka Flipside Age: 28 Demoscene groups: Quazim, bitFlavour, Nazareth Creations Occupation: Music producer/remixer Field of expertise: Music production, pro tools, logic, sound design, synthesizers Can also help with: 3D modelling, 2D/vector graphics Email: flipside@ono.no